Payday in Japan
Here's the prize money payout for each golfer at the 2023 TOTO Japan Classic
Mone Inami poses with the winner's first-place check following the final round of the TOTO Japan Classic.
Yoshimasa Nakano
The final stop on the LPGA’s four-week Asian swing saw Japan’s best and brightest players taking center stage in front of their own. The leaderboard through 54 holes of the TOTO Japan Classic had four native players at the top in this co-sanctioned event with the JLPGA Tour and eight players sitting in the top 10 at the Taiheiyo Club.
Fittingly, the most experienced of the bunch—and a true local favorite—emerged victorious. After starting one shot off the lead entering Sunday’s final round, Mone Inami cruised to a three-under 69 to finish at 22-under 266 overall and win the title by one over Seon Woo Bae and Shibo Kuwaki. For the week, Inami made just two bogeys, with her overall score setting the tournament 72-hole record.
Inami, 24, who went to high school and college in the same town, Ibaraki, as the host course, claimed her 13th JLPGA title but her first in more than a year. This was also her first LPGA victory. As a non-LPGA member, Inami can now accept full status with the win and have a tour card through the 2024 season. She has until Nov. 13 to decide if she’ll accept the membership or not.
“I am very happy to get an option that I can play not only on the Japan tour but also on the U.S. tour now,” Inami, the silver medalist at the 2020 Olympics in Japan, said after the round. “I will discuss with my team to make a final decision whether we will take this option or not.”
The overall purse in Japan was $2 million with Inami earning a first-place prize money payout of $300,000. Here’s the prize money payout for each golfer competing this week.
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Win: Mone Inami, -22, $300,000
T-2: Seon Woo Bae, -21, $157,478
T-2: Shiho Kuwaki, -21, $157,478
T-4: Jiyai Shin, -20, $92,443
T-4: Xiyu Lin, -20, $92,443
T-6: Gemma Dryburgh, -19, $61,962
T-6: Jasmine Suwannapura, -19, $61,962
T-8: Yu Liu, -18, $38,633
T-8: Maria Fassi, -18, $38,633
T-8: Serena Aoki, -18, $38,633
T-8: Rio Takeda, -18, $38,633
T-8: Akie Iwai, -18, $38,633
T-8: Sora Kamiya, -18, $38,633
T-8: Nasa Hataoka, -18, $38,633
T-15: Jenny Shin, -17, $26,184
T-15: Shoko Sasaki, -17, $26,184
T-15: Yuna Nishimura, -17, $26,184
T-15: Rose Zhang, -17, $26,184
T-15: Yuri Yoshida, -17, $26,184
T-20: Mami Fukuda, -16, $22,186
T-20: Sayaka Takahashi, -16, $22,186
T-20: Yuka Nii, -16, $22,186
T-23: Ai Suzuki, -15, $19,463
T-23: Minami Hiruta, -15, $19,463
T-23: Ayaka Furue, -15, $19,463
T-23: Fumika Kawagishi, -15, $19,463
T-27: Emily Kristine Pedersen, -14, $15,733
T-27: Hana Lee, -14, $15,733
T-27: Mao Nozawa, -14, $15,733
T-27: Kokona Sakurai, -14, $15,733
T-27: Jennifer Kupcho, -14, $15,733
T-27: Miyu Yamashita, -14, $15,733
T-27: Momoko Ueda, -14, $15,733
T-34: Sakura Koiwai, -13, $12,042
T-34: Narin An, -13, $12,042
T-34: Lindy Duncan, -13, $12,042
T-34: Mi Hyang Lee, -13, $12,042
T-34: Chisato Iwai, -13, $12,042
T-34: Yuka Saso, -13, $12,042
T-40: Erika Kikuchi, -12, $9,594
T-40: Nanna Koerstz Madsen, -12, $9,594
T-40: Hinako Shibuno, -12, $9,594
T-40: Hannah Green, -12, $9,594
T-40: Lauren Coughlin, -12, $9,594
T-45: Yuka Yasuda, -11, $8,345
T-45: Saki Nagamine, -11, $8,345
T-47: Gina Kim, -10, $7,195
T-47: Miyu Sato, -10, $7,195
T-47: Nana Suganuma, -10, $7,195
T-47: Saiki Fujita, -10, $7,195
T-47: Lala Anai, -10, $7,195
T-47: Albane Valenzuela, -10, $7,195
T-53: Bailey Tardy, -9, $6,196
T-53: Sarah Schmelzel, -9, $6,196
T-53: Mao Saigo, -9, $6,196
T-56: Erika Hara, -8, $5,397
T-56: Hyo Joo Kim, -8, $5,397
T-56: Linnea Strom, -8, $5,397
T-56: Miyuu Abe, -8, $5,397
T-56: Hikaru Yoshimoto, -8, $5,397
T-61: Peiyun Chien, -7, $4,847
T-61: Esther Henseleit, -7, $4,847
T-63: Andrea Lee, -6, $4,397
T-63: Sarah Kemp, -6, $4,397
T-63: Eun-Hee Ji, -6, $4,397
T-63: Chanettee Wannasaen, -6, $4,397
T-63: Pajaree Anannarukarn, -6, $4,397
T-63: Stephanie Meadow, -6, $4,397
T-63: Yan Liu, -6, $4,397
70: Celine Borge, -4, $3,998
71: Minami Katsu, -3, $3,948
T-72: Danielle Kang, -2, $3,823
T-72: In Gee Chun, -2, $3,823
T-72: Paula Reto, -2, $3,823
T-72: Arpichaya Yubol, -2, $3,823
T-76: Shuri Sakuma, 1, $3,681
T-76: Dani Holmqvist, 1, $3,681
78: Morgane Metraux, 8, $3,611