Rio Takeda won her eighth title of the season on the JLPGA at the Toto Japan Classic, but this time it was a co-sanctioned event with the LPGA. That means the 21-year-old's victory at the Toto also comes with an LPGA card.

Rio Takeda of Japan won the LPGA’s Toto Japan Classic in a playoff that lasted six sudden-death playoff holes, defeating Marina Alex of the United States.

SHIGA, Japan — Rio Takeda of Japan won the Toto Japan Classic on Sunday in a six-hole playoff against Marina Alex to capture her first LPGA Tour title. Takeda closed with a 5-under 67 while Alex had a 66 to match her 15-under 201. The tournament was reduced to 54 holes because Saturday’s third round was washed out by rain.

Rio Takeda went the extra mile to record her first victory on the LPGA Tour, defeating Marina Alex in a playoff that lasted six sudden-death holes to capture the Toto Japan Classic in front of her home-country crowd in Shiga,

Japan’s 21-year-old golf phenom, Rio Takeda, just clinched her first-ever LPGA title in unforgettable style, edging out American Marina Alex in a marathon six-hole

Rio Takeda won the LPGA's Toto Japan Classic on the sixth hole of a sudden-death playoff Sunday, defeating Marina Alex of the United States.

Rio Takeda won her first LPGA tour title after beating American Marina Alex in a six-hole sudden death play-off at the Japan classic. The 21-year-old forced a play-off when she birdied the 18th, leaving both players on 15 under after the tournament was reduced to 54 regulation holes following Saturday's bad weather.