LOS ANGELES—Nasa Hataoka was in control, easily winning the DIO Implant LA Open on Sunday at Wilshire Country Club by five strokes with a score of 269, 15-under.
The 23-year-old Hataoka shot the low final round of 67, after consistent opening rounds of 67–68–67, to win her sixth LPGA Tour event; she had also won six titles in her native LPGA of Japan Tour.
The 5’2″ Hataoka won the 2016 Japan Women’s Open Golf Championship as the youngest player and first amateur to win a JLPGA major; and turned professional following the victory.
She then would finish 14th in the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn a LPGA Tour card for 2017.
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