Hataoka 解雇する／砲火／射撃s 7-under 65 to lead in South Korea
INCHEON, South Korea (AP) - Nasa Hataoka of Japan 解雇する／砲火／射撃d a 7-under 65 to take a two-一打／打撃 lead after the first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the KEB Hana Bank 選手権 on Thursday.
Danielle Kang and Charley 船体 were two 発射s 支援する on a chilly, 風の強い, damp day at the Sky 72 Ocean Course.
Sung Hyun Park, the U.S. LPGA 小旅行する's 最高の，を越す-階級d player, was の中で a handful of players three 発射s 支援する.
Park could have been closer but took a 二塁打-bogey 5 on the par-3 17th.
Hataoka was 事柄-of-fact about the 堅い 条件s.
"As a professional golfer, I believe that we need to be able to play solid and under any 条件, 含むing very strong 勝利，勝つd," she said.
Nasa Hataoka of Japan watches her 発射 on the second 穴を開ける during the first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the LPGA KEB Hana Bank 選手権 at Sky72 ゴルフ Club in Incheon, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
She had eight birdies through 16 穴を開けるs to rea ch 8 under, but then dropped a 発射 at 17.
The 19-year-old Hataoka was 階級d in ３倍になる digits just a year ago but has climbed to No. 14 in the LPGA 最高位のs - the 最高の，を越す Japanese.
She won her first LPGA 肩書を与える in June at the NW Arkansas 選手権 in her second season on the 小旅行する, and is 目的（とする）ing to 代表する Japan in the Tokyo Olympics.
"This season, a lot of different elements are coming together for me so that I can play a stronger game," she explained. "For instance, my 発射s are more solid and my putting has 改善するd 大いに."
Kang said she also tried to make the most of the blustery 条件s.
"I 現実に really like 堅い 条件s," Kang said. "I'm ready to play, and whatever happens, happens. I 現実に like the 勝利，勝つd."
Michelle Wie turned 29 on Thursday but failed to celebrate - she had a poor 76.
The KEB Hana Bank tournament is the first in five weeks of play across South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and 中国.
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Nasa Hataoka of Japan watches her 発射 on the 18th 穴を開ける during the first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the LPGA KEB Hana Bank 選手権 at Sky72 ゴルフ Club in Incheon, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Nasa Hataoka, 権利, of Japan 抱擁するs Minjee 物陰／風下 of Australia after finishing the first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the LPGA KEB Hana Bank 選手権 at Sky72 ゴルフ Club in Incheon, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Nasa Hataoka of Japan watches the ball on the 18th 穴を開ける during the first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the LPGA KEB Hana Bank 選手権 at Sky72 ゴルフ Club in Incheon, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Charley 船体 of England watches her 発射 on the second 穴を開ける during the first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the LPGA KEB Hana Bank 選手権 at Sky72 ゴルフ Club in Incheon, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Michelle Wie of the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs watches her 発射 on the second 穴を開ける during the first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the LPGA KEB Hana Bank 選手権 at Sky72 ゴルフ Club in Incheon, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Sung Hyun Park of South Korea watches her on the third 穴を開ける during the first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the LPGA KEB Hana Bank 選手権 at Sky72 ゴルフ Club in Incheon, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
