NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Nasa Hataoka had a strong start and Amy Yang had a hot finish, finishing with a share of the lead in the CME Group Tour Championship with 18 holes left and $2 million on the line.
Hataoka set the pace early with five birdies in her first 11 holes and finished with a 65.
I think the best is to just concentrate on my round and just keep that out of my mind and just do my golf.”Alison Lee, who came into the LPGA finale with a Ladies European Tour win and two runner-up finishes on the LPGA Tour, tried to keep pace.
Hataoka has six LPGA titles, all within the last five years, and the 24-year-old from Japan rode a hot putter to give herself a chance.
Nelly Korda tried to stay close, making her first hole-in-one on the LPGA Tour at the par-3 eighth.
Persons:
Nasa Hataoka, Amy Yang, Yang, Hataoka, ”, ” Hataoka, ” Alison Lee, “, Lee, ” Xiyu Lin, Ruoning Yin, Minjee Lee, ” Yin, ” Tiburon, Jin Young Ko, Nelly Korda, Lilia Vu, Brooke Henderson, Atthaya Thitikul, ” Korda, “ It’s, Celine Boutier, Boutier, ___
Organizations:
Nasa, European, LPGA Tour, LPGA, Tiburon Golf, Women's, Hataoka, PGA, ”
Locations:
NAPLES, Fla, Tiburon, America, South Korea, Thailand, Japan, Canada