LPGA Tour 2021 - Marathon LPGA Classic, Highland Meadows, Ohio: 8-11 July
Day 1: Nasa Hataoka fires 10-under 61, leads by four
From LPGA News by AP:
Nasa Hataoka parred the final two holes to miss a chance for the second 59 in LPGA Tour history, finishing with a 10-under 61 and a four-stroke lead Thursday in the Marathon LPGA Classic.
Annika Sorenstam is the only player to shoot 59 on the LPGA Tour, accomplishing the feat in her 2001 Standard Register PING victory at Moon Valley in Arizona...
Hataoka was a stroke off the Highland Meadows record of 60 set by Paula Creamer in 2008. The 22-year-old Japanese player had her lowest score on the LPGA Tour, topping a third-round 63 in her 2018 NWA Championship victory. Read more
From Yahoo!Sports, by Beth Ann Nichols:
After Nasa Hataoka made her ninth birdie of the day, shooting 59 crossed her mind for the first time on Thursday at the Marathon Classic. She had three holes left to play.
Hataoka carded her 10th birdie on the seventh hole (her 16th) at Highland Meadows Golf Club and then parred in to post a personal-best 10-under 61... Read more
From Yahoo!Sports by AFP:
Japan's Nasa Hataoka shot the lowest opening round score in an LPGA Tour event in almost seven years on Thursday with a sizzling 10-under 61 in the first round of the Marathon Classic.
The Japanese star posted six consecutive birdies in the middle of her round then drained her 10th and last birdie of the day on the par-five seventh at the Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio.
The 22-year old has a commanding four-stroke lead over American Lauren Stephenson, who was alone in second with at six-under 65. Read more
Marathon Classic 2021, LPGA Leaderboard
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