The victory snapped a three-year winless streak for Moriya and placed Ariya alongside Nelly Korda as the two players with multiple wins on the LPGA Tour in 2021.
Throughout the week, Hataoka used a ball marker from Olympic Club, where she lost in a playoff at the US Women’s Open in June, to serve as extra motivation as she continued to build on her lead.
KPMG Performance Insights, a new technology platform developed in partnership with the LPGA, will launch at this week’s Women’s PGA Championship and immediately be implemented on the LPGA Tour.
The tour stop at Kingsmill Resort in Virginia is one of the more critical weeks of the year for LPGA members, specifically those who earned their cards via Q-Series and have limited status.
A “bummed” Hannah Green had to be content with second place at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore today after bogeys at the last two holes cost her victory.
The 69-player field at Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore this week has nine of the top 15 on the Rolex Women’s Ranking competing with heightened health and safety measures in place.