The Top Ten/Race for the LPGA Card
The Race has begun on the Road to the LPGA.
Find out which ten professionals will earn their
LPGA card at the end of the 2010 season.
This season is the 12th year in the 30-year-history of the Duramed FUTURES Tour that players have been able to earn automatic exemptions onto the LPGA Tour and the seventh year that at least five LPGA memberships have been awarded. From 1999 to 2002, three exemptions were offered to top money winners. The 2010 season marks the third time 10 LPGA memberships will be awarded. For the first time, 15 players, starting with position six on the Tour's money list (excluding current LPGA members) will earn automatic entry into the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.
How you can follow along
On the Internet: DuramedFUTURESTour.com is the place to get the most up-to-date information regarding all the moves on the Duramed FUTURES Tour's top 10. Follow "real-time scoring", and look for the Race for the Card logo next to the name of those players ranked in the top 10. The Tour's fan page on Facebook (Facebook.com/DuramedFUTURESTour), and Twitter page (Twitter.com/Road2LPGA) will have fun facts and recaps of all the tournament action. After the tournament is over, click on the Tour's YouTube page (YouTube.com/Road2LPGA) and watch videos of players reactions.
On-site: The current top 10 are easy to spot on the course. Player caddies will wear bright yellow caddie bibs designated with a “Top Ten” logo bearing the program’s name. An official golf cart, following each of the top-10 players, will display a yellow flag bearing the program’s logo. The logo also will be displayed beside the names of players ranked in the top 10 on tournament scoreboards and leaderboards.
Where are they now
At the conclusion of last week’s Florida’s Natural Charity Classic, players moving into the top 10 spots on the money list are as follows: 1. Angela Oh of Maple Shade, N.J.; 2. Jane Rah of Torrance, Calif.; 3. Cindy LaCrosse of Tampa, Fla.; 4. Gerina Mendoza of Roswell, N.M.; 4. Garrett Phillips of St. Simons Island, Ga.; 6. Jenny Gleason of Clearwater, Fla.; 7. Esther Choe of Scottsdale, Ariz.; 7. Dewi Claire Schreefel of Diepenveen, Netherlands; 9. Yoora Kim of Seoul, South Korea; 10. Carolina Llano of Medellin, Colombia; 10. Kelly Froelich of Raizeux, France; 10. Elisa Serramia of Barcelona, Spain; 10. Kristie Smith of Perth, Australia; 10. Jennie Lee of Henderson, Nev.; 10. Stephanie Connelly of Pasadena, Md.
The quest ends where the new chapter begins. See who fulfills their dream of making it to the LPGA Tour in Albany, September 3-5.
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