Hometown/Resides: Ibaraki, Japan
Birthdate: Jan. 13, 1999; currently 20 years, 2 months and 18 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Tied for 14th at the 2016 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament
Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2016/2017
VICTORIES
LPGA: Third career victory
PREVIOUS LPGA WINS: 2018 TOTO Japan Classic, 2018 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G
RACE TO CME GLOBE
With her win, Hataoka earns 500 points and is projected to move from 52nd to ninth in the Race to CME Globe with 607 points
MONEY
With her win, Hataoka earns $270,000; she has earned $313,345 this season and $1,805,455 for her career
PREVIOUS KIA CLASSIC RESULTS
2018 – T58; 2017 – T59
2019 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
Four events played, four cuts made, $313,345, one victory, two other top-20 finishes
OF NOTE
- Hataoka is the sixth different winner of the 2019 LPGA season
- This is the third consecutive year that the first six LPGA tournaments had different winners; 2017 had its first multiple winner in the 17th event, while 2018 had its first multiple winner in the 14th event
- Hataoka earns her third LPGA Tour victory, joining fellow Japanese player at that mark; the only Japanese players with more victories are Ayako Okamoto (17), Ai Miyazato (nine) and Hiromi Kobayashi (four)
- Hataoka is the 10th different winner in the 10-year history of the Kia Classic and the first winner from Japan; players from seven other countries have won the tournament
- With the win, Hataoka is projected to move from 184th to 168th on the LPGA Career Money List
- Hataoka is the second 20-year-old to win this season, joining Nelly Korda
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