Fully banishing her uncharacteristic 3-over par performance in the opening round, Saso sizzled in the final day of golf hostilities.

Brushing off her first round struggles, Saso sizzled with a 4-under par performance to leap into the 20th spot where she's tied with four other golfers.

The rally hoped for from the Filipina golfers didn’t come but a continued struggle in sweltering heat that left them further behind after 36 holes of the Olympic women’s golf competition Thursday.

Bianca Pagdanganan banked on a birdie-birdie start and a near hole-in-one to fire a two-under-par 69 in searing temperatures and stand right behind the early frontrunners in the Olympic women’s golf at the Kasumigaseki Country Club yesterday.

Pagdanganan sizzled under the Japan heat at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Saitama, firing off five birdies against two bogeys to finish with a 69 in the 71-par course in the opening round.