Six more Korean golfers have earned their LPGA Tour cards for the 2024 season after the final round of the annual qualifying Q-Series, which wrapped up Wednesday in Mobile, Alabama.
Korea’s Lee So-mi returned to the top of the leaderboard on moving day of the LPGA’s annual qualifying tournament, matching the course record with a bogey-free 63 to pull two shots clear.
The annual qualifying tournament for LPGA Tour status was delayed after three inches of rain postponed the third round to Sunday. Korea's Lee So-mi ended the second round at the top of the 104-player table.
Ryu Hae-ran finished the two-week LPGA Q-Series on top on Sunday, earning her Tour card and carding a 29-under-par total, two strokes ahead of the runner-up.
With the first half of LPGA Q-Series completed after four rounds at Magnolia Grove Golf Course, six Koreans landed in the top 70 and will advance to the second week at Highland Oaks Golf Course in Dothan, Alabama.
Lee Mi-hyang, Lee Seul-ki, Kang Min-ji, Yoon Min-a, Hong Yae-eun, Park Kum-kang, Ryu Hae-ran and Jeon Ji-won are the eight Korean golfers scheduled to try and qualify for the LPGA Tour next season.
The second week of the LPGA Q-Series qualifying tournament will tee off Thursday at Highland Oaks Golf Club in Dothan, Alabama, with Korean golfers Choi Hye-jin and An Na-rin among the clear front-runners to earn a 2022 Tour card.
Choi Hye-jin finished second and An Na-rin third in the first round of the LPGA's qualifying tournament in Alabama on Sunday, falling just behind Pauline Roussin-Bouchard of the United States.
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