Rio Takeda wins 6-hole playoff to secure first LPGA Tour victory

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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.

Takeda, 21, finished with a birdie on the par-5 18th hole to card a 5-under-par 67 and finish at 15-under 201 at Seta Golf Course.

Takeda and Alex (66