Using the results from the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, I updated my estimation of the 2010 Priority list.

2010 updated Priority list  

Only one player who already had status for 2010 managed to improve herself by going to Q-School.  Julieta Granada's fourth-place finish boosted her 40 positions, from about #144 to #104.  Three other players who finished in the Top 40 had already secured Category 15 status and their finishes did not improve on that.  They were Sarah Jane Smith (won position #166 but was already #143), Diana D'Alessio (won #169, already #157) and Meredith Duncan (won #185, already #153).  Congratulations to everybody who earned status this week.

Now for some discouraging news.  The players who secured Category 16 status last year (finished 21-30 at Q-School) averaged only nine starts during 2009 and that number is inflated by Anna Nordqvist, Haeji Kang and Allison Hanna-Williams, who all improved their priority by playing well early in the season.  The Cat-20 players who finished 31-40 averaged less than two starts apiece (Pornanong Phatlum leading the way with five).  Since the 2010 schedule contains fewer events (and more importantly, fewer full-field events), these players will struggle even more to make the Big Show.