Mone inami won her LPGA title at home, and she had the chance to join the tour immediately. The 24-year old had until Sunday midnight local time in Japan, to make a decision. She chose to decline.
The $300,000.00 paycheck from the Toto Japan Classic will not be considered official currency. She will also not receive the 500 Race to the CME Globe Points. Inami was expected to be in the field for the Annika driven Gainbridge at Pelican race in Florida. This would have given her a good chance of making the CME Group Tour Championship season finale in Naples, Florida.
If Inami had accepted immediate membership in the club, her first season would have been those two last events.
Inami, a JLPGA 13-time winner named after the famous painter Claude Monet has until 5 p.m. ET on November 13, to decide whether or not she will accept membership for the 2024 season. On Nov. 13, she has until 5 p.m. ET to decide if she wants to join the JLPGA for 2024.
Hinako Shibuno, a Japanese woman who won the 2019 AIG Women’s British Open, refused to join the LPGA and instead went to Q-School in order to get her card.
