Mone Inami, who won the 2023 Toto Japanese Classic, became the second nonmember to win the LPGA season. She joined Rose Zhang. Inami, 24, studied at high school and university in Ibaraki and was a fan of the Taihelyo Club Minori Course.
“I’m very happy that I have the option to play on both the Japan and U.S. tours now,” said Inami. She played with Nasa Hataoka, a six-time LPGA champion.
I will discuss this with my team and make a decision.
Inami’s mother named her Claude Monet after the French artist. She has until midnight to decide if the money and points from the win are official in the Race to CME Globe.
Inami will have until the 13th of November to inform the tour that she intends to participate. The points and money are not official until she accepts.
Inami, a 13-time JLPGA winner, entered the week ranked No. Inami was ranked 93rd in the Rolex Rankings. She had 10 top-10 finishes in Japan this season, despite not having won the title. Inami won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics by beating Lydia Ko in a home-country playoff.
Inami stated that she was struggling physically and wasn’t comfortable with her swing. She changed it four times.
She said that she had a good feeling about her swing and it worked.
Mone Inami and Nasa Hataoka of Japan laugh together during the final round at the Taiheiyo Club Minori Course in Omitama Ibaraki on November 5, 2023. (Photo by Yoshimasa Nkano/Getty Images).
Inami finished with a 69 in a windy day on Sunday. She birdied her penultimate green to beat Seon Woo Bae by one stroke, and set a new scoring record of 72 holes.
Kuwaki was making her first LPGA appearance and debut at the Toto. This season, she has nine top-10 finishes in the JLPGA.
Inami, the first Japanese player of the season to win the LPGA in this year’s season, is the 23rd winner on the LPGA.
Former World No. Former World No. Gemma Dryburgh, the defending champion, finished with a score of 65 and tied for sixth. Drybrugh moved up to 50th place on the CME point list from 60th. Top 60 finishers and ties are eligible for the season-ending championship. The purse is $7,000,000 and the winner gets $2,000,000.
Jasmine Suwannapura’s performance, which saw her tied for sixth place, helped move her from 59th position to 49th in the CME rankings.
Suwannapura, a member of the CME movement, said: “I am very happy.” You know, I’ve had that goal since the middle the year. “I’ve been getting better and better each week.”
