What a week for Japanese star Rio Takeda.
Takeda outdueled Marina Alex in a six-hole playoff to win the 2024 Toto Japan Classic, her eighth victor this year on the JLPGA Tour and her first on the LPGA.
She is ranked No. 25 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings and because of her win at the TOTO Japan Classic, a co-sanctioned event with the LPGA and JLPGA Tours, she is eligible for LPGA membership. She is eligible to accept immediate membership or, similarly to Mone Inami after the 2023 TOTO Japan Classic, she can defer to the 2025 LPGA season.
If Takeda accepts immediate LPGA membership, she will earn $300,000 towards her official and career earnings on the LPGA this year.
Here’s a look at the prize money payouts for each player at the 2024 Toto Japan Classic from a purse of $2 million.
2024 Toto Japan Classic prize money payouts
| Position | Player | Score | Earnings |
| 1 | Rio Takeda | -15 | $300,000 |
| 2 | Marina Alex | -15 | $182,538 |
| 3 | Haeran Ryu | -14 | $132,418 |
| T4 | Saiki Fujita | -13 | $92,443 |
| T4 | Yealimi Noh | -13 | $92,443 |
| T6 | Yui Kawamoto | -12 | $54,467 |
| T6 | Nanna Koerstz Madsen | -12 | $54,467 |
| T6 | Ariya Jutanugarn | -12 | $54,467 |
| T6 | Hana Wakimoto | -12 | $54,467 |
| T10 | Chisato Iwai | -11 | $38,975 |
| T10 | Ayaka Furue | -11 | $38,975 |
| T12 | Miyu Yamashita | -10 | $31,880 |
| T12 | Linn Grant | -10 | $31,880 |
| T12 | Mi Hyang Lee | -10 | $31,880 |
| T12 | Yuna Nishimura | -10 | $31,880 |
| 16 | Hikaru Yoshimoto | -9 | $27,383 |
| T17 | Gemma Dryburgh | -8 | $23,945 |
| T17 | Xiyu Lin | -8 | $23,945 |
| T17 | Hyo Joo Kim | -8 | $23,945 |
| T17 | Hira Naveed | -8 | $23,945 |
| T17 | Karen Tsuruoka | -8 | $23,945 |
| T22 | Ayako Kimura | -7 | $20,213 |
| T22 | Arpichaya Yubol | -7 | $20,213 |
| T22 | Pajaree Anannarukarn | -7 | $20,213 |
| T22 | Jin Young Ko | -7 | $20,213 |
| T26 | Minami Katsu | -6 | $16,065 |
| T26 | Mao Saigo | -6 | $16,065 |
| T26 | Jennifer Kupcho | -6 | $16,065 |
| T26 | Kokona Sakurai | -6 | $16,065 |
| T26 | Chanettee Wannasaen | -6 | $16,065 |
| T26 | Haruka Amamoto | -6 | $16,065 |
| T26 | Moriya Jutanugarn | -6 | $16,065 |
| T26 | Yuka Saso | -6 | $16,065 |
| T34 | Grace Kim | -5 | $12,292 |
| T34 | Alexa Pano | -5 | $12,292 |
| T34 | Yuka Yasuda | -5 | $12,292 |
| T34 | Erika Hara | -5 | $12,292 |
| T34 | Nataliya Guseva | -5 | $12,292 |
| T39 | Akie Iwai | -4 | $9,432 |
| T39 | MinYoung Lee | -4 | $9,432 |
| T39 | Shuri Sakuma | -4 | $9,432 |
| T39 | Minami Hiruta | -4 | $9,432 |
| T39 | Narin An | -4 | $9,432 |
| T39 | Lala Anai | -4 | $9,432 |
| T39 | Seonwoo Bae | -4 | $9,432 |
| T39 | Sakura Koiwai | -4 | $9,432 |
| T47 | Lucy Li | -3 | $6,756 |
| T47 | Sayaka Takahashi | -3 | $6,756 |
| T47 | Hinako Shibuno | -3 | $6,756 |
| T47 | Linnea Strom | -3 | $6,756 |
| T47 | Haruka Morita | -3 | $6,756 |
| T47 | Kotone Hori | -3 | $6,756 |
| T47 | Amiyu Ozeki | -3 | $6,756 |
| T47 | Hana Lee | -3 | $6,756 |
| T47 | Haruka Kawasaki | -3 | $6,756 |
| T47 | Jiyai Shin | -3 | $6,756 |
| T57 | Allisen Corpuz | -2 | $5,297 |
| T57 | Serena Aoki | -2 | $5,297 |
| T57 | Momoko Osato | -2 | $5,297 |
| T57 | Shiho Kuwaki | -2 | $5,297 |
| T61 | Shina Kanazawa | -1 | $4,797 |
| T61 | Jenny Shin | -1 | $4,797 |
| T61 | Brooke M. Henderson | -1 | $4,797 |
| T64 | A Lim Kim | E | $4,347 |
| T64 | Somi Lee | E | $4,347 |
| T64 | Minjee Lee | E | $4,347 |
| T64 | Wei-Ling Hsu | E | $4,347 |
| T64 | Miyuu Abe | E | $4,347 |
| T64 | Gabriela Ruffels | E | $4,347 |
| T70 | Sarah Schmelzel | 1 | $3,973 |
| T70 | Leona Maguire | 1 | $3,973 |
| 72 | Paula Reto | 2 | $3,897 |
| T73 | Mitsuki Kobayashi | 3 | $3,799 |
| T73 | Jin Hee Im | 3 | $3,799 |
| T73 | Wichanee Meechai | 3 | $3,799 |
| 76 | Sora Kamiya | 5 | $3,704 |
| 77 | Peiyun Chien | 7 | $3,657 |
| – | Ai Suzuki | WD | $3,611 |