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The southpaw kegler had good cause to celebrate, after winning the International Bowling Championship women's singles title yesterday.
The win came with a prize money of six million yen ($96,600) - the single biggest prize purse won by a Singaporean bowler.
The previous highest purse money is believed to be the $60,300 won by Remy Ong in the Qatar International Open in 2009.
Tan beat South Korea's Jeon Eun Hee 235-189 to set up the championship game with Malaysia's Dayang Khairuiniza in the step-ladder final at the Hakata Star Lanes.
On her showdown with Dayang, Tan said: "We played on the same pair of lanes as the ones in my game against the South Korean.
"The oiling patterns remained the same, but I didn't think I had an advantage over Dayang because she looked very good in practice before the game."
But the South-east Asia Games women's singles and Masters gold-medallist blazed the lanes in that match, chalking up four strikes, including a turkey, and a spare in the first five frames.
In contrast, Dayang left the fourth and fifth frames open.
Tan said: "I knew I had won by the seventh frame because I was calculating her maximum score if she struck out the remaining frames."
She will take home 60 per cent of her prize money from the win, with 20 per cent each going to Japanese taxes and the Singapore Bowling Federation respectively.
Tan's previous highest prize purse was $15,000, which she pocketed after finishing second in both the 2009 DHC Cup Girls Championship and the 2007 Euro-Med Storm International Masters.
Her win in Japan brings her total prize earnings beyond the $100,000 mark.
This excludes the cash bonuses from the Singapore National Olympic Council's Multi-million Dollar Award Programme, which rewards athletes for medals won at the SEA Games, Asian and Commonwealth Games, as well as the Olympics.
The win is also an extension to her fruitful season last year, where she won a string of accolades, including the European Bowling Tour Masters title, a team silver at the World Women's Championships in Hong Kong and a team gold at the SEA Games.
Asked if she would consider taking up a professional bowling career upon her graduation, the final-year materials science and engineering NUS undergraduate said: "I would probably try it out for a year or so while I decide what to do with my future."
"I may decide after that to work, or continue with my studies. I made the decision quite some time ago," she added, when probed further if her string of results in recent years had influenced her decision.....READ MORE
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