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Gabriela Ruffels Secures 2024 LPGA Tour Membership Through the Epson Tour’s Race for the Card

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• Gabriela Ruffels

The Australian clinches the first of 10 Tour cards following her third win of the Epson Tour season

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The first athlete has mathematically clinched their 2024 LPGA Tour card through the Epson Tour’s Race for the Card.  Gabriela Ruffels  has secured her spot on the biggest stage in women’s golf with seven tournaments still to play in the 2023 Epson Tour season.

“Winning once on the highly competitive Epson Tour is a great accomplishment. Winning three times in one season is a feat only achieved by the most elite. Gabi’s success this year is a testament to not only her world-class talent but also to her resilience, positive attitude and hard work.” said LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan. “Gabi is ready to compete at the very highest level of the game and we look to seeing her shine on the LPGA next year.”

“I’m so excited to officially say that I will be on the LPGA Tour next year. It has been my goal since I turned pro at the start of 2021, and I’m so proud to have earned it through the Epson Tour,” said Ruffels. “It means the world and is something that every little girl playing golf strives to do, so to be able to have status for next year and play in the tournaments that I grew up watching on TV is such a great feeling. I’m super excited for 2024.”

After securing her third Epson Tour victory of the season at the Four Winds Invitational in South Bend, Ind., Ruffels can officially call herself an LPGA Tour Member for the 2024 season. In her rookie season on the Epson Tour in 2022, the Australian recorded five top-10 finishes, ultimately ending the season five spots shy of an LPGA Tour card, at No. 15 on the Epson Tour’s Official Money List. Despite missing the deadline to register for LPGA Q-Series, Ruffels returned to the Epson Tour in 2023, determined to prove herself worthy of a spot on the big stage.

In her sophomore campaign, Ruffels made her presence known early, winning the second event of the season, the Carlisle Arizona Women’s Championship. Four events later, she put the golf world on notice when she tied the all-time 54-hole Epson Tour scoring record (-19) at the Garden City Charity Classic at Buffalo Dunes. The third win at the Four Winds Invitational was just icing on the cake of an already impressive year.

“I thought I had a good chance to clinch in French Lick [the week before the Four Winds Invitational] and was just told I needed to finish one spot higher, or something,” said Ruffels. “Winning here [in South Bend] was a great way to seal the deal.”

Ruffels will become an LPGA Tour Member in 2024, since the Battlefield Promotion to the LPGA Tour after three wins on the Epson Tour was changed as part of the overall restructuring with the installment of LPGA Q-Series in 2018. So far in 2023, Ruffels has played and made the cut in three LPGA Tour events, including two majors, the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and U.S. Women’s Open. She will tee it up next on the LPGA Tour at the CPKC Women’s Open.

“I am not sure what my plan is yet, I haven’t even thought that far ahead,” said Ruffels. “I am going to take a week off next week and go back home to California. Then I have a start at the Canadian Women’s Open (CPKC Women’s Open) on the LPGA Tour so that’s what's next right now.”

With her sights now set on making her name known on the LPGA Tour, Ruffels won’t forget the path she took to get there. Ruffels enjoyed a successful amateur career before turning professional in 2022. The 23-year-old won the 2019 US Women’s Amateur while attending the University of Southern California. Not only was Ruffels an accomplished amateur golfer, but she was an accomplished amateur tennis player as well. In her time playing tennis, she won 21 International Tennis Federation doubles events, competing in Europe.

From amateur golf to the University of Southern California and the Epson Tour, the Australian has a lot to be thankful for. In a game that feels like a rollercoaster at times, support means everything, and that is not something Ruffels lacked.

“I would like to thank my parents; they have been through so much with my brother and I. They are always out here supporting, and I have my mom on the bag every week,” said Ruffels. “Also, thank you to Golf Australia for all their support and USC where I went to school. They are always so supportive, and the Epson Tour, thank you for giving us a tour to play on and help us to get to the next level.”

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2024 LPGA Tour Schedule: Dates, Purses, Winners

• Author: John Schwarb

Members of the LPGA Tour will play for a record $116 million in 33 official events during the 2024 season.

The season begins with the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions from Jan. 18-21 in Orlando and concludes with the CME Group Tour Championship from Nov. 21-24 in Naples.

The LPGA Tour has five majors again in 2024 including the Chevron Championship.

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We'll track the winners and total purses for each event here.

2024 LPGA Tour Schedule: Dates, Winners, Purses

Jan. 18-21: Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, Lake Nona G. and C.C., Orlando, Florida, $1.5 million

Winner: Lydia Ko

Jan. 25-28: LPGA Drive On Championship, Bradenton Country Club, Bradenton, Florida, $1.75 million

Winner: Nelly Korda

Feb. 22-25: Honda LPGA Thailand, Siam C.C., Pattaya, Chonburi, Thailand, Purse: $1.7 million

Winner: Patty Tavatanakit

Feb. 29-March 3: HSBC Women's World Championship, Sentosa G.C., Singapore, Purse: $1.8 million

Winner: Hannah Green

March 7-10: Blue Bay LPGA, Jian Lake Blue Bay GC, Hainan Island, China, $2.2 million

Winner: Bailey Tardy

March 21-24: Se Ri Pak LA Open, Palos Verdes Golf Club, Palos Verdes Estates, California, $2 million

Winner: TBD

March 28-31: Arizona Championship presented by JTBC, TBD, Phoenix, Arizona, $2 million

April 3-7: LPGA Match Play at Shadow Creek, Shadow Creek G.C., Las Vegas, Nevada, $2 million

April 18-21: The Chevron Championship, The Club at Carlton Woods, The Woodlands, Texas, $5.2 million

April 25-28: JM Eagle LA Championship presented by Plastpro, Wilshire C.C., Los Angeles, California, $3 million

May 9-12: Cognizant Founders Cup, Upper Montclair Country Club, Clifton, New Jersey, $3 million

May 16-19: Mizuho Americas Open, Liberty National Golf Club, Jersey City, New Jersey, $3 million

May 30-June 2: U.S. Women's Open, Lancaster Country Club, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, $11 million

June 7-9: ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer, Seaview, A Dolce Hotel (Bay Course), Galloway, New Jersey, $1.75 million

June 13-16: Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, Blythefield C.C., Grand Rapids, Michigan, $3 million

June 20-23: KPMG Women's PGA Championship , Sahalee Country Club, Sammamish, Washington, $10 million

June 27-30: Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, Midland C.C., Midland, Michigan, $3 million

July 11-14: Amundi Evian Championship, Evian Resort G.C., Evian-les-Bains, France, $6.5 million

July 18-21: Dana Open for Children, Highland Meadows G.C., Sylvania, Ohio, $1.75 million

July 25-28: CPKC Women's Open, Earl Grey Golf Club, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, $2.6 million

Aug. 1-4: Portland Classic, Columbia Edgewater Country Club, Portland, Oregon, $1.75 million

Aug. 8-11: 2024 Paris Olympics, Le Golf National, Paris, France

Aug. 15-19: Women's Scottish Open, TBD, Scotland, $2 million

Aug. 22-25: AIG Women's Open, St. Andrews (Old Course), St. Andrews, Scotland, $9 million

Aug. 29-Sept. 1: FM Global Championship, TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts, $3.5 million

Sept. 13-15: Solheim Cup , Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, Gainesville, Virginia

Winning Team: TBD

Sept. 19-22: Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G, TBD, Cincinnati, Ohio, $2 million

Sept. 27-29: Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G, Pinnacle Country Club, Rogers, Arkansas, $3 million

Oct. 10-13: Buick LPGA Shanghai, Qizhong Garden Golf Club, Shanghai, China, $2.1 million

Oct. 17-20: BMW Ladies Championship, TBD, South Korea, $2.2 million

Oct. 24-27: Maybank Championship, Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, $3 million

Oct. 31-Nov. 3: TOTO Japan Classic, Seta Golf Course, Shiga, Japan, $2 million

Nov. 6-9: LOTTE Championship, Hoakalei Country Club in Ewa Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, $3 million

Nov. 14-17: The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican, Pelican G.C., Belleair, Florida, $3.25 million

Nov. 21-24: CME Group Tour Championship, Tiburon G.C., Naples, Florida, $11 million

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A total of 50 players earned LPGA status for the 2024 season at Q-Series. Australia’s Robyn Choi topped the field with a 29-under total over the course of six rounds, earning $15,000.

This year’s event, cut down from the traditional eight rounds, was held at Robert Trent Jones’ Magnolia Grove Golf Course in Mobile, Alabama. A field of 104 players began the week and a cut was made after 72 holes. Players who finished in the top 20 and ties earned Category 14 status, while those who finished from T-23 to T-45 earned Category 15.

The big move of the day belonged to Lauren Hartlage, who skyrocketed from T-60 to 16th with a closing 63.

“The last two years I had to come back to Q-School to earn my card back,” said Hartlage. “This time I feel like I’m getting better in learning the ropes of how the LPGA works, so I’m super excited to get back out there.”

LPGA veteran Jennifer Song had good friend Amy Yang on the bag this week. Yang, of course, won the CME Group Tour Championship last month and a $2 million first-place prize. Song finished tied for 17th to earn her card back.

“I think I got like 200 percent confidence from her,” said Song. “You know, just having a close friend, it’s a long week, and I knew I had the game to play well, but I just needed to feel relaxed out there, and then a friend was just what I needed out there.”

Added Yang: “You know, Jennifer, she prepared everything. Her game was so ready to go already at home. I just needed to carry the bag and just talk other stuff and make her feel comfortable.

“I really didn’t do enough other than that.”

Here’s a closer look at the 50 players who earned LPGA status for 2024:

1. Robyn Choi

Robyn Choi of Australia reacts after putting on the ninth green during the sixth round of LPGA Q-School at Magnolia Grove Golf Course on December 06, 2023 in Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

Australian-born Choi played collegiate golf at Colorado and earned LPGA status at the inaugural Q-Series in 2019. Finished 12th on the Epson Tour money list this season with six top-10 finishes.

T-2. Mao Saigo

Mao Saigo of Japan hits her second shot on the 2nd hole during the final round of 42nd Daio Paper elleair Ladies Open at elleair Golf Club Matsuyama on November 19, 2023 in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan. (Photo by Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)

Japanese player came into Q-Series ranked 43rd in the Rolex Rankings. Saigo, who tied for third at the 2022 Amundi Evian, has six wins on the Japan LPGA the past two seasons.

T-2. So Mi Lee

So Mi Lee of South Korea poses with the tour card after the sixth round of LPGA Q-School at Magnolia Grove Golf Course on December 06, 2023 in Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

Lee came into Q-Series ranked 57th in the world. A five-time winner on the KLPGA, Lee didn’t win this season in South Korea, but she collects seven top-three finishes. Her highest ranking this season was 42nd.

4. Mina Harigae

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Former Solheim Cup player finished runner-up at the 2022 U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles. Finished 101st on the CME points list this year. The top 100 keep their full cards each year. Harigae joined the tour in 2010 and won the 2007 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship.

T-5. Gurleen Kaur

Gurleen Kaur of the United States hits her tee shot on the 14th hole during the final round of The Epson Tour Championship at LPGA International on October 8, 2023 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images)

Four-time winner at Baylor finished second at the Epson Tour Championship earlier this year. Houston’s Kaur, a student of major winner Hal Sutton, won twice on the Women’s All-Pro Tour.

T-5. Polly Mack

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Mack, a rookie on the LPGA in 2023, led the tour in overall driving distance with an average of 281.75 yards. She finished 125th in CME points with her best finish, a T-3, coming at the Dow Great Lakes team event. Mack turned professional in 2022 after completing her college career at Alabama.

T-7. Hyo Joon Jang

Hyo Joon Jang/LPGA photo, Isaiah Bell

A rookie on the LPGA in 2023, Jang finished 127th on the CME points list with one top-10 finish at the Portland Classic. The 20-year-old South Korean first earned LPGA status by finishing 10th on the Epson Tour money list. Moved to the U.S. at age 16 to attend a boarding school and pursue her dream of professional golf.

T-7. Yuri Yoshida

Yuri Yoshida of Japan smiles on the 18th hole during the third round of JLPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup at Miyazaki Country Club on November 25, 2023 in Miyazaki, Japan. (Photo by Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)

A three-time winner on the JLPGA, 23-year-old Yoshida also has five runner-up finishes over the past three seasons. Held onto a top-10 finish despite a closing 74.

T-7. Yu Jin Sung

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Three-time winner on the KLPGA, Sung’s latest victory came last month at the S-Oil Championship. Tied for second at this year’s Lotte Championship in Hawaii on the LPGA, losing in a playoff to LPGA rookie Grace Kim.

T-10. Savannah Grewal

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Clemson fifth-year senior shared medalist honors at the first stage of Q-School. Canada’s Grewal sailed through the second stage and promptly turned professional. Over the past year, she’s dropped four strokes off her scoring average.

T-10. Laetitia Beck

Laetitia Beck of Israel plays her shot from the third tee during the sixth round of LPGA Q-School at Magnolia Grove Golf Course on December 06, 2023 in Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

Former Duke player closed with a 67. Finished 20th on the Epson Tour list this season. Became the first player from Israel to earn a tour card for the 2015 season. Last competed on the LPGA for a full season in 2018.

T-12. Yiyi Liu

Yiyi Liu of China plays her shot from the third tee during the sixth round of LPGA Q-School at Magnolia Grove Golf Course on December 06, 2023 in Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

China’s Yiyi Liu finished 44th on the Epson Tour’s money list this season. Rebounded from an opening 74 with rounds of 65-67-67 to get back in the mix. Liu went 68 holes without a bogey.

T-12. Xiaowen Yin

Xiaowen Yin of China looks on from under an umbrella on the ninth fairway during the second round of The Ascendant LPGA benefiting Volunteers of America at Old American Golf Club on October 06, 2023 in The Colony, Texas. (Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images)

A rookie on the LPGA in 2023, China’s Yin finished 112th on the CME points list this season. The 18-year-old Yin averaged second on tour in driving distance at 277.26 yards. Earned LPGA status in 2023 via a second place finish on the Epson Tour money list.

14. Liqi Zeng

Liqi Zeng/LPGA photo, Isaiah Bell

A four-time winner on the China LPGA, Zeng finished outside the top six on that tour only once in 2023. Currently tanked 307th in the world. Zeng’s 70 in Round 5 included a triple on the final hole.

15. Hira Naveed

Hira Naveed of Australia lines up a shot on the ninth green during the fifth round of LPGA Q-School at Magnolia Grove Golf Course on December 05, 2023 in Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

Naveed closed with a 65 to vault up the board and into the top 20. The Aussie played collegiate golf at Pepperdine. She finished 30th on the Epson Tour money list this season and has eight career top 10s on that tour.

16. Lauren Hartlage

Lauren Hartlage plays her shot from the tenth tee during the fifth round of LPGA Q-School at Magnolia Grove Golf Course on December 05, 2023 in Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

The 25-year-old from Elizabethtown, Kentucky, just completed her second season on the LPGA. Her best LPGA finish, a T-6, came at the Lotte Championship. Hartlage closed with a sizzling 63 to vault into the top 20. She played collegiate golf at the University of Louisville.

T-17. Jing Yan

Jing Yan of China plays her shot from the 16th tee during the final round of The Ascendant LPGA benefiting Volunteers of America at Old American Golf Club on October 08, 2023 in The Colony, Texas. (Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images)

The 27-year-old from Shanghai was a rookie on the LPGA in 2015 and has six career top-10 finishes. Former Washington player made $1,230,362 in career earnings on the LPGA. Yang’s best LPGA finish was a solo second at the 2017 McKayson New Zealand Women’s Open.

T-17. Sofia Garcia

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Birdied three of her last six holes on Wednesday, making a final push toward the top 20. An LPGA rookie in 2023, Garcia finished 147th on the CME points list, making four cuts in 13 starts. She won four times at Texas Tech.

T-17. Lucy Li

Lucy Li/LPGA photo, Isaiah Bell

Holds the record for being the youngest to ever qualify for a U.S. Women’s Open at age 11. Now 21, Li spent 2023 as a rookie on the LPGA and finished 109th on the CME points list. She’s a two-time winner on the Epson Tour and an online study at the University of Pennsylvania.

T-17. Jennifer Song

Jennifer Song/LPGA photo, Isaiah Bell

Two-time USGA champion first joined the LPGA in 2011. While she’s never won on tour, Song does have 13 career top-10 finishes. She finished 149th on this year’s CME list, which sent her back to qualifying school with good friend Amy Yang on the bag. Yang recently won the CME Group Tour Championship and a $2 million first-place prize.

T-17. Yealimi Noh

Yealimi Noh of the United States putts on the ninth green during the fifth round of LPGA Q-School at Magnolia Grove Golf Course on December 05, 2023 in Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

An LPGA rookie in 2020, 22-year-old Noh finished 119th on the CME points list this season. Noh represented the U.S on the 2021 Solheim Cup at Inverness. She finished 27th on the money list that season, finishing third at the Amundi Evian. Noh won the 2018 U.S. Girls’ Junior.

T-17. Jin Hee Im

Jin Hee Im of South Korea smiles at the fifth hole during the first round of the BMW Ladies Championship at LPGA International Busan on Oct. 21, 2021 in Busan, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

A four-time winner on the Korean LPGA this season, Im came into the season ranked 40th in the world. Im is a six-time winner on the KLPGA since  2021.

T-23. Aline Krauter

Aline Krauter/LPGA photo. Isaiah Bell

Former Stanford player helped the Cardinal win the 2022 NCAA Championship. Germany’s Krauter, a former Women’s British Amateur champion, won her first professional title at the LET’s Hero Women’s Indian Open in October, winning by five strokes.

T-23. Nataliya Guseva

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Russian-born player played collegiate golf at Miami and joined the Epson Tour this season. Won the Black Desert Resort Championship as a rookie, finishing 14th on the Epson money list. Named 2021 ACC Freshman of the Year.

T-23. Malia Nam

Malia Nam/LPGA photo, Isaiah Bell

Nam spent five seasons at USC, restarting her senior year after hip surgery. The Hawaiian’s best WAGR wanking was 157th. She closed Q-Series with a 69.

T-23. Jeongeun Lee5

Jeongeun Lee5 of South Korea waits to play her shot from the third tee during the sixth round of LPGA Q-School at Magnolia Grove Golf Course on December 06, 2023 in Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

A rookie on the LPGA in 2015, Lee5 finished 103rd on the CME points list this season. She has seven career top-10 finishes and won the 2015 Jeju Samdasu Masters on the KLPGA.

T-27. Ana Pelaez Trivino

Ana Pelaez Trivino of Spain tees off on the 11th hole on Day One of the ISPS HANDA World Invitational presented by AVIV Clinics at Galgorm Castle Golf Club on August 17, 2023 in United Kingdom. (Photo by Octavio Passos/Getty Images)

The 25-year-old from Malaga, Spain, has competed on the LET the past two seasons, winning the 2022 Communidad Madrid Ladies Open. Played collegiate golf at South Carolina, turning professional in 2021. Trivino has made eight LPGA starts, making the cut twice.

T-27. Kaitlyn Papp Budde

Kaitlyn Papp of the United States plays her shot from the fifth tee during the second round of the Kroger Queen City Championship at Kenwood Country Club on Sept. 9, 2022 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)

First earned LPGA membership for the 2022 season, she made the cut eight times in 18 starts. Spent 2023 on the Epson Tour where she finished 51st on the money list. Former Texas player finished T-9 at the 2020 U.S. Women’s Open as an amateur.

T-27. Benedetta Moresco

Benedetta Moresco of Italy plays her shot from the ninth tee during the fifth round of LPGA Q-School at Magnolia Grove Golf Course on December 05, 2023 in Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

The 22-year-old Italian played at the University of Alabama, where she won The Ally. Her sister, Angelica, plays on the Epson Tour. Qualified for the 2023 U.S. Women’s Open as an amateur.

T-27. Kaitlin Milligan

Kaitlin Milligan/LPGA photo, Isaiah Bell

Former Oklahoma player finished 95th on the Epson Tour money list in 2023, her second season on the developmental tour. Milligan ranked fifth on tour in driving distance with a 285.88 average.

T-27. Lauren Stephenson

Lauren Stephenson of the United States watches her shot from the seventh tee during the first round of The Annika driven by Gainbridge at Pelican at Pelican Golf Club on Nov. 9, 2023 in Belleair, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)

Former Clemson player finished 126th on the CME points list this season. An LPGA rookie in 2019, Stephenson returned to Q-Series for the first time since 2018 when she tied for eighth in the inaugural event.

T-27. Kelly Tan

Kelly Tan of Malaysia reacts after putting on the eighth green during the first round of The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican at Pelican Golf Club on November 09, 2023 in Belleair, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)

The 30-year-old from Malaysia was a rookie on the LPGA in 2014. She has four career top-10 finishes. Represented Malaysia at the 2016 Rio Olympics (51st) and 2020 Tokyo Olympics (T-34). Won the 2019 Florida’s Natural Charity Classic on the Epson Tour.

T-27. Kiira Riihijarvi

Kiira Riihijarvi of Finland plays her shot from the ninth tee during the sixth round of LPGA Q-School at Magnolia Grove Golf Course on December 06, 2023 in Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

An LPGA rookie in 2023, Riihijarvi played Division II golf at the University of Tampa. Played three seasons on the Epson Tour, winning the 2022 Ann Arbor’s Road to the LPGA. The 26-year-old Finnish player made one cut in 16 starts this season.

T-27. Alexandra Forsterling

Alexandra Forsterling/LPGA photo, Isaiah Bell

Young German pro played collegiate golf at Arizona State. Forsterling won LET Q-School at this time last year and then proceeded to win twice on that tour in 2023, including the Mallorca Ladies Open last month.

T-35. Ssu-Chia Cheng

Ssu-Chia Cheng/LPGA photo, Isaiah Bell

The 26-year-old from Taiwan was an LPGA rookie in 2016. Cheng has earned $158,699 on the LPGA and $255,063 in earnings on the Epson Tour.

T-35. Weiwei Zhang

Weiwei Zhang of China plays her shot from the 18th tee during the fifth round of LPGA Q-School at Magnolia Grove Golf Course on December 05, 2023 in Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

The 26-year-old from China has made 24 starts on on the LPGA, earning $104,098. Her career-best finish was a T-10 at the Portland Classic. She’s a five-time winner on the CLPGA and won the2017 Sky Ladies ABC Cup on the JLPGA.

T-35. Mariajo Uribe

Mariajo Uribe of Colombia plays her shot from the third tee during the sixth round of LPGA Q-School at Magnolia Grove Golf Course on December 06, 2023 in Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

Uribe, a former U.S. Women’s Amateur champion, told lpga.com that she signed up for Q-Series to give herself the best chance at qualifying for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. After that, the Colombian mom plans to retire.

T-38. Trichat Cheenglab

Trichat Cheenglab of Thailand checks the wind direction on the second tee during Day Two of the Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed at Ullna Golf & Country Club on June 9, 2023 in Sweden. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images)

Thailand’s Cheenglab became the sixth player to win both the LET’s Race to Costa del Sol and Rookie of the Year titles in the same season in 2023. The 28-year-old winner of the 2023 Big Green Egg Open followed in the footsteps of two-time LPGA winner Atthaya Thitikul in pulling off the rare double.

T-38. Maddie Szeryk

Maddie Szeryk of Canada poses with the tour card after the sixth round of LPGA Q-School at Magnolia Grove Golf Course on December 06, 2023 in Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

Canadian player has one top-10 finishes in her last two seasons on the LPGA. Played four seasons on the Epson Tour after turning professional in 2018. Szeryk played collegiate golf at Texas A&M where she set the SEC record with 32 career top-10s.

T-38. Clariss Guce

Clariss Guce of the Philippines hits her tee shot on the ninth hole during the first round of The Epson Tour Championship at LPGA International on Oct. 5, 2023 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images)

Guce finished 32nd on the Epson Tour money list with a pair of third-place finishes. Played collegiate golf at Cal State Northridge, earning Big West Conference Player of the Year honors in 2014. Joined the Epson Tour in 2016.

T-38. Cydney Clanton

Cydney Clanton of the United States hits from the 18th tee during the fifth round of LPGA Q-School at Magnolia Grove Golf Course on December 05, 2023 in Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

Former LPGA winner finished the 2023 season 131st on the CME points list. Clanton, 34, made only seven starts this season on the LPGA. She also made 14 starts on the Epson Tour, finishing 31st on that tour’s money list. Held onto a card despite closing with a 76.

T-38. Laura Wearn

Laura Wearn of the United States hits her tee shot on the ninth hole during the first round of The Epson Tour Championship at LPGA International on October 5, 2023 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images)

As a 2023 LPGA rookie, Wearn played in six events and made one cut. Wearn, 32, played collegiate golf at Furman and has three Epson Tour victories. She turned professional in 2014.

T-38. Alena Sharp

Alena Sharp of Canada plays her shot on the ninth hole during the fifth round of LPGA Q-School at Magnolia Grove Golf Course on December 05, 2023 in Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

Sharp, 42, has 19 years of experience on the LPGA. The Canadian veteran has 16 career top-10 finishes on the LPGA. A two-time winner on the Epson Tour, her most recent victory came at the 2023 Champions Fore Change Invitational.

T-38. Sophia Schubert

Sophia Schubert of the United States reacts after a putt on the ninth green during the fifth round of LPGA Q-School at Magnolia Grove Golf Course on Dec. 5, 2023 in Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

Former U.S. Women’s Amateur champion finished 137th on the CME points list. Missed the cut in her last six LPGA starts. Finished runner-up last year at the Amundi Evian Championship. Earned her card via the 2021 Epson Tour money list.

T-45. Gigi Stoll

Gigi Stoll of the United States looks on at the eighth hole during the first round of The Epson Tour Championship at LPGA International on Oct. 5, 2023 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images)

Finished 17th on the Epson Tour money list this season. Collected her first Epson Tour victory at the Casino Del Sol Golf Classic, where she played collegiate golf at the University of Arizona.

T-45. Annie Park

Annie Park of the United States player her shot on the tenth tee during the fifth round of LPGA Q-School at Magnolia Grove Golf Course on Dec. 5, 2023 in Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

Park, winner of the 2018 ShopRite LPGA Classic, finished 129th on the CME points list. The 28-year-old has $1.7 million in earnings this season. Won the 2013 NCAA championship at USC and earned LPGA status for 2016 after topping the Epson Tour money list.

T-45. Nicole Broch Estrup

Nicole Broch Estrup of Denmark reacts on the sixth green plays her shot from the seventh tee during the first round of The Annika driven by Gainbridge at Pelican at Pelican Golf Club on Nov. 9, 2023 in Belleair, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)

An LPGA rookie in 2017, Broch Estrup has six career top-10 finishes and earned $1,247,801 during her tour career. Named LET Player of the Year in 2015. The 30-year-old represented Denmark in the 2016 Rio Olympics.

T-45. Jung Min Hong

Jung Min Hong of South Korea plays her shot on the ninth hole during the fifth round of LPGA Q-School at Magnolia Grove Golf Course on Dec. 5, 2023 in Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

Hong will be an LPGA rookie in 2024. KLPGA veteran won 2022 Doosan Match Play Championship. The 21-year-old South Korean has 80 starts on the KLPGA. Turned professional in 2020.

T-45. Yue Ren

Yue Ren of China plays a shot on the 1st hole during the final round of the Blue Bay LPGA on Nov. 10, 2018 in Hainan Island, China. (Photo by Zhe Ji/Getty Images)

The 22-year-old Ren from Guangzhou, China, has competed on Epson Tour since 2020. She has one win and two top-10s on the developmental tour in that time. Ren competed on the CLPGA from 2018-2020.

T-45. Becca Huffer

Becca Huffer of the United States places her ball on the 18th green during the second round of The Epson Tour Championship at LPGA International on October 6, 2023 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images)

The 33-year-old Huffer from Denver, Colorado, was a rookie on the Epson Tour in 2013. Huffer has finished runner-up three times on the Epson, most recently at the 2023 Four Winds Invitational. She won the won the 2013 Colorado Open. Played in 15 events on the LPGA in 2019, making one cut.

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Kristen Gillman will return to the LPGA in 2024 after making birdie, eagle on the last two holes Sunday at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla.

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Kristen Gillman's redemptive season on the Epson Tour came down to the final two holes of the Tour Championship. Starting the week in 13th place on the tour’s Race for the Card standings, three spots away from earning an LPGA card for 2024, the 26-year-old peered over at the leaderboard while walking off the 16th green at 16 under par. Quickly, the two-time U.S. Women's Amateur champion deduced that her then five-under day was not enough. Gillman believed she had to go birdie-eagle to move into 10th place on the money list.

Gillman executed, birdieing the par-3 17th at the Jones Course at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla., then hitting her second on the par-5 18th to five feet. Gillman's eagle polished off a closing eight-under 64, with the late charge moving her from T-18 to start Sunday into a T-4 finish, earning a check of $12,177 that cleared her for the final card. Gillman, the LPGA's 2019 Rookie of the Year runner-up, returns to the tour after finishing 63rd on the Epson Tour money list in 2022.

"Excited to get back out there," Gillman said. "I feel like my game has improved a lot and I've learned a lot as a player, so I'm excited to go out there and kind of put into play what I learned and see how it compares against them again."

Gillman was one of two players outside the top 10 to begin the week to earn their cards. Tour Championship winner Auston Kim, 23, started in 15th place, and following a first-round one-under 71, her chances of turning the week around seemed unlikely. Instead, the second-year professional out of Vanderbilt closed with 64-65-65, including a 29 on the front nine Sunday, to earn a trio of firsts—her first professional victory, first winner's paycheck and first LPGA card.

"To be able to break through that wall and know that I was knocking the entire time and just believing in myself 100 percent—oh, my God, I can't even describe the feeling," Kim said. "All those hours I stayed working hard with my parents and with my mom on the bag all year, I'm really glad it came to fruition."

Gabi Ruffels, Natasha Andrea Oon, Auston Kim, Jiwon Jeon, Minji Kang, Agathe Laisne, Jenny Coleman, Roberta Liti, Isabella Fierro and Kristen Gillman pose with their LPGA cards during a ceremoney friday after the final round of the Epson Tour Championship in Florida.

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There were a number of other interesting stories from the top 10 as well. Money list winner Gabi Ruffels, 23, who played on the Epson Tour this season after her team forgot to file the paperwork for her to compete at last year's Q-Series, won $159,926 with three victories and six top 10s in only 13 events, securing her LPGA card back in August. The former standout amateur tennis player, whose brother is also an aspiring tour pro, moved from 15th on the Epson Tour's money list last year to the top in 2023.

"It's a dream come true," Ruffels said. "It was kind of surreal being at that card ceremony after last year and what happened with Q-School registration and everything."

Jenny Coleman, 31, who finished in seventh with $106,137, is the only one to earn her LPGA card for the second time through the Epson Tour top 10. In 2019, Coleman finished third on the tour’s money list with $104,840.

The most disappointed may be Becca Huffer, who began the week in ninth on the money list and ended her 10th season on Epson Tour as the first one without a card ($94,001). It wasn't for lack of Sunday heroics, as the 33-year-old fired a 65, Huffer's best round of the week, to finish T-12 and earn $4,611. Instead, she ended up $1,700 short of the 10th position. In an odd quirk, it's the second consecutive year that Huffer finished directly behind Gillman on the money list, as the two ended in 63rd and 64th in 2022.

Despite the painful finish, Huffer does not leave the season empty-handed. She and everyone in the top 35 on the money list receive another opportunity to earn their LPGA card with direct entry into Q-Series, the final stage of LPGA's qualifying, starting on Nov. 30.

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2024 LPGA Tour Schedule (COMPLETE Guide)

• by James Matthews
• November 17, 2023 August 29, 2024

The 2024 LPGA Tour schedule features a total 35 events throughout the new season, which runs from January to November 2024.

The LPGA Tour season kicks off in January 2024 with the HGV Tournament of Champions the first of 33 official events, and concludes in November with the CME Group Tour Championship .

The season features three new events with the LPGA Drive On Championship in January, the Arizona Championship presented by JTBC in March and the FM Global Championship in September.

In total, the LPGA will visit 15 states in the United States and 10 countries as part of a global tour.

The 2024 Solheim Cup takes place in September as Team USA and Team Europe go head-to-head at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia.

Before that, the 2024 Paris Olympics golf tournament will be staged at Le Golf National in France in August.

Another of the unofficial events brings down the curtain on the 2024 golf when the Grant Thornton Invitational is staged in December.

As announced by the LPGA Tour , record prize money of more than $118 million across the year will be played for.

“The 2024 LPGA Tour schedule reflects our historic growth,” said LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan.

“With new events and improved geographic flow, enhancing the athlete experience, our global reach and competitiveness have never been stronger.

“As we embark on this season, we celebrate the remarkable journey of women’s golf, anticipating thrilling competition and unforgettable moments for fans worldwide.”

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2024 LPGA Tour Schedule

Jan 18-21 HGV Tournament of Champions – Lake Nona Golf & Country Club, Orlando, Florida Jan 25-28 LPGA Drive On Championship – Bradenton Country Club, Bradenton, Florida

Feb 22-25 Honda LPGA Thailand – Siam Country Club, Pattaya, Chonburi, Thailand Feb 29 – Mar 3 HSBC Women’s World Championship – Sentosa Golf Club, Singapore

Mar 7-10 Blue Bay LPGA – Jian Lake Blue Bay Golf Club, Hainan Island, China Mar 21-24 Seri Pak LA Open – Palos Verdes Golf Club, Palos Verdes Estates, California Mar 28-31 Arizona Championship presented by JTBC , Seville Country Club, Gilbert, Arizona

Apr 3-7 LPGA Match Play at Shadow Creek , Shadow Creek Golf Course, Las Vegas, Nevada Apr 18-21 The Chevron Championship – The Club at Carlton Woods, The Woodlands, Texas Apr 25-28 JM Eagle LA Championship – Wilshire Country Club, Los Angeles, California

May 9-12 Cognizant Founders Cup – Upper Montclair Country Club, Clifton, New Jersey May 16-19 Mizuho Americas Open – Liberty National Golf Club, Jersey City, New Jersey May 30 – June 2 U.S. Women’s Open – Lancaster Country Club, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

June 7-9 ShopRite LPGA Classic – Seaview, Galloway, New Jersey June 13-16 Meijer LPGA Classic – Blythefield Country Club, Grand Rapids, Michigan June 20-23 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship – Sahalee Country Club, Sammamish, Washington June 27-30 Dow Championship – Midland Country Club, Midland, Michigan

July 11-14 Amundi Evian Championship – Evian Resort Golf Club, Evian-les-Bains, France July 18-21 Dana Open for Children – Highland Meadows Golf Club, Sylvania, Ohio July 25-28 CPKC Women’s Open – Earl Grey Golf Club, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Aug 1-4 Portland Classic – Columbia Edgewater Country Club, Portland, Oregon Aug 8-11 2024 Paris Olympics – Le Golf National, Paris, France Aug 15-18 Women’s Scottish Open – Dundonald Links, Scotland Aug 22-25 AIG Women’s Open – St Andrews, Fife, Scotland Aug 29 – Sep 1 FM Championship – TPC Boston, Norton, Massachusetts

Sep 13-15 Solheim Cup – Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, Gainesville, Virginia Sep 19-22 Kroger Queen City Championship – TBC, Cincinnati, Ohio Sep 27-29 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship – Pinnacle Country Club, Rogers, Arkansas

Oct 10-13 Buick LPGA Shanghai – Qizhong Garden Golf Club, Shanghai, China Oct 17-20 BMW Ladies Championship – Korean location to be announced Oct 24-27 Maybank Championship – Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Oct 31 – Nov 3 TOTO Japan Classic – Seta Golf Course, Shiga, Japan

Nov 6-9 LOTTE Championship – Hoakalei Country Club, Ewa Beach, Oahu, Hawaii Nov 14-17 The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge – Pelican Golf Club, Belleair, Florida Nov 21-24 CME Group Tour Championship – Tiburon Golf Club, Naples, Florida

Dec 13-15 Grant Thornton Invitational

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2024 ShopRite LPGA Classic final results: Prize money payout, LPGA Tour leaderboard and how much each golfer won

The 2024 ShopRite LPGA Classic final leaderboard is headed by winner Linnea Strom, who topped the LPGA Tour leaderboard this week with a win at Seaview Resort in Galloway Township, New Jersey.

Strom won for the first time in her LPGA Tour career, doing so in her 99th start, with a tremendous final-round comeback. Strom shot 11-under 60 in the final round of the 54-hole tournament to post 14-under 199, and she jumped from a tie for 52nd place into the lead.

Neither Megan Khang, nor Ayaka Furue could catch Strom, and when Khang could not birdie the par-5 finisher, Strom had won. Khang and Furue finished in a share of second, a shot back. Atthaya Thitikul was solo fourth, two shots behind the lead.

Strom won the $262,500 winner's share of the $1,750,000 purse.

ShopRite LPGA Classic recap notes

Strom picks up the win in the 14th LPGA Tour event of the season, getting in the winner's circle for the first time in her LPGA career.

By winning the event, Strom earned 500 points in the Race to the CME Globe, with the top 60 players in points getting into the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship.

This week, there was a 36-hole cut with 67 players finishing the tournament. Two amateurs made the cut and were not paid for their finish in the event.

The 2024 LPGA Tour schedule continues next week with the Meijer LPGA Classic in Michigan.

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Transgender golfer Hailey Davidson competing on women’s tour ‘unfair’, says former LPGA Tour pro

A Scotland-born transgender golfer has come through qualifying to stand only two steps from becoming a member of the LPGA Tour, a scenario that one former professional on the women’s biggest circuit has labelled “unfair”.

Hailey Davidson , the first male-born golfer to win a professional women’s event on the minor leagues three years ago, progressed through the first stages of Q School at the weekend and now goes forward to October’s next phase.

The 31-year-old, originally from Ayrshire but now based in Florida, has said that her intention is “ to make Scotland proud” by earning an LPGA card, despite the likes of Judy Murray calling the ongoing quest as “wrong”.

On Monday, Amy Olson, who finished runner-up in two women’s majors in her decade on Tour, added her voice to the dissenters.

“Unfair” the American posted on social media. “These women have worked too hard and too long to have to stand by and watch a man compete for and take their spot. The only fair path forward is a policy based on sex, not gender.”

However, Davidson, who almost qualified for the US Women’s Open in June, is unapologetic and has recently lashed out at the detractors. “I will never understand athletes who blame a transgender competitor on their own athletic failures,” Davidson wrote on Instagram. “If you don’t take accountability for your failures then you will never actually be good enough to make it.”

Davidson competed as a male in 2015, before beginning hormone therapy and has since rejected claims of an unfair advantage, reporting that the driver goes 30 yards shorter than before gender reassignment.

Other sports have announced increased protections for women’s sport in recent years, but Davidson would not be the first transgender golfer to play on one of the top tours. In 2004, Denmark’s Mianne Bagger qualified for the Ladies European Tour (LET).

Born male in Copenhagen, Bagger began playing golf as an eight-year-old and was considered such a good prospect that as a 14-year-old, they were photographed at a golf clinic alongside Greg Norman.

Bagger underwent a sex-change operation and by the age of 37 had persuaded the LET to change its “female at birth” membership rule and spent a number of years on Tour, recording a few top 10s.

But now 58, Bagger believes there should be limits on transgender women competing in female sports. “I’m seen as a bit of a hypocritical voice, so I just have to take the abuse,” Bagger said in 2022. “I still think there could be access for transitioned women to women’s sport… [but] I just don’t agree with the current, softened policies that are requiring less and less medical intervention of a male-bodied person entering women’s sport.”

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ATLANTA (AP) — Scottie Scheffler capped off the biggest year in golf in nearly two decades by winning the biggest prize in golf.

Challenged briefly Sunday in the Tour Championship, Scheffler responded with three straight birdies to make winning look as inevitable as it has seemed all year. He closed with a 4-under 67 for a four-shot victory over Collin Morikawa to capture the FedEx Cup and its $25 million prize.

That pushed his season earnings, including bonuses, to just over $62.3 million.

It was the greatest year since Tiger Woods won eight times in 2006, including six in a row and two majors. Scheffler’s eight wins included the Masters, The Players Championship, an Olympic gold medal and the Tour Championship that enabled him to finally claim the FedEx Cup.

His seven PGA Tour titles are the most since Woods in 2007.

This was the third straight year Scheffler came to East Lake as the top seed, meaning he started the tournament at 10-under par with a two-shot lead. Two years ago, he lost a six-shot lead in the final round to McIlroy.

Morikawa, the No. 7 seed who started the tournament six shots behind, closed with a 66 and had the lowest score of the Tour Championship at 22-under 262. He won $12.5 million for finishing second in the FedEx Cup.

NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Haeran Ryu rebounded from a third-round meltdown to win the FM Championship at the rainy TPC Boston.

Four strokes behind Jin Young Ko entering play Sunday after blowing a six-stroke lead Saturday, Ryu closed with an 8-under 64 to match Ko at 15-under 273, then beat the fellow South Korean player with a par on the first hole of a playoff.

On the extra hole in fading light, Ryu hit her 120-yard third shot to 12 feet on the par-5 18th, then watched Ko fire her 111-yard approach over the back of the green. Ko chipped to about 30 feet and made bogey, with Ryu then lagging her birdie putt to a foot and tapping in for her second LPGA Tour victory.

Ryu shot a career-best 62 on Friday to take the six-stroke lead into the weekend, then had a 78 on Saturday. On Sunday, the 23-year-old birdied the first four holes and six of the first eight. She added birdies on Nos. 10, 12 and 15, dropped a stroke on the par-3 16th, then — after a rain delay of a little over two hours — parred the final two holes.

Ko, the former world No. 1 who hasn’t won on the LPGA Tour since May 2023, missed an 8-foot birdie try for the victory on 18 in regulation. She shot 68.

European Tour

SUTTON COLDFIELD, England (AP) — Niklas Norgaard held his nerve after botching three chip shots for a double bogey, finishing birdie-par for an even-par 72 and a two-shot victory over Thriston Lawrence of South Africa in the British Masters.

It was the first European tour victory for the 32-year-old from Denmark, and Norgaard had to sweat it out more than expected.

Norgaard had a four-shot lead and was over the green in two at the par-5 15th until he shockingly took four chips to reach the green — two of them moving only a few feet — and made double bogey as his lead dropped to two shots.

He responded with a birdie from the bunker on the par-5 17th and avoided drama on the 18th.

Norgaard finished on 16-under 272. Lawrence closed with a 70, while Rasmus Hojgaard of Denmark took third with a 65.

R&A and USGA

SUNNINGDALE, England (AP) — Mimi Rhodes rallied from a 3-down deficit and holed an 18-foot par putt that secured the half-point Great Britain and Ireland needed to win the Curtis Cup against the Americans on Sunday, its first time capturing the cup in eight years.

GB&I wound up with a 10 1/2-9 1/2 victory at Sunningdale and made Catriona Matthew the first winning captain of the Curtis Cup for amateurs and the Solheim Cup for professionals.

The Americans, trailing 7-5 going into the eight singles matches, led early in five of the opening six matches and picked up its first point when 15-year-old Asterisk Talley took down Lottie Woad, the No. 1 player in the women’s amateur ranking.

GB&I showed its resolve, particularly Rhodes. She rallied and was 1 up on the 17th when she drove into the trees, pitched out and hit an approach to 18 feet. The par putt assured GB&I the half-point it needed to win.

The Americans still lead, 33-9-3, in a series that dates to 1932.

Other tours

Yahui Zhang of China held on to win the Four Winds Invitational for her first Epson Tour title, closing with a 3-over 75 for a one-stroke victory. The 18-year-old Zhang jumped from ninth to first on the money list to wrap up an LPGA Tour card for next season. She finished at 6-under 210 at South Bend Country Club in Indiana. … Kensei Hirata was declared the 36-hole winner of the Fujisankei Classic on the Japan Golf Tour after rain washed out the final round. He had rounds of 68-63. Shaun Norris finished two behind. … Steve Lewton of England won his first Asian Tour title in 10 years when he recovered from a double bogey on the final hole to make birdie on the second playoff hole and win the Mandiri Indonesia Open over Aaron Wilkin and Sampson Zhang. … Pauline Roussin-Bouchard of France rallied with an 8-under 65 and beat Annabel Dimmock in a playoff to win the KPMG Women’s Irish Open on the Ladies European Tour. … Angel Ayora of Spain closed with an even-par 70 for a three-shot victory in the Rosa Challenge Tour in Poland on the Challenge Tour. … Frederik Kjettrup of Denmark won the CRMC Championship by two strokes for his third PGA Tour Americas victory of the season and an immediate promotion to the Korn Ferry Tour. He closed with a 4-under 66 to finish at 24-under 256 at Cragun’s Legacy Course in Brainerd, Minnesota. … Daniel Von Tonder made eagle on the par-5 18th hole and then won a three-man playoff to capture the Gary & Vivienne Player Challenge on the Sunshine Tour in South Africa. … Rio Takeda closed witih a 6-under 66 for a one-shot victory in the Golf5 Ladies on the Japan LPGA. … Sohyung Bae closed with a 5-under 67 and then birdied the par-5 18th hole three times, winning on the third playoff hole in the KG Ladies Open on the Korea LPGA.

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Zhang Breaks Through to Capture First Professional Win

Jin young ko comes up just short of 16th tour title at fm championship.

• Yahui Zhang
• Four Winds Invitational

Persistence is the word to describe Epson Tour rookie and the newest champion, Yahui Zhang. The 18-year-old had seen six top-10 finishes before the Four Winds Invitational and was in contention to earn her first win multiple times since her first start in April. All of those moments, including her playoff loss to Savannah Vilaubi at the Otter Creek Championship, led to this moment when she could drop her head in relief instead of disappointment, finally finding herself in the winner's circle in South Bend.

"I'm so excited. The only thing I want to do is cry," said Zhang. "After I putted in the three-yard putt, the only thing I wanted to do was cry."

The final round of the tournament, played under challenging windy conditions, was a true test of skill and resilience. The field, battling the elements, managed to produce only four under-par rounds throughout the day. Despite a 3-over scorecard that saw four birdies, five bogeys and a double bogey, Zhang held her ground, maintaining her second-round lead that was under constant threat from multiple players. Her ability to stay focused and deliver under pressure secured her first professional win and was unmatched down the stretch.

The People's Republic of China native was celebrated greenside by her mom and dad, who also doubles as her caddie. Now the Race for the Card leader, Zhang is one step closer to officially calling herself an LPGA Tour member and hopes to hang on to the top spot and earn both Player of the Year and Gaelle Truett Rookie of the Year honors.

"Being 19 years old and getting to the LPGA is a big thing in our family," Zhang added.

Finishing just one shot back of Zhang were Lauren Stephenson and Fatima Fernandez Cano, sharing second at 5-under. Fernandez Cano shot even-par, carding five birdies and five bogeys, while Stephenson signed for a 2-over round that consisted of three birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey. With the top finish, Stephenson moves from 3rd to 2nd in the Race for the Card rankings and is happy to be on the course and playing well.

"I've had a really solid season," said Stephenson. "I've been really happy with where my game is, and it's just been nice to be out here and have fun golfing again and not take it too seriously. I know every week that I'm capable of winning, so just taking that confidence into the next few weeks, I'm motivated to get another trophy under my belt."

The Tour heads to Prattville, Ala., for the Guardian Championship with a new Race for the Card leader and plenty of athletes chasing the top spot. With only four tournaments remaining, it's coming down to the wire to secure a place in the coveted top 15 and earn LPGA Tour status for 2025, making every point crucial.

QUICK QUOTES

Annabelle Pancake (-4, T4) on having the round of the day at 3-under:

“Well, I started with a bogey, so that was humbling really quick. But it was nice because I was just steady today, and I was patient. That's key out here, especially with wind. The front nine was pretty chill, and then on the back nine, I was able to drain a lot of really clutch putts, which was great. I also was hitting the ball really well. I was just really steady, and patience was key today.”

Savannah Vilaubi (-3, T6) on her approach to the rest of the season:

“A couple of top five finishes coming down this stretch is going to do pretty well for the rankings. The idea is to get into the top 15, ideally at the top 10, so we'll just keep working for that during the last four tournaments.”

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