Hataoka, Olson burn up course

– Japan’s Nasa Hataoka put herself in position for a $1 million LPGA season bonus but settled for second to American Amy Olson after Thursday’s opening round of the LPGA Tour Championship.

Olson, whose best showing in five career LPGA campaigns was a runner-up finish at this year’s Evian Championship in France, fired a bogey-free career low nine-under-par 63 at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida, to seize the 18-hole lead. –

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