2019 LPGA Q-School

[Argonne69]

Surprised to see Sierra with a round of 78, falling back to T79. She has work to do today.

 

Alison also below the cut line at +10. She's +9 today through 12 holes. Wow.

 

[BadgerLin]

Allison’s round is 4 shots worse than anyone else today so far. Yikes!

[Newinup]

> @Argonne69 said:

> Surprised to see Sierra with a round of 78, falling back to T79. She has work to do today.

>

> Alison also below the cut line at +10. She's +9 today through 12 holes. Wow.

>

 

Extremely windy today, more so in the afternoon --- not an excuse but this is beffudling some players... Obviously the top players so far have separated themselves, while those struggling continue to struggle or are just treading water...

[18majors]

The cream rises to the top; Jennifer Chang (-8 and T6) and Albane Valenzuela (-7 and T8) have finally moved inside Top-10 after 6 rounds.

Andrea Lee, McCormack Medal winnier, is still sluggish (-2 and T28).

[4rheel]

Glad to see Muni's got game and not just a social media darling.

[18majors]

The current Top-11 players:

 

Muni He, LPGA 101-150

Hee Young Park, LPGA 101-150

Yealimi Noh, Stage II

Kelly Tan, Symetra 11-35

Lindsey Weaver, LPGA 101-150

Haeji Kang, LPGA 101-150

Jennifer Chang, Stage II

Albane Valenzuela, Stage II

Celine Herbin, LPGA 101-150

Maia Schechter, Stage II

Elizabeth Szokol, LPGA 101-150

 

LPGA 6, Stage II 4 and Symetra 1.

 

Has to give LPGA a lot of credit; they've out performed Stage II and Symetra Tour combined thus far.

However, two more rounds before results are etched on the stone.

 

 

 

[18majors]

Lee Lopez (-4 today) and Bianca Pagdanganon (-4 today) have just driven the cutline from +3 to +2.

[Krt22]

Quite the range of scores today!

[Newinup]

> @18majors said:

> Lee Lopez (-4 today) and Bianca Pagdanganon (-4 today) have just driven the cutline from +3 to +2.

 

now at +1 :)

 

EDIT: it WAS at +1, now bk to +2, but B is now even for the tournament! golf gods finally starting to give her some light :)

[18majors]

Coverage by Korean media

 


[https://edaily.co.kr/news/read?newsId=01987686622658496&mediaCodeNo=258](https://www.edaily.co.kr/news/read?newsId=01987686622658496&mediaCodeNo=258 "https://edaily.co.kr/news/read?newsId=01987686622658496&mediaCodeNo=258")

[Newinup]

finally under par for the tournament with an eagle! it's a good -8 round for Bianca! :) can now breathe a little bit more but still need the pedal to the metal... -2 for T27 not a certainty at all with 36 holes to go

[18majors]

> @Newinup said:

> finally under par for the tournament with an eagle! it's a good round for Bianca! :)

 

Bianca may still win the Q-Series; would be exciting!

[Newinup]

> @18majors said:

> > @Newinup said:

> > finally under par for the tournament with an eagle! it's a good round for Bianca! :)

>

> Bianca may still win the Q-Series; would be exciting!

 

At this point, just top 45 or better yet, top 20.... :) for tonight, a better night's sleep!

[ChronicSlicer]

> @Argonne69 said:

> Surprised to see Sierra with a round of 78, falling back to T79. She has work to do today.

>

> Alison also below the cut line at +10. She's +9 today through 12 holes. Wow.

>

 

I recently read on here she has "unmatched raw talent". No worries.

[18majors]

No more morning wave and afternoon wave; they'll tee off in one wave from both #1 and #10 in threesomes

Now, we're playing like normal weekends of any LPGA tournaments.

 

[18majors]

Beth Ann Nichols tidbits of the day:

 

[https://golfweek.com/2019/10/31/golf-lpga-q-series-continues-halloween-candy-costumes/](https://golfweek.com/2019/10/31/golf-lpga-q-series-continues-halloween-candy-costumes/ "https://golfweek.com/2019/10/31/golf-lpga-q-series-continues-halloween-candy-costumes/")

[Newinup]

> @18majors said:

> Beth Ann Nichols tidbits of the day:

>

> [https://golfweek.com/2019/10/31/golf-lpga-q-series-continues-halloween-candy-costumes/](https://golfweek.com/2019/10/31/golf-lpga-q-series-continues-halloween-candy-costumes/ "https://golfweek.com/2019/10/31/golf-lpga-q-series-continues-halloween-candy-costumes/")

 

Interesting pairing tomorrow, Haley and Bianca... Is this good or bad or neither? I've never really played competitive golf to know how this impacts them (game face on I guess?) Beardown? :) I do like the fact that Bianca still has the "worst" score of the three so that gives her something to chase...

[jmvargas]

> @Newinup said:

> > @18majors said:

> > > @Newinup said:

> > > finally under par for the tournament with an eagle! it's a good round for Bianca! :)

> >

> > Bianca may still win the Q-Series; would be exciting!

>

> At this point, just top 45 or better yet, top 20.... :) for tonight, a better night's sleep!

>

 

 

Go go go Bianca..she's from the Philippines!!

 

[Newinup]

Birdie - Double Bogey start for Bianca. need to step it up for a top 20 finish... 30 or so holes to catch up.... looking more like an even cumulative for top 20 (maybe they're really making it tough today and tomorrow ). +3-4 or better for a card (assuming +1 today and tomorrow are good enough for chasers out of top 45 this morning prior to tee off)... fingers crossed! lots are feeling the pressure early on so far and the 4C weather this morning and the pin placements today are not helping ... last night's rain also offset some of the long ball hitters advantage it seems

[Argonne69]

Scores look much higher today. The best rounds appear to be -3's, and there are a ton of players with +5 or worse rounds.

[18majors]

All it took is a tougher course; the cutline was driven from +2 to +5 overnight.

Albane Valenzuela (-8, T5), Jennifer Chang (-8, T5) and Haley Moore (-6, T8) hanged tough.

Andrea Lee is +3 and T35; she needs to worry about her professional career even if she earns her LPGA card.

[18majors]

Seven rounds is a lot of golf; Kim Kaufman, the first round leader at -6, is now +4 and T39.

Similar stories can be said about almost all players.

Stage II co-medalists Olivia Cowan and Sierra Brooks are both +13 and T69.

[18majors]

Many current LPGA stars finished high at Q-School:

 

Jessica Korda, 2nd, 2010

Moriya Jutanugarn, 2nd, 2012

Minjee Lee, 1st, 2014

Mirim Lee, 2nd, 2015

Angel Yin, 3rd, 2016

Nasa Hataoka, 1st, 2017

Lucky 6, 1st, 2018

 

Jessica, Moriya, Minjee, Angel and Nasa were all straight from high school.

[golfskill98]

I’m shocked with how poor some of the veteran LPGA ladies are doing. What happens to those players that finish outside the 45?

[golfskill98]

I’m shocked with how poor some of the veteran LPGA ladies are doing. What happens to those players that finish out

[Newinup]

I'm just sitting on pins and needles waiting for the next 24 hours rooting for Bianca.... seems like I overestimated the cut line, +5 for top 45 was surprising! But I think the cream of the crop is starting to show... Players out of top 45 get a symetra card and that's about it it seems... At this point I'm now rooting for top 20 for B!!! :) (it was a slow tough grind the first few rounds till that -8 yesterday! whew!)

[18majors]

 

> @golfskill98 said:

> I’m shocked with how poor some of the veteran LPGA ladies are doing. What happens to those players that finish outside the 45?

 

From Q-Series:

At a minimum, competitors who finish in positions #1-45, including those tied for 45th place, at the end of

Q-Series will receive LPGA Membership in Category 14 on the LPGA Priority List. Competitors who finish

outside of the top 20, will also receive Symetra Tour Membership in Category C on the Symetra Tour Priority

List.

*Minimum of Top 45 and ties receive LPGA membership (final total number TBD) and all other players who

complete 108 holes will receive Symetra Tour status. 2020 category status and number of membership cards will be

determined by LPGA prior to the commencement of the LPGA Q-Series competition***

 

From Stage II:

A TBD number of players will advance to Q-Series.

All other players who complete 72 holes will receive Symetra Tour status (based on finish) for the 2020 season*

[golfskill98]

> @18majors said:

>

> > @golfskill98 said:

> > I’m shocked with how poor some of the veteran LPGA ladies are doing. What happens to those players that finish outside the 45?

>

> From Q-Series:

> At a minimum, competitors who finish in positions #1-45, including those tied for 45th place, at the end of

> Q-Series will receive LPGA Membership in Category 14 on the LPGA Priority List. Competitors who finish

> outside of the top 20, will also receive Symetra Tour Membership in Category C on the Symetra Tour Priority

> List.

> *Minimum of Top 45 and ties receive LPGA membership (final total number TBD) and all other players who

> complete 108 holes will receive Symetra Tour status. 2020 category status and number of membership cards will be

> determined by LPGA prior to the commencement of the LPGA Q-Series competition***

>

> From Stage II:

> A TBD number of players will advance to Q-Series.

> All other players who complete 72 holes will receive Symetra Tour status (based on finish) for the 2020 season*

 

So players like Alison Lee and C Woods will get Symetra status?

[18majors]

> @golfskill98 said:

> > @18majors said:

> >

> > > @golfskill98 said:

> > > I’m shocked with how poor some of the veteran LPGA ladies are doing. What happens to those players that finish outside the 45?

> >

> > From Q-Series:

> > At a minimum, competitors who finish in positions #1-45, including those tied for 45th place, at the end of

> > Q-Series will receive LPGA Membership in Category 14 on the LPGA Priority List. Competitors who finish

> > outside of the top 20, will also receive Symetra Tour Membership in Category C on the Symetra Tour Priority

> > List.

> > *Minimum of Top 45 and ties receive LPGA membership (final total number TBD) and all other players who

> > complete 108 holes will receive Symetra Tour status. 2020 category status and number of membership cards will be

> > determined by LPGA prior to the commencement of the LPGA Q-Series competition***

> >

> > From Stage II:

> > A TBD number of players will advance to Q-Series.

> > All other players who complete 72 holes will receive Symetra Tour status (based on finish) for the 2020 season*

>

> So players like Alison Lee and C Woods will get Symetra status?

 

It's Symetra Tour for Cheyenne for sure.

Alison still has a fighting chance; but she needs a final round tomorrow of -7 or better.

 

 

[golfskill98]

> @18majors said:

> > @golfskill98 said:

> > > @18majors said:

> > >

> > > > @golfskill98 said:

> > > > I’m shocked with how poor some of the veteran LPGA ladies are doing. What happens to those players that finish outside the 45?

> > >

> > > From Q-Series:

> > > At a minimum, competitors who finish in positions #1-45, including those tied for 45th place, at the end of

> > > Q-Series will receive LPGA Membership in Category 14 on the LPGA Priority List. Competitors who finish

> > > outside of the top 20, will also receive Symetra Tour Membership in Category C on the Symetra Tour Priority

> > > List.

> > > *Minimum of Top 45 and ties receive LPGA membership (final total number TBD) and all other players who

> > > complete 108 holes will receive Symetra Tour status. 2020 category status and number of membership cards will be

> > > determined by LPGA prior to the commencement of the LPGA Q-Series competition***

> > >

> > > From Stage II:

> > > A TBD number of players will advance to Q-Series.

> > > All other players who complete 72 holes will receive Symetra Tour status (based on finish) for the 2020 season*

> >

> > So players like Alison Lee and C Woods will get Symetra status?

>

> It's Symetra Tour for Cheyenne for sure.

> Alison still has a fighting chance; but she needs a final round tomorrow of -7 or better.

>

>

 

Thanks for clarifying for me! It seems like players like Cheyenne and Alison would have one hell of an advantage in the Symetra tour. Seems unfair to all the young rookies. Hope they can pull through tomorrow.