Hometown/Resides: Ibaraki, Japan
Birthdate: Jan. 13, 1999; currently 19 years, 9 months and 22 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Tied for 14th at the 2016 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament
Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2016/2017
VICTORIES
LPGA: Second career victory and second of 2018
PREVIOUS LPGA WINS: 2018 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G
RACE TO THE CME GLOBE
With her win, Hataoka earns 500 points and is projected to move from 10th to fourth in the Race to the CME Globe with 2,596 points
MONEY
With her win, Hataoka earns $225,000; she has earned $1,401,440 this season and $1,439,292 for her career
PREVIOUS TOTO JAPAN CLASSIC RESULT
2017 – T33
2018 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
23 events played, 19 cuts made, $1,401,440, two victories, eight additional top-10 finishes
OF NOTE
Hataoka is the fourth multiple winner of the 2018 LPGA Tour season, joining Ariya Jutanugarn (three wins), Sung Hyun Park (three wins) and Brooke Henderson (two wins)
With $1,439,292 in career earnings, Hataoka is projected to move from 222nd to 192nd on the LPGA Career Money List
Along with her two wins in 2018, Hataoka has runner-up finishes at the Kingsmill Championship presented by GEICO and the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship
She is the first player from Japan with multiple wins in one season since Haru Nomura won two events in 2016
Hataoka is the sixth player of the 2018 season to win in her home country, joining Marina Alex (USA), In Gee Chun (Republic of Korea), Georgia Hall (England), Brooke Henderson (Canada) and Annie Park (USA)
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