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Sunday 5 November 2023LPGA Tour · jlpgaYear in Review
Inami wins TOTO Japan Classic
Taiheiyo Club Minori Course, Omitama, Ibaraki, Japan (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 November 2023 · Mone Inami’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,000,000 USD · TOTO
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 22 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 38° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Seonwoo Bae KOR · 267Tied second, one stroke behind on the ESPN final leaderboard. ESPN leaderboard + Wikipedia event article
- Shiho Kuwaki JPN · 267Tied second, one stroke behind on the ESPN final leaderboard. ESPN leaderboard + Wikipedia event article
78 started, 78 made it
Same week
LPGA event
TOTO Japan Classic
Taiheiyo Club Minori Course, Taiheiyo Club Minori Course, Omitama, Ibaraki, Japan
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Mone Inami
Margin and runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
5 November 2023
Actually, I don't feel big difference between Japan LPGA victory and USA victory. I got chance to have a new world coming in front of me.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mone Inami | 64 · 68 · 65 · 69 | 266 | −22 |
| T2 | Seonwoo Bae | 67 · 67 · 66 · 67 | 267 | −21 |
| T2 | Shiho Kuwaki | 65 · 65 · 66 · 71 | 267 | −21 |
| T4 | Jiyai Shin | 68 · 67 · 68 · 65 | 268 | −20 |
| T4 | Xiyu Janet Lin | 66 · 66 · 69 · 67 | 268 | −20 |
| T6 | Gemma Dryburgh | 67 · 69 · 68 · 65 | 269 | −19 |
| T6 | Jasmine Suwannapura | 68 · 66 · 66 · 69 | 269 | −19 |
| T8 | Yu Liu | 65 · 72 · 66 · 67 | 270 | −18 |
| T8 | Maria Fassi | 70 · 66 · 67 · 67 | 270 | −18 |
| T8 | Serena Aoki | 70 · 65 · 67 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| T8 | Rio Takeda | 67 · 67 · 68 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| T8 | Aki Iwai | 63 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 270 | −18 |
| T8 | Sora Kamiya | 66 · 67 · 65 · 72 | 270 | −18 |
| T8 | Nasa Hataoka | 64 · 66 · 66 · 74 | 270 | −18 |
The golfer
born 1999-07-29, Toshima, Tokyo, Japan; JPN; turned pro 2018; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 93 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2023-10-30 (published by LPGA.com), row: 93 ‐6 ‐59 Inami, Mone ‐ 6341 JPN 72 93.7572 1.3022).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet