Updated Priority Status List

The LPGA posted the updated Priority Status list yesterday, so as usual I saved myself a copy and deliver it to you here:

Priority Status August 2010 

Observations to come...

The first notable change was surprisingly enough, in Category 1.  Na On Min's 2009 medical extension was applied to move her up from Position 81 to 66.  This is the first time I've seen an extension applied this way and I certainly don't understand why Min was inserted at the #66 spot, because she was in Position 75 last year.  I do understand why this change was important to Min - it makes it much more likely that she will get into the limited-field Asian Swing events this fall.  This also sort of answers a question I posed concerning Paula Creamer when she underwent thumb surgery.  Evidently a medical extension can be used to keep a Cat-1 player at least at a comparable level where she was prior to the injury.

In Category-8, Azahara Munoz is still in the money list Top 40 as she was in June so she remains while both Amanda Blumenherst and Gwladys Nocera fell back to their original positions in Category-11.

As for the Category 14-20 shuffle, here is how they line up (with previous positions in the third column):

As I expected, Alison Walshe's T16 at Safeway vaulted her to #150.  Others making a sizeable jump are Anja Monke, Mhairi McKay, Adrienne White, Futures Tour money-list leader Cindy Lacrosse and Christi Cano.  The jumps by Cathryn Bristow and Jackie Gallagher-Smith aren't as big as they appear because most of the players they jumped are inactive.