The LPGA Thread

[tonyj5]

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The Final Stage of the LPGA Qualifying Tournament will be held Wednesday December 3 through Sunday December 7 at LPGA International - Jones & Hills Courses.

There will be 154 players in the field competing to earn LPGA membership for the 2015 season.

Here are the key details:

http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/2014/...nal-stage.html

[tonyj5]

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Update - Wednesday 12/3/14

Little known Casey Grise shot a 6 under par 66 to take the first round lead.
Maria Hernandez, Ryann O'Toole, and Ju Young Park are one stroke back at 5 under par.
Cheyenne Woods shot a 4 under 68, and is tied for fifth just 2 strokes back.

Other Notable scores:

http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/2014/...nal-stage.html

[tonyj5]

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Update - Thursday 12/4/14 (Completion of round 2 of 5)

Ju Young Park, sister of LPGA veteran Hee Young Park is now tied for the lead at -9.
Also at that number is first round leader Casey Grice.
The trio of Samantha Richdale, Sophia Popov, and Elizabeth Nagel are 2 strokes back at -7.

Other Notable scores:

http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/2014/...nal-stage.html

[tonyj5]

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Update - Friday 12/514 (Completion of round 3 of 5)

Ha Na Jang shot a 66 today to take a 3 stroke lead after the third round. She finished at 11 under par. Ju Young Park and Alison Lee finished at -8 and on tied for 2nd place.

Other Notable scores:

http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/2014/...nal-stage.html

[tonyj5]

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Update - Saturday 12/6/14 (Completion of round 4 of 5)

Ha Na Jang shot a 68 today to take a 3 stroke lead after the fourth round. She finished at 15 under par. Maria Hernandez is in second place at -12.

Other Notable scores:

http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/2014/...nal-stage.html

[tonyj5]

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Update - Sunday 12/7/14

Believe it or not, they have finished 5 rounds and 90 holes and it is still not over!
When 90 holes were completed there were 7 players tied for the 18th spot. Only 3 players of those 7 can get a fully exempt category 12 playing card, so they went to a 3 hole playoff. After that playoff only one player was eliminated, so on and on they went. After a few more playoff holes 2 more players got in, leaving 3 players fighting for one spot. Of course it got dark. They will continue tomorrow morning.

Here is the list of the 19 players that have earned full time playing privileges in 2015:

http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/2014/...nal-stage.html

[tonyj5]

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Update - Monday 12/8/15

Karlin Beck made a 75 foot chip shot on the 5th playoff hole of the day and the 11th in total, dating back to Sunday night, to earn the final Category 12 LPGA Card. Casey Grice was eliminated on the 10th playoff hole, and Stephanie Meadow was eliminated by Beck's chip shot on the 11th playoff hole.

Here is my final recap of a very long week:

http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/2014/...nal-stage.html

[tonyj5]

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The 2014 LPGA season was full of surprises. We had 21 different winners. We had 8 multiple winners. Two winners were non LPGA members. We also had winners that came from 7 different countries. We had seven first time winners. It was a year that was almost impossible to predict, although I did give it a try.

Way back in January, before the season began, I made my predictions of who I thought would be the top players of 2014. I put it out there for the whole world to see. Let's see how I did:

http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/2014/...tions-did.html

[tonyj5]

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With the 2014 season in the books, I would like to look back at the players who were the biggest surprises and biggest disappointments of the 2014 season.


http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/2014/...inal-2014.html

[tonyj5]

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Way back in January, before the LPGA season began, I listed 10 questions that I hoped would be answered this year.

Below I have shown those questions again. Let's see how well those questions were answered:

http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/2014/...questions.html

[tonyj5]

Rolex Rankings Movers of the Year

As we wait for the 2015 season to begin (we are about three weeks away), it gives me a little time to look back at the players that made the biggest moves in the Rolex Rankings in 2014.

http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/2014/...014-final.html

[tonyj5]

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The LPGA Pro Golf's fastest Rising Tour?
If I said that 5 years ago you would have laughed at me. You can't now as the LPGA has not only become the fastest rising pro golf tour, but it just might be the fastest growing tour in all of sports.

http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/2015/...st-rising.html

[tonyj5]

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As we wait for the start of the 2015 season, which is only three weeks away, I would like to look back at what I consider to be the top stories of 2014.

It was a very interesting and exciting past year. There were multiple teenage winners, exciting playoffs, miraculous comebacks, engagements, marriages, and a number of first time winners.

I have narrowed it down to ten, although I know there were many more. This list is very subjective, depending on who your favorite golfers are. A top story for me may be one that someone else might want to forget.

Please feel free to add your own in the comments section. I would like to hear your opinions.

So in reverse order, here we go:

http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/2015/...s-of-2014.html

[tonyj5]

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As we approach the beginning of the 2015 LPGA season, there are a number of questions that I am looking forward to getting the answers to. In reverse order, here are my top ten:

http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/2015/...15-season.html

[tonyj5]

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We are just about a week away from the beginning of the 2015 LPGA season.
With 34 tournaments on the schedule (including the Solheim Cup), this year promises to be the most interesting season ever.

Here are my top 30 picks for the 2015 LPGA Player of the Year: (last year's actual finish is in parenthesis)

http://www.tonyslpgareport.com/2015/...edictions.html