Priority Status for Standard Eligibility Tournaments
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February 9, 2015 2015 LPGA Priority List The following priority with regards to a Member’s playing status will be used for Standard Tournament fields and other tournaments as applicable: 1. Top 80 Members in the top 80 on the previous year’s season-ending Money List. Priority is based on the order of the list. Ties will be broken by the Members’ position on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous year. (1) Stacy Lewis (30) Mi Jung Hur (59) Jennifer Johnson (2) Inbee Park (31) Mi Hyang Lee (60) Kim Kaufman (3) Lydia Ko (32) Catriona Matthew (61) Se Ri Pak (4) Michelle Wie (33) Karine Icher (62) Nicole Castrale ** (5) So Yeon Ryu (34) Hee Kyung Seo* (63) Katherine Kirk (6) Shanshan Feng (35) Eun-Hee Ji (64) Sun Young Yoo (7) Anna Nordqvist (36) Morgan Pressel (65) Sarah Jane Smith (8) Karrie Webb (37) Sandra Gal (66) Natalie Gulbis ** (9) Azahara Munoz (38) Ilhee Lee (67) Thidapa Suwannapura (10) Chella Choi (39) Lee-Anne Pace (68) Ayako Uehara (11) Suzann Pettersen (40) Gerina Piller (69) Marina Alex (12) Lexi Thompson (41) Hee Young Park (70) Amelia Lewis (13) Na Yeon Choi (42) Austin Ernst (71) Tiffany Joh (14) Mirim Lee (43) Pernilla Lindberg (72) Laura Davies (15) Cristie Kerr (44) Mariajo Uribe (73) Dewi Claire Schreefel (16) Jessica Korda (45) Carlota Ciganda (74) Dori Carter (17) Brittany Lincicome (46) Line Vedel (75) Candie Kung (18) Julieta Granada (47) Caroline Hedwall (76) Kris Tamulis (19) Angela Stanford (48) Haru Nomura (77) Ji Young Oh (20) Pornanong Phatlum (49) I.K. Kim (78) Vicky Hurst ** (21) Jenny Shin (50) Haeji Kang (79) Sydnee Michaels (22) Paula Creamer (51) Mina Harigae (80) Laura Diaz (23) Mo Martin (52) Danielle Kang (81) Giulia Sergas (24) Lizette Salas (53) Jane Park ** (82) Paula Reto (25) Amy Yang (54) Jodi Ewart Shadoff (83) P.K. Kongkraphan (26) Meena Lee (55) Beatriz Recari (84) Amy Anderson (27) Christina Kim (56) Yani Tseng (28) Caroline Masson (57) Belen Mozo (29) Brittany Lang (58) Moriya Jutanugarn ** 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 year. 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-20 Category by December 15 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 year,(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. 3. Major Winner: Members who have won an LPGA Major Championship while a Member during the previous five (5) years. Priority is based on the number of such wins during the previous five (5) years or during the current year. Ties are broken by the Members’ positions on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous year. 4. Winner: Members who have won an Official Tournament while a Member within the last two (2) years or during the current year. Priority is based on the number of Official Tournament wins during the previous two (2) years. Ties are broken by the Members’ positions on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous year. (85) Sei Young Kim 5. Multiple Wins: Members who have won at least two (2) Official Tournaments while a Member during the previous four (4) years (2011-2014). Priority is based on the number of wins during the previous four (4) years. Ties are broken by the Members’ positions on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous year. Beginning in 2016, Members who have won two (2) Official Tournaments in the same calendar year during the previous three (3) years (2013-2015). Priority is based on the number of wins during the previous three years. Ties are broken by the Members’ positions on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous year. (86) Ai Miyazato 6. Three Wins in the Same Season: Members who have won three (3) or more Official Tournaments while a Member during the same calendar year in the previous four (4) years (2011-2014). Priority is based on the number of wins during each calendar year. Ties are broken by the Members’ positions on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous year. 7. Non-Member Win: Players who have won at least one (1) Official Tournament as a Non-member within the previous calendar year or during the current calendar year. Priority is based on the earliest date of such wins. A Player must be eligible and accept LPGA membership to be eligible in this category. (87) Hyo Joo Kim (88) Q Baek 8. Current Year Top 80: Members in the Top-80 of the current year’s Money List after the (TBD) event with priority based on the order of the list. For the remaining Official Tournaments of the year, Members in the Top-80 on the current year’s Money List after the (TBD) event. Priority is based on the order of the list. 9. Top-10 LPGA Symetra Tour: Top-10 on the previous year’s season-ending Symetra Tour Money List. Priority is based on their position on the list. (89) Marissa Steen (95) Perrine Delacour ** (101) Kendall Dye (90) Min Seo Kwak (96) Wei-Ling Hsu (102) Demi Runas (91) Christine Song** (97) Jaclyn Sweeney ** (103) Mallory Blackwelder (92) Jackie Stoelting (98) Jenny Gleason** (93) Sadena Parks (99) Yueer Cindy Feng ** Medical (94) Min Lee (100) Nicole Smith ** 10. Non-Member Top-40: Non-Members who, as of the conclusion of the last Official Tournament of the previous year, won an amount of money during such year in Official Tournaments with a cut, that is equal to or greater than the amount of official money won by the Member who was in 40th place on the Money List at that time. Priority based on the amount of money won in such tournaments. A player must be eligible and accept LPGA membership to be eligible in this category. 11. Nos. 81-100: Members finishing Nos. 81-100 on the previous year’s season-ending Money List. Priority is based on the order of the list. Ties will be broken by the Members’ positions on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous year. (104) Xiyu Lin (117) Sarah Kemp (105) Juli Inkster (118) Jaye Marie Green (106) Karin Sjodin ** (119) Alena Sharp (107) Jennifer Song (120) Lindsey Wright (108) Christel Boeljon (121) Kristy McPherson (109) Alison Walshe (122) Ashleigh Simon (110) Katie Burnett (123) Joanna Klatten (111) Brooke Pancake (124) Seon Hwa Lee ** (112) Kelly Tan (125) Paz Echeverria (113) Danah Bordner * ** Medical (114) Jennifer Rosales ** Maternity (115) Paige Mackenzie ** (116) Mika Miyazato 12. Top-20 Q-School: Players finishing Nos. 1-20 at the previous year’s LPGA Qualifying Tournament. Ties are broken on the basis of the lowest, most recent round in Stage III of the Qualifying Tournament. In the event of a tie for 20th place, the 20th place shall be determined through a play-off held at the Qualifying Tournament. (126) Alison Lee (137) Cheyenne Woods (127) Minjee Lee (138) Therese Koelbaek (128) Ariya Jutanugarn (139) SooBin Kim (129) Maria Hernandez (140) Sakura Yokomine (130) Ryann O’Toole (141) Amanda Blumenherst * (131) Victoria Elizabeth ** (142) Sophia Popov (132) Lisa Ferrero ** (143) Ju Young Park (133) Simin Feng (144) Garrett Phillips (134) Ha Na Jang (145) Laetitia Beck (135) Nannette Hill (146) Karlin Beck (136) Kelly Shon ** Medical * Maternity 13. Three-Time LPGA Symetra Tour Current-Year Win Category: Winners of three (3) official LPGA Symetra Tour tournaments during the current year. (A player does not gain LPGA membership by winning three times on the LPGA Symetra Tour. If the player entering through this category is a Non-Member, any prize money she wins will be unofficial. If the player is a Member, any prize money she wins will be official) 14. Career Top-40 Category: Members in the Top-40 on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous year. 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 December 15 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 year, (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. (147) Maria McBride (148) Michele Redman 15. Current-Year Reshuffle: After the tenth (10th) Official Tournament (Volunteers of America North Texas Shootout), Members in categories 16 through 20 who have earned official money will be re-seeded into Category 15. Members placed into Category 15 will be ranked in the order of their position on the current year’s Money List through the Volunteers of America North Texas Shootout. Members will remain in their position within this category until the next reshuffle.