Q-School Finals Preview
by hound dog on Dec 1, 2008 6:36 AM PST
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PrintThe LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament - the grueling five-day test of nerves to secure Tour status for 2009 - gets underway Wednesday. 143 players will duke it out for 20 available Category 11 positions. All players will play the first four rounds on two courses at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida with the low 70 players plus ties moving on to Sunday's final round.
The field includes players looking to earn their initial Tour card and those who are attempting to improve their status (and thus be eligible for more events) for next season. Any ties for the 20th position will be settled by playoff holes. Players who finish in positions 21-30 will earn Category 16 status while those who finish 31-40 will be in Category 20. You can read what I posted earlier about these categories here.
The Constructivist has already weighed in with his picks for the Top 20 and has thrown down the gauntlet for others to do the same. Of course I accept his challenge and submit my own choices here:
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1. Michelle Wie 2. Amy Yang 3. Stacy Lewis 4. Shiho Oyama 5. Song Yi Choi 6. Anna Nordqvist 7. Sun-Ju Ahn 8. Michelle Ellis 9. Leah Wigger 10. Miki Saiki 11. Jimin Jeong 12. Sunny Oh 13. Na Ri Kim 14. Sophia Sheridan 15. Charlotte Mayorkas 16. Anja Monke 17. Hannah Jun 18. Kim Welch 19. Garrett Phillips 20. Chella Choi |
If most of them make it to Sunday, I'll be very happy.
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My 20 in Alpha Order
Ahn
C. Choi
SY Choi
Eberl
Elosegui
Fankhauser
Giquel
Jeong
H. Kang
T. Leon
Lewis
Monke
Nordqvist
Oyama
Reid
Saiki
Wie
A Yang
YA Yang
Yi
Just missing Grzebien, Mayorkas and Wood
No big surprises there always seems to be a few every year so I’ll add
Richdale
Prange
Pasechnik
Greggain
My 20 went to 27, but thats OK, glad this post came about.
Q School
I had these already for MyLPAG contest so here goes.
Can anyone shed any light on why Kim Welsh is entered, I thougt she was already accepted through the Futures Tour.
1. Sun-Ju Ahn
2. Cella Choi
3. Jimin Jeong
4. Mollie Frankhauser
5. Stacy Lewis
6. Taylor Leon
7. Charlotte Mayorka
8. Naja Monke
9. Anna Norqvist
10. Sunny Oh
11. Shiho Oyama
12. Anna Rawson
13. Beatriz Recari
14. Miki Saiki
15. Nontaya Srisawang
16. Louise Stahls
17. Jaclyn Sweeney
18. Michelle Wie
19. Amy Yank
20. Jannell Howland
Kim Welch
Kim’s status on the LPGA next year is fairly low because she finished in tenth place on the FUTURES Tour money list. Only those who finished in the top five have full status. Consequently, Song Yi Choi, Jessica Shepley, Leah Wigger, Sophia Sheridan as well as Kim are competing at Q-School to improve their status.
Truth has a well-known liberal bias.
My Q School Twenty
1. Sun-Ju Ahn
2. Anna Nordqvist
3. Chella Choi
4. Stacy Lewis
5. Amy Yang
6. Michelle Wie
7. Sunny Oh
8. Shiho Oyama
9. Jimin Jeong
10. Miki Saiki
11. Charlotte Mayorkas
12. Briana Vega
13. Samantha Richdale
14. Melissa Reid
15. Lisa Meldrum
16. Carolina Llano
17. Anna Rawson
18. Angela Buziminski
19. Martina Eberl
20. Jenny Suh
- Rjay
no particular order
I’m heavy on players with whom I’m familiar and light on those who’ve spent their careers on Asian or European Tours. Hopefully T.C. will forgive me.
1. Emily Bastel
2. Michelle Wie
3. Liz Janangelo
4. Taylor Leon
5. Stacy Lewis
6. Charlotte Mayorkas
7. Patricia Meunier-Lebouc
8. Anna Nordqvist
9. Miki Saiki
10. Sophia Sheridan
11. Leah Wigger
12. Mika Miyazato
13. Paola Moreno
14. Alison Walshe
15. Song Yi Choi
16. Eunjung Yi
17. Kristina Tucker
18. Amy Yang
19. Mollie Fankhauser
20. Carolina Llano
Truth has a well-known liberal bias.
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