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

In the Winner's Circle with Nasa Hataoka at the Kia Classic

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