Japan’s Nasa Hataoka wins LA Open for sixth LPGA title

Los Angeles – Nasa Hataoka fired an eagle and 4 birdies in a four-under par 67 on Sunday to notch her sixth profession LPGA title on the LA Open.

Japan’s Hataoka, who led by 4 getting into the ultimate spherical, completed with a 15-under complete of 269.

That was one shot off the match file set by Canadian Brooke Henderson final yr and gave her a five-stroke overcome Australian Hannah Inexperienced, who carded a closing 68 for 274.

It was a very satisfying victory, coming every week after Hataoka missed the reduce on the Lotte Championship in Hawaii.

The 23-year-old from Ibaraki Prefecture had 4 birdies and a bogey within the first seven holes at Wilshire Nation Membership.

She drilled a 35-foot eagle putt on the par-four fifteenth to steer by six photographs so {that a} closing bogey was barely a blip.

Sweden’s Madelene Sagstrom had 5 birdies with out a bogey in a 66 that put her tied for third on 277 alongside 2019 LA champion Minjee Lee of Australia, who carded a 68, and South Korean star Park In-bee, who closed with a 70.

Japan’s Yuka Saso tied for seventeenth at 3-under, Ayaka Furue tied for forty third at 2-over and 2019 Ladies’s British Open winner Hinako Shibuno tied for 63rd at 6-over.

World primary Ko Jin-young, who was tied atop the chief board with Hataoka on Saturday earlier than a late quadruple bogey, closed with a four-over par 75 that left her tied for twenty first.