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2 hours ago, Medson said:

My God, that’s a long list. How does this work? (Sorry for my ignorance) Top 25 gets Symetra Tour card?

https://www.lpga.com/tournaments/qualifying-tournament

 

Q school and Q Series are HUGE cash cows for the LPGA based on the number of participants.

So many gals with little or no chance of making a career to pay the bills playing competitive golf.

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2 hours ago, North Texas said:

Started today. Anyone following? Wife and I know probably 20-25 of the girls playing including 2 from our home course. Including several who played for my Texas Longhorns!

 

http://leaderboard.symetratour.com/public/QSLeaderboard.aspx

Our very own WRX'er...GOOBERS...Samantha Perrotta is playing

Brogan McKinnon is a Cdn version of Ryann O'Toole.

Naomi Ko is from Vanc Island.

Samantha Richdale of Kelowna has been in the minor leagues forever.

Youtuber...Genevieve Ling is playing too.

POSER Pano is playing.

 

I'm rooting for Gina Kim (Duke)....saw her play here at the 2018 Cdn Women's Am...Yealimi won.

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9 hours ago, KBong said:

https://www.lpga.com/tournaments/qualifying-tournament

 

Q school and Q Series are HUGE cash cows for the LPGA based on the number of participants.

So many gals with little or no chance of making a career to pay the bills playing competitive golf.

 

Why would a player pony up the cash to go out and shoot +10 or worse in the opening round? 

 

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1 hour ago, Argonne69 said:

 

Why would a player pony up the cash to go out and shoot +10 or worse in the opening round? 

 

I guess you feel your game is ready for the bigs, until you realize it's not. 

But then again, as we see it all the time on tour that 1 lightning in a bottle round and 3 mediocre rounds could just get you an advancement to the next round.

 

So, I guess if you have the cash it's always worth a shot, it just might be your week.

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4 hours ago, Argonne69 said:

 

Why would a player pony up the cash to go out and shoot +10 or worse in the opening round? 

 

Delusional wannabe's.

 

Same thing when I see low single caps shoot 106 & 105 in a tournament....I can see a low cap having a bad day and shoot 88-95....but 2 days over 100.

I say vanity cap POSERS....so many of them.

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14 hours ago, KBong said:

 

Youtuber...Genevieve Ling is playing too.

 

 

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Yeah, I follow her on YT, since my wife is Malaysian...too bad she had a tough 1st day

 

and yeah, I know she did fundraising stuff to get over here - played in the WAPT series events and had some decent (but not great) results

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39 minutes ago, TerpFangolfer said:

Yeah, I follow her on YT, since my wife is Malaysian...too bad she had a tough 1st day

 

and yeah, I know she did fundraising stuff to get over here - played in the WAPT series events and had some decent (but not great) results

She has a great looking swing, unfortunately that doesn't always come with great results.

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6 hours ago, Argonne69 said:

 

Why would a player pony up the cash to go out and shoot +10 or worse in the opening round? 

 

 

 

It's all about 'chasing the dream' . . . to say that many are delusional is not accurate and harsh.  There may be some that fit within the 'delusional' category, but many will be playing because it allows them to "test" the waters to see where their game is.  That tends to happen with the amateur players.  There are the others who are chasing their professional dreams into their 30s.  And then the more "serious" contenders who need to go through Rancho Mirage to compete for tour status, whether it be LPGA or Symetra.

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After which round will they make the cut? 
I'm assuming the cut = after R3 (or R4?)
Currently the projected cut line = for Top 125 and ties

(but all the registered players up to T333 = seem to have a tee-time for R3)

http://leaderboard.symetratour.com/public/QSLeaderboard.aspx
 

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8 hours ago, JungleJimbo said:

After which round will they make the cut? 
I'm assuming the cut = after R3 (or R4?)
Currently the projected cut line = for Top 125 and ties

(but all the registered players up to T333 = seem to have a tee-time for R3)

http://leaderboard.symetratour.com/public/QSLeaderboard.aspx
 

Cuts are applied after 3 rounds.... and yes, cut line is a function of the number of entries and they determinedit prior to start of the round (eg varies every year what is the number making the cut).    

 

Cuts get tougher in Stage 2 and even more so in the last stage (not just bec the numbers are decreased for the cuts but  competition becomes stiffer obviously - esp with the "laggards" with cards right now about to lose it and have to go through the last stage to retain status).

 

I think only T60 advance to stage 2 after 4 rounds in stage 1... (or at least a T60 will ensure you advance to stage 2 to keep the LPGA card dream alive)

 

 

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On 8/20/2021 at 12:22 PM, Medson said:

Her YouTube videos are really high quality. 

She was right on the cut line (+3) with 4 holes to go, but doubled 15 😔

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8 hours ago, Supermilo said:

Cuts are applied after 3 rounds.... and yes, cut line is a function of the number of entries and they determinedit prior to start of the round (eg varies every year what is the number making the cut).    

 

Cuts get tougher in Stage 2 and even more so in the last stage (not just bec the numbers are decreased for the cuts but  competition becomes stiffer obviously - esp with the "laggards" with cards right now about to lose it and have to go through the last stage to retain status).

 

I think only T60 advance to stage 2 after 4 rounds in stage 1... (or at least a T60 will ensure you advance to stage 2 to keep the LPGA card dream alive)

 

 

I’m new to this. 

 

So there’s a cutline of top 125 in stage 1. That means anyone outside of top 125 (126 to 333) has been eliminated in Q school?

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Here's the FAQ for Stage I, Stage II, and Q-Series: https://www.lpga.com/-/media/files/qualifying-tournament/2021/2021-q-series-faq_final.pdf?la=en&hash=BF425D58B1BE355E80E8E210B1352C1F6CAC2C76

 

 

 

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On 8/19/2021 at 6:28 PM, KBong said:

Our very own WRX'er...GOOBERS...Samantha Perrotta is playing

Brogan McKinnon is a Cdn version of Ryann O'Toole.

Naomi Ko is from Vanc Island.

Samantha Richdale of Kelowna has been in the minor leagues forever.

Youtuber...Genevieve Ling is playing too.

POSER Pano is playing.

 

I'm rooting for Gina Kim (Duke)....saw her play here at the 2018 Cdn Women's Am...Yealimi won.

Your “Poser” Pano is doing what she needs to….+1 through three rounds.  Winning this round means nothing. Moving on is all that matters.

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39 minutes ago, Shilgy said:

Your “Poser” Pano is doing what she needs to….+1 through three rounds.  Winning this round means nothing. Moving on is all that matters.

POSER Pano is sitting on the cut line to advance to Stage 2.

To me...this indicates that she's struggling lately ....and doesn't provide a lot of indication she'll make it to the LPGA tour......and this is a 'weak' field...never mind what she'll face in Stage 2 or Q-Series and the talent on the LPGA tour.

 

Happy to see Gina Kim doing well...ok I likely jinxed her.

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1 hour ago, Argonne69 said:

 

Gotta agree here. LPGA bound players either dominate in Stage I, or qualify to skip this stage altogether. 

 

There appear to be two “cut lines. One is top 95 and the actual cut line is 125. Granted it is plus ties so are the top 95 stage 2 bound and 96-125 have some Symetra status?

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I assume there's a cut after three rounds because they play on three courses. After 3 rounds each player has played each of the courses. It would be unfair for 1/3rd of the field to play on the harder course for the final round. It's similar to the Pro Am at Pebble Beach, Spyglass, and Monterey CC. 

 

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Everyone who finishes 3 rounds gets status. 
 

The first time i tried they did 2 and 2. I do not like the 3 round cut because stage 1 should be all about giving everybody the chance. Somebody will be like +10 after 4 rounds and better status then somebody 1 out of the cut who could have shot under and moved way up and beat +10 by like 5+ strokes

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3 hours ago, Shilgy said:

There appear to be two “cut lines. One is top 95 and the actual cut line is 125. Granted it is plus ties so are the top 95 stage 2 bound and 96-125 have some Symetra status?

The better question for me is - those who get status for Stage 1 but don't advance to stage 2, are their status any less than those who advance to stage 2 but fail to do anything more?

 

As well, would golfers who miss stage 2 (but have status by making 4 rounds of stage 1) proceed to try it out in Symetra given their state of their game?   What's the risk/reward?  I mean yes, it's not lucrative but I think even Symetra has a priority list based on Qschool status (eg Stage 1, 2 or last stage players)

 

I see Lakerebe Abe is in Stage 1 and will prolly advance to stage 2 - she was in Symetra in 2021 and I think tried to play in some regular LPGA events (Can't seem to recall) - is she a higher priority then vs those who just made 4 rounds in Stage one but doesn't advance to stage 2?

 

 

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12 hours ago, Medson said:

It looks like Alexa Pano would move onto Stage 2. Good for her. 
 

There is Katherine Zhu. Is that Collin Morikawa’s girlfriend?

yes, pretty sure that's her....although it shows a US flag, and I thought she is still a Canadian citizen? But maybe she has her US cit now?

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