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Post by tonyj500 on Jan 18, 2021 4:20:08 GMT
I have been asked many times how the LPGA constructs their field lists every week. In most cases they use the LPGA Priority List. Here is the brand new 2021 LPGA Priority List (with a brief explanation of how they put their weekly fields together). www.womensgolf.com/2021-lpga-priority-list
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Post by rlspore on Jan 20, 2021 0:50:04 GMT
**So-yeon, Emma Talley, and Wei-Ling Hsu are on maternity leave? Can you explain the asterisks?
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Post by philknj on Jan 20, 2021 1:39:22 GMT
Whoever put the LPGA priority list on that website screwed it up ... instead, go to the source at lpga.com. You'll see that SY Ryu does NOT have two asterisks (maternity leave) next to her name (same mistake made for Hsu and Talley).
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Post by SoYeonFan on Feb 5, 2021 21:23:12 GMT
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Post by IceCat on May 25, 2021 1:04:14 GMT
The first major reshuffle of the Priority List in the COVID-19 era has been published on the Tour website:www.lpga.com/-/media/files/priority-list/2021/2021lpga-priority-listreshuffle1052421.pdfPatty Tavatanakit moves up to #93 with her major win (Category 3). Everyone still above her remains in their positions.
The current year top 80 (Category 8) is filled in with these names (old ranking/category in brackets):
98. Leona Maguire (103/9) 99. Sarah Kemp (112/11) 100. Jenny Coleman (99/9) 101. Albane Valenzuela (136/14) 102. Lauren Stephenson (117/11) 103. Wichanee Meechai (143/14) 104. Christina Kim (153/14) 105. Marissa Steen (159/14) 106. Elizabeth Szokol (141/14) 107. Perrine Delacour (97/9) 108. Jennifer Chang (139/14) 109. Haeji Kang (131/14)
Category 13 (current year reshuffle) has one player dropping from a higher ranking as Dani Holmqvist lost her medical exemption, falling from 113 (category 11) to 138:
135. Mina Harigae 136. Dana Finkelstein 137. Luna Sobron Galmes 138. Dani Holmqvist 139. Lindsey Weaver 140. Matilda Castren 141. Esther Henseleit 142. Klara Spilkova 143. Alison Lee 144. Kristy McPherson 145. Muni He 146. Ruixin Liu 147. Ana Belac 148. Yealimi Noh 149. Kelly Tan 150. Paula Reto 151. Sarah Burnham 152. Andrea Lee 153. Brianna Do 154. Haley Moore 155. Min Lee 156. Dottie Ardina 157. Lauren Coughlin 158. Jiwon Jeon 159. Min Seo Kwak 160. Bianca Pagdanganan 161. Kyung Kim 162. Louise Ridderstrom 163. Liz Nagel 164. Lee Lopez 165. Janie Jackson 166. Emma Talley 167. Alana Uriell 168. Jaclyn Lee 169. Maia Schechter 170. Gemma Dryburgh 171. Celine Herbin 172. Laura Davies 173. Jacqui Concolino 174. Vicky Hurst 175. Kendall Dye 176. Annika Sorenstam 177. Katelyn Dambaugh * 178. Anne-Catherine Tanguay 179. Lauren Kim
Category 14 (top 45 from 2019 Q-Series) has these players left who did not improve their positions:
180. Jackie Stoelting ** 181. Katherine Perry-Hamski 182. Suzuka Yamaguchi 183. Linnea Johansson 184. Karine Icher 185. Kim Kaufman 186. Yujeong Son 187. Nuria Iturrioz 188. Youngin Chun 189. Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras
...ditto for these 3 players in Category 15 (#101-125 from 2019 Money List):
190. Peiyun Chien 191. Clariss Guce 192. Isi GabsaKevin
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Post by rlspore on Sept 1, 2021 2:54:12 GMT
Here's the latest LPGA Priority List, updated as of 24 August 2021.
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Post by philknj on Sept 1, 2021 3:37:21 GMT
What is the point of these reshuffles? Per Tony's January attachment, Syd the Kid was #390 on the list, but she is now up to #148 on the August list. However, she still needs to Monday qualify for that putrid field in Portland ... but these players are already in the field without qualifying:
Vickie Hurst #185 Kris Tamulis #187
Yujeong Son #194 Suzuka Yamaguchi #197 Lori Kane #219 Il Hee Lee #243
... and there are other examples.
*****
UPDATE:
NEVER MIND! I missed Syd's name in the field! But, she's still in the Monday qualifier ... give her the money back!
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