2024 LPGA Priority List

[tonyj5]

THE 2024 LPGA PRIORITY LIST

 

I have been asked many times how the LPGA constructs their field lists for tournaments. The Priority List is what is used to fill the required amount of spots for any given tournament. Without me getting into the categories, which is potentially confusing, here is a brief explanation. Most full field events have a field of 144 players. Usually, 140 of the players come from the Priority List ranking. Two players are Monday qualifiers, and 2 more are sponsor exemptions. So to keep it simple, if your Priority Rating is #150, you have to hope that 10 players decide not to play, or you are probably not getting into the field.

 

1. Top-80: Members in the top 80 (and ties) on the previous season-ending Points List. Priority is based on the order of the list. Ties will be broken by the Members' positions on the previous season-ending Money List.

 

1. Lilia Vu

2. Celine Boutier

3. Ruoning Yin

4. Hyo Joo Kim

5. Minjee Lee

6. Jin Young Ko

7. Atthaya Thitikul

8. Xiyu Lin

9. Allisen Corpuz

10. Ayaka Furue

11. Charley Hull

12. Nasa Hataoka

13. Hae Ran Ryu

14. Nelly Korda

15. Brooke M. Henderson

16. Angel Yin

17. Yuka Saso

18. Amy Yang

19. Leona Maguire

20. Megan Khang

21. Alison Lee

22. Georgia Hall

23. Ashleigh Buhai

24. Linn Grant

25. Cheyenne Knight

26. Rose Zhang

27. Ariya Jutanugarn

28. Carlota Ciganda

29. Hannah Green

30. Maja Stark

31. Grace Kim

32. Ally Ewing

33. Austin Ernst *

34. A Lim Kim

35. Jessica Korda **

36. Jenny Shin

37. Lizette Salas *

38. Jennifer Kupcho

39. Hye-Jin Choi

40. Esther Henseleit

41. Jodi Ewart Shadoff

42. Yu Liu 

43.  Pajaree Anannarukarn

44. Aditi Ashok

45. Gaby Lopez

46. Alexa Pano

47. Linnea Strom

48. Anna Nordqvist

49. Chella Choi **

50. Sei Young Kim

51. Jasmine Suwannapura

52. Yuna Nishimura

53. Peiyun Chien

54. Gemma Dryburgh

55. Chanettee Wannasaen

56. Elizabeth Szokol

57. Sophia Popov **

58. Danielle Kang

59. Inbee Park **

60. Patty Tavatanakit

61. Madelene Sagstrom

62. Caroline Masson **

63. Perrine Delacour

64. Bianca Pagdanganan

65. Stephanie Kyriacou

66. Sarah Kemp

67. Andrea Lee

68. Sarah Schmelzel

69. Celine Borge

70. Albane Valenzuela

71. Daniela Darquea *

72. Azahara Munoz

73. Eun-Hee Ji

74. Lauren Coughlin

75. Mi Hyang Lee

76. Nanna Koerstz Madsen

77. Brittany Altomare **

78. Ryann O'Toole

79. Jaye Marie Green **

80. Emily Kristine Pedersen

81. Narin An

82. Stephanie Meadow

83. Matilda Castren

84. Maude-Aimee Leblanc *

85. Brittany Lincicome **

86. Minami Katsu

87. In Gee Chun

88. Maria Fassi

89. Yan Liu

90. Yani Tseng *

91. Lindsey Weaver-Wright

92. Lexi Thompson

93. Olivia Cowan

* Medical ** Maternity

 

2. Career Top-20: Members in the top 20 on the Career Money List as of the end of the last Official Tournament of the previous season. Priority is based on the order of the list. To be included in this category (a) the Member must have notified the LPGA that she wanted to be included in the Career Top 20 category by November 15th of the previous year, (b) if a Member elects to be included in the Career Top 20 Category, she will be in this category for one season, (c) a Member may be included in this category only two times in her career, and (d) a Member may only be in the Career Top 20 category or the Career Top 40 category (but not both) in her career.

 

94. Paula Creamer

 

3. Major Winner: Members who have won an LPGA Major Championship while a Member during the previous five (5) seasons or during the current season. Priority is based on the number of such wins during the previous five (5) seasons. Ties are broken by the Members' positions on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous season. (Note: Pursuant to the 2021 COVID-19 Regulations Addendum, Members: (1) whose most recent Major win was in 2018 will be eligible for this category through the 2024 season, and (2) whose most recent Major win was in 2019 will be eligible for this category through the 2025 season.)

 

95. Angela Stanford

96. Mi Jung Hur **

97. Hee Young Park **

98. Sung Hyun Park

99. Mirim Lee

100. Jeongeun Lee6

101. Pernilla Lindberg

** Maternity

 

4. Winner: Members who have won an Official Tournament while a Member within the last two (2) calendar seasons or during the current season. Priority is based on the number of Official Tournament wins during the previous two (2) seasons. Ties are broken by the Members' positions on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous season.

 

102. Lydia Ko

103. Moriya Jutanugarn

104. Marina Alex

105. Julieta Granada **

106. Paula Reto

** Maternity

 

5. Multiple Wins: Members who have won at least two (2) Official Tournaments while a Member in the same season in any of the previous three (3) seasons. Priority is based on the number of wins during all the previous three seasons. Ties are broken by the Members' positions on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous season.

 

6. Three Wins in the Same Season: Members who have won three (3) or more Official Tournaments while a Member during the same season in any of the previous four (4) seasons. Priority is based on the number of wins during all the previous four (4) seasons. Ties are broken by the Members' positions on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous season. (Note: Pursuant to the 2021 COVID-19 Regulations Addendum, Members: (1) whose most recent year with three wins with was in 2018 will be eligible for this category through 2023, and (2) whose most recent year with three wins was 2019 will be eligible for this category through 2024.)

 

7. Non-Member Win: Players who have won at least one (1) Official Tournament as a Non-Member within the previous season or during the current season. Priority is based on the earliest date of such wins. A Player must be eligible for and accept membership to be included in this category. Beginning in 2024, a Non-Member who wins an Official Tournament will be eligible for this category for the remainder of the season in which she wins and for two consecutive seasons thereafter. A Non-Member who wins a Major Championship in 2021 and after will be eligible for this category for the remainder of the season in which she wins and for five consecutive seasons thereafter.

 

107. Mone Inami

 

8. Current Year Top-80: Members in the Top 80 of the current season's Points List after the First Reshuffle Tournament with priority based on the order of the list. For the remaining Official Tournaments of the season, Members in the Top 80 on the current season's Points List after the Second Reshuffle Tournament. Priority is based on the order of the list. Ties are broken by the Members' positions on the current season Priority List as of the Commitment Deadline for each respective reshuffle tournament.

 

9. Top-10 Epson Tour: Top 10 (and ties) on the previous season-ending Epson Tour Money List. Priority is based on their position on the list. Ties will be broken by the Members' scoring average as of the end of the previous season. If still tied, refer to the previous season Epson Tournament and Player Regulations.

 

108. Gabriela Ruffels

109. Natasha Andrea Oon

110. Auston Kim

111. Jiwon Jeon

112. Minji Kang

113. Agathe Laisne

114. Jenny Coleman

115. Roberta Liti

116. Isabella Fierro

117. Kristen Gillman

 

10. Non-Member Top 40: Non-Member Professionals who, as of the conclusion of the last Official Tournament of the previous season, earned a number of Points during such season in Official Tournaments with a cut, that is equal to or greater than the number of Official Points earned by the Member who was in 40th place on the Points List at that time. Priority based on the number of Points earned in such tournaments. Ties will be broken by the earliest time at which the Non-Member earned the number of Points necessary to be included in the category. A Player must be eligible for and accept LPGA membership to be included in this category.

 

11. Nos. 81-100: Members finishing Nos. 81-100 (and ties) on the previous season-ending Points List. Priority is based on the order of the list. Ties will be broken by the Members' positions on the previous season-ending Money List.

 

118. Pavarisa Yoktuan

119. Hinako Shibuno

120. Wichanee Meechai

121. Katherine Kirk *

122. Mel Reid

123. Haeji Kang *

124. Stacy Lewis

125. Bailey Tardy

126. Frida Kinhult

127. Gina Kim

128. Lindy Duncan

129. Karis Davidson

130. Arpichaya Yubol

131. Jaravee Boonchant

132. Wei-Ling Hsu

133. Morgane Metraux

134. Dani Holmqvist

* Medical

 

12. Career Top 40: Members in the top 40 on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous season. Priority is based on the order of the list. To be included in this category (a) the Member must notify the LPGA that she wants to be included in the Career Top 40 Category by November 15th of the previous year, and (b) if a Member elects to be included in the Career Top 40 Category she will be in this category for one season, (c) a Member may be included in this category only one time in her career, (d) a Member may only be in the Career Top 40 Category or the Career Top 20 Category (but not both) in her career.

 

135. In Kyung Kim

 

13. Current-Year Reshuffle: After the First Reshuffle Tournament, Members in categories 14 through 20 who have earned Points will be re-seeded into Category 13. Members placed into Category 13 will be ranked in the order of their position on the current season's Points List through the First Reshuffle Tournament. Members will remain in this category until the next reshuffle. After the Second Reshuffle Tournament, Members in categories 13, and 14 through 20, who have earned Points will be re-seeded into Category 13. Members placed into Category 13 will be ranked in the order of their position on the current year's Points List through the Second Reshuffle Tournament. Members will remain in this category for the remainder of the season. For all reshuffles, ties are broken by the Members' positions on the current season Priority List as of the Commitment Deadline for each respective reshuffle tournament.

 

14. Top-20 Q-School: Players finishing Nos. 1-20 (and ties) at the previous year's LPGA Q-Series. Ties will be broken in the following order: lowest final round; lowest 7th round; lowest 6th round; lowest 5th round; etc. until the tie is broken. If players remain tied, ties will be broken by a match of score cards beginning with the 18th hole of the final round and working backwards.

 

136. Caroline Inglis *

137. Robyn Choi

138. Mao Saigo

139. So Mi Lee

140. Mina Harigae

141. Gurleen Kaur

142. Polly Mack

143. Hyo Joon Jang

144. Yu Jin Sung

145. Yuri Yoshida

146. Laetitia Beck

147. Isi Gabsa *

148. Savannah Grewal

149. Yiyi Liu

150. Xiaowen Yin

151. Liqi Zeng

152. Hira Naveed

153. Lauren Hartlage

154. Jing Yan

155. Jennifer Song

156. Sofia Garcia

157. Yealimi Noh

158. Lucy Li

159. Jin Hee Im

* Medical

 

15. Nos. 21-45 Q-School: Players finishing Nos. 21-45 (and ties) at the previous year's LPGA Q-Series. Ties will be broken in the following order: lowest final round; lowest 7th round; lowest 6th round; lowest 5th round; etc. until the tie is broken. If players remain tied, ties will be broken by a match of score cards beginning with the 18th hole of the final round and working backwards.

 

160. Malia Nam

161. Nataliya Guseva

162. Jeongeun Lee5

163. Aline Krauter

164. Kiira Riihijarvi

165. Kelly Tan

166. Alexandra Forsterling

167. Ana Pelaez Trivino

168. Kaitlyn Papp Budde

169. Natthakritta Vongtaveelap *

170. Benedetta Moresco

171. Kaitlin Milligan

172. Lauren Stephenson

173. Ssu-Chia Cheng

174. Weiwei Zhang

175. Mariajo Uribe

176. Alena Sharp

177. Trichat Cheenglab

178. Maddie Szeryk

179. Laura Wearn

180. Sandra Gal *

181. Clariss Guce

182. Sophia Schubert

183. Cydney Clanton

184. Becca Huffer

185. Yue Ren

186. Amy Olson **

187. Gigi Stoll

188. Annie Park

189. Nicole Broch Estrup

190. Jung Min Hong

* Medical ** Maternity

 

16. Nos. 101-125: Members finishing Nos. 101-125 (and ties) on the previous season-ending Points List. Priority is based on the order of the list. Ties will be broken by the Members' positions on the previous season-ending Money

List.

 

191. Amanda Doherty

192. Pornanong Phatlum

193. Emma Talley

194. Muni He

195. Soo Bin Joo

196. Ruixin Liu

197. Dewi Weber

198. Marissa Steen

199. Dottie Ardina

200. Min Lee

 

17. Tournament Winners: Members who won an Official Tournament while a Member within the previous twentyone (21) seasons. Priority is based on the number of wins. Ties are broken by the Members' positions on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous season.

 

201. Annika Sorenstam 202. Karrie Webb 203. Beth Daniel 204. Juli Inkster 205. Lorena Ochoa 206. Se Ri Pak 207. Cristie Kerr 208. Meg Mallon 209. Suzann Pettersen 210. Rosie Jones 211. Liselotte Neumann 212. Na Yeon Choi 213. Ai Miyazato 214. Mi Hyun Kim 215. Sherri Steinhauer 216. Rachel Hetherington 217. Helen Alfredsson 218. So Yeon Ryu 219. Hee-Won Han 220. Pat Hurst 221. Grace Park 222. Michelle Wie West 223. Maria McBride 224. Catriona Matthew 225. Candie Kung 226. Wendy Ward 227. Seon Hwa Lee 228. Dorothy Delasin 229. Christina Kim 230. Wendy Doolan 231. Haru Nomura 232. Morgan Pressel 233. Brittany Lang 234. Jeong Jang 235. Sun Young Yoo 236. Karen Stupples 237. Jimin Kang 238. Patricia Meunier-Lebouc 239. Ji Young Oh 240. Heather Daly-Donofrio 241. Natalie Gulbis 242. Jee Young Lee 243. Mo Martin 244. Heather Bowie Young 245. Nicole Castrale 246. Leta Lindley 247. Moira Dunn-Bohls 248. Ilhee Lee 249. Kim Saiki-Maloney 250. Bronte Law 251. Marisa Baena 252. Lee-Anne Pace 253. Kris Tamulis 254. Silvia Cavalleri 255. Jennifer Johnson 256. Birdie Kim 257. Meaghan Francella 258. Eunjung Yi

 

18. Tournament Winners: Members who won an Official Tournament while a Member more than twenty-one (21) seasons prior. Priority is based on the number of wins. Ties are broken by the Members' positions on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous season.

 

259. Nancy Lopez 260. JoAnne Carner 261. Sandra Haynie 262. Patty Sheehan 263. Betsy King 264. Pat Bradley 265. Amy Alcott 266. Jane Blalock 267. Judy Rankin 268. Donna Caponi 269. Laura Davies 270. Sandra Palmer 271. Hollis Stacy 272. Dottie Pepper 273. Jan Stephenson 274. Sally Little 275. Jane Geddes 276. Susie Maxwell Berning 277. Clifford Ann Creed 278. Christa Johnson 279. Mary Mills 280. Alice Miller 281. Sandra Post 282. Tammie Green 283. Danielle Ammaccapane 284. Michelle McGann 285. Debbie Austin 286. Kathy Cornelius 287. Donna Andrews 288. Val Skinner 289. Jo Ann Prentice 290. Brandie Burton 291. Deb Richard 292. Barb Mucha 293. Lorie Kane 294. Cindy Rarick 295. Judy Dickinson 296. Penny Hammel 297. Kathy Postlewait 298. Mary Beth Zimmerman 299. Betty Burfeindt 300. Murle Breer 301. Sue Roberts 302. Emilee Klein 303. Nancy Scranton 304. Sherri Turner 305. Vicki Fergon 306. Martha Nause 307. Debbie Massey 308. Lauri Merten 309. Terry-Jo Myers 310. Donna White 311. Cathy Gerring 312. Pam Higgins 313. Gloria Ehret 314. Betsy Cullen 315. Laura Diaz 316. Janice Moodie 317. Michele Redman 318. Elaine Crosby 319. Dana Dormann 320. Gail Graham 321. Laurie Rinker 322. Jody Anschutz 323. Janet Coles 324. Anne Marie Palli 325. Jerilyn Britz 326. Kathy Guadagnino 327. Bonnie Lauer 328. Cindy Hill 329. Jan Ferraris 330. Tina Barrett 331. Kris Tschetter 332. Kelli Kuehne 333. Michelle Estill 334. Jane Crafter 335. Cindy Figg-Currier 336. Jenny Lidback 337. Becky Iverson 338. Charlotta Sorenstam 339. Cindy Schreyer 340. Kate Golden 341. Amy Fruhwirth 342. Missie McGeorge 343. Joan Pitcock 344. Marta Figueras-Dotti 345. Nanci Bowen 346. Allison Finney 347. Missie Berteotti 348. Cathy Johnston-Forbes 349. Kathryn Imrie 350. Mardi Lunn 351. Julie Piers 352. Barb Whitehead 353. Laurel Kean 354. Tracy Kerdyk 355. Cathy Morse 356. Lisa D'Amore 357. Carolyn Hill 358. Janet Anderson 359. Shirley Furlong 360. Lynn Adams 361. Becky Pearson 362. Dot Germain 363. Tina Fischer 364. Pat Meyers 365. Jennifer Wyatt 366. Susie McAllister 367. Patty Hayes 368. Tina Tombs 369. Lauren Howe 370. Sharon Barrett 371. Patty Jordan-Smith 372. Barbara Barrow 373. Bonnie Bryant 374. Brooke Pancake ** 375. Pam Barnett ** Maternity

 

19. Nos. 126-150: Members finishing Nos. 126-150 (and ties) on the previous season-ending Points List. Priority is based on the order of the list. Ties will be broken by the Members' positions on the previous season-ending Money List.

 

376. Su Oh

377. Pauline Roussin

378. Rachel Rohanna **

379. Jackie Stoelting **

380. Yu-Sang Hou

381. Caroline Hedwall

382. Gabriella Then

383. Jennifer Chang

** Maternity

 

The LPGA will have two Priority List reshuffles during the 2024 season. The first one is usually at the end of May, and the second one at the end of July. Players who start the season with a poor priority ranking and play well in the few opportunities that they get to tee it up will have the chance to be reshuffled into playing much more regularly. 

 

https://womensgolf.com/2024-lpga-priority-list

[Argonne69]

How did Hee Young Park wind up in the major winner category? Typo?

 

[18majors]

3 hours ago, Argonne69 said:

How did Hee Young Park wind up in the major winner category? Typo?

 

 

 

 

No, it's not a typo and it has nothing to do with Major Championship.

 

Hee Young has a protected prirority of #97 when she left for maternity leave.  She'd priority #97 when she came back this year; it just happened that #97 was in the Category of Major Winners.  The same is true for Mi Jung Hur at #96.

 

 

Edited January 7 by 18majors

[PhilWhitUK]

Thank you

 

I have not seen this in such detail before so really interesting.

[grm24]

On 1/7/2024 at 4:54 PM, PhilWhitUK said:

Thank you

 

I have not seen this in such detail before so really interesting.

It taken directly from the priority list that's readily available from the lpga.com website under the players sub menu.

 

https://www.lpga.com/-/media/files/priority-list/2024/2024-lpgastart-of-seasondraft121123.pdf

 

[golfortennis]

Sad to see So Yeon Ryu so low on priority.  Hopefully she gets some good results early and can get into more events.

[Titleist_PT23]

3 hours ago, golfortennis said:

Sad to see So Yeon Ryu so low on priority.  Hopefully she gets some good results early and can get into more events.

My guess is that she's not playing LPGA this year.  Edit:  Of course, if the revised priority list to start the year has her in Category 2 or #94 (bump Creamer to #95), then it will be a different game.

Edited January 10 by Titleist_PT23

[Seamus_McDuff]

Should be a new list soon. Lincicome’s maternity exemption is over and she’ll move to Career top 40. You can see it in the entries for Se Ri Pak Championship. 
 

https://www.lpga.com/tournaments/seri-pak-la-open/tournament-entries

Edited March 4 by Seamus_McDuff

[Seamus_McDuff]

Finally put out an updated list on April 23rd. 
 

https://www.lpga.com/-/media/files/priority-list/2024/2024lpgaprioritylist042324.pdf

 

Should be a reshuffle coming after Mizuho.