Rising JLPGA Tour star Chisato Iwai had a pair of 7-under 65 efforts entering the final round of the season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament.
In her best performance of the weekend, Yuka Saso closed out the tournament with a 5-under 66 in the final round in Springfield, New Jersey.
Jin Young Ko wins the tournament by two strokes over Nelly Korda, with Ayaka Furue and two others one shot further back in Singapore.
After their 4-1 win over Paraguay, the Samurai Blue shifted their focus to an encounter with world No. 1 Brazil.
Coach Jamie Joseph’s squad trailed 29-0 entering the second half in a match that exposed the team’s weaknesses.
Hataoka finished one stroke ahead of Minjee Lee and Eun Hee Ji for her fifth LPGA Tour title.
Defending champion Inbee Park is three strokes back, while Japan's Nasa Hataoka is tied for 16th.
The 22-year-old Ibaraki Prefecture native earns her first title on the LPGA Tour since March 2019.
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Saso, who was born in the Philippines, defeated Nasa Hataoka in a three-hole playoff to become the second teenager to win the golf major.
