On the par-4 16th Saturday, she failed twice to get the ball out of the deep barranca en route to the 8. The top-ranked Ko, tied for lead with Hataoka with three holes left Saturday before a bogey-quadruple bogey-birdie finish left her five strokes back, had a 75 to tie for 21st at 2 under. It was steady, but it was definitely tricky out there.”
“I wasn’t able to make too many putts today, but I was able to get a few good up-and-downs. “The greens are just really tough,” Park said. Madelene Sagstrom (66) was 7 under with 2019 winner Minjee Lee (68) and Hall of Famer Inbee Park (70). So, I feel like once I get the putter hot, I’m pretty excited to see what’s to come.” Last week I got off to a great start and then just couldn’t maintain it in Hawaii. “It was nice to be a bit more consistent. “Definitely, really happy with how things are trending,” the Australian said. “Putting-wise, poa annua greens are really difficult to play, but my experience on this type of green helped me a lot.” “To be honest, the first day I wasn’t feeling good with my iron game, but the seventh hole I had something that clicked inside me, so that really helped me through all week,” Hataoka said. In 2018, she collected her maiden victory on the circuit at the Walmart NW. She was the only player in the field to shoot in the 60s all four days, opening with rounds of 67, 68 and 67. Hataoka earned playing privileges for 2017 through the LPGA Tour Qualifying School. Hataoka played the first seven holes in 3 under with four birdies and a bogey. “That eagle really helped me kind of relax a little bit, kind of feel like I was putting really good today,” Hataoka said. The Palos Verdes Championship begins Thursday at Palos Verdes Estates.Īfter seven straight pars, Hataoka put the tournament away on the par-4 15th when she raced in a 35-foot eagle putt to open a six-stroke lead. “So you never know what’s going to happen in golf.” “I don’t know if I can compare this, but on the PGA Tour, Jordan Spieth missed the cut at the Masters and then won Heritage,” Hataoka said. The 23-year-old Japanese player won her sixth LPGA Tour title a week after missing the cut in the windy LOTTE Championship in Hawaii with rounds of 75 and 77. Hataoka finished at 15-under 269, a stroke off the tournament record set last year by Brooke Henderson. “I was able to focus until the last putt.”
“I did have a lead, but obviously this course, this challenging course, you never know what’s going to happen,” Hataoka said. LOS ANGELES, CA - Nasa Hataoka ran away with DIO Implant LA Open on Sunday at Wilshire Country Club to open the LPGA Tour’s two-week run in the Los Angeles area.įour strokes ahead entering the round after Jin Young Ko’s late meltdown Saturday, Hataoka closed with a 4-under 67 for a five-stroke victory over Hannah Green.
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