LOS ANGELES: Japanese teen Nasa Hataoka pressed her quest for a first LPGA tour title Friday (Saturday in Manila), firing a four-under par 68 to take a one-shot lead midway through the Volvik Championship in Michigan.

Hataoka, whose back-to-back top-10 finishes in her last two starts include a playoff-loss at the Kingsmill championship last week, built a 36-hole total of nine-under par 135 for a one-shot lead over Australia’s Minjee Lee.

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