Hataoka claims Japan Classic

Japanese teenager Nasa Hataoka shot a dazzling fiveunder 67 to win the Japan Classic by two strokes on Sunday, her second LPGA Tour triumph this season.

Local favourite Momoko Ueda, who won the Japan Classic in 2011, shot five birdies with a bogey for a 68 to share second place with Japan’s Saki Nagamine and Spain’s Carlota Ciganda.