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April 16, 2016

2016 LPGA Priority List

The following priority with regards to a Member’s playing status will be used for Standard Eligibility 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’ positions on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous year.

(1) (30) (59) Jaye Marie Green (2) Inbee (31) (60) Jennifer Johnson ** (3) (32) Azahara Munoz (61) Sydnee Michaels (4) Sei Young Kim (33) (62) Wei-Ling Hsu (5) (34) (63) ** (6) (35) (64) (7) (36) Eun-Hee Ji (65) (8) So Yeon Ryu (37) (66) (9) (38) (67) (10) (39) Xi Yu Lin (68) Alena Sharp (11) (40) (69) Haru Nomura (12) (41) Kris Tamulis (70) Jennifer Song (13) Hyo Joo Kim (42) (71) Min Lee (14) (43) (72) (15) Ha Na Jang (44) (73) Ryann O’Toole (16) (45) Kim Kaufman (74) (17) Na Yeon Choi (46) Lee-Anne Pace (75) Mi Jung Hur (18) (47) Line Vedel ** (76) Maria McBride (19) (48) (77) Kelly Shon (20) Chella Choi (49) (78) (21) (50) Michelle Wie (79) Min Seo Kwak (22) Mi Hyang Lee (51) (80) (23) (52) (81) (24) Ilhee Lee (53) Hee Young Park (82) Ayako Uehara (25) (54) Sun Young Yoo (83) (26) (55) I.K. Kim (27) (56) ** Medical (28) (57) (29) (58) Q Baek

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.

(84) Se Ri Pak

3. Major Winner: Members who have won an LPGA Major Championship while a Member during the previous five (5) calendar years or during the current year. Priority is based on the number of such wins during the previous five (5) years. 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) calendar 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.

5. Multiple Wins: Members who have won at least two (2) Official Tournaments while a Member in the same calendar year in any of the previous three (3) calendar years. Priority is based on the number of wins during all of the previous three years. Ties are broken by the Members’ positions on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous year.

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 any of the previous four (4) years. Priority is based on the number of wins during all of 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.

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 for and accept LPGA membership to be included in this category.

(85) In Gee Chun (86)

8. Current Year Top 80: Members in the Top 80 of the current year’s Money List after the Presented by Hershey 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 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Priority is based on the order of the list. Ties are broken by the Members’ positions on the 2016 Priority List as of the commitment deadline for each respective reshuffle tournament (i.e. the LOTTE Championship Presented by Hershey and the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship).

(87) Katie Burnett (92) Joanna Klatten (97) Nontaya Srisawang (88) Jacqui Concolino (93) Julie Yang (98) Kelly Tan (89) (94) Gaby Lopez (99) Thidapa Suwannapura (90) Paula Reto (95) Simin Feng (91) (96) P.K. Kongkraphan

9. Top 10 LPGA : Top 10 on the previous year’s season-ending Symetra Tour Money List. Priority is based on their position on the list.

(100) (104) Dani Holmqvist (108) Casey Grice (101) Giulia Molinaro (105) Lee Lopez (109) Rachel Rohanna (102) Brianna Do (106) Alejandra Llaneza (103) Daniela Iacobelli (107)

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. Ties will be broken by the earliest time at which the Non-Member achieved the amount of money necessary to be included in the category. A player must be eligible for and accept LPGA membership to be included 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.

(110) Amy Anderson (115) (120) Yueer Cindy Feng (111) Mina Harigae (116) (121) Paige Mackenzie (112) Alison Walshe (117) Sarah Jane Smith (122) Sadena Parks (113) (118) Sarah Kemp (114) Perrine Delacour (119) Jee Young Lee

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, and if necessary by a match of cards starting with the 18th hole of the final round and working backward. In the event of a tie for 20th place, the 20th place shall be determined through a play-off held at the Qualifying Tournament.

(123) Grace Na (129) (135) Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras (124) Budsabakorn Sukapan (130) Cheyenne Woods (136) Benyapa Niphatsophon (125) Cyna Rodriguez (131) Sandra Changkija (137) Jing Yan (126) Maude-Aimee LeBlanc (132) Holly Clyburn (127) Cydney Clanton (133) Bertine Strauss (128) Ashlan Ramsey (134) Lindy Duncan

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.

15. Current-Year Reshuffle: After the LOTTE Championship Presented by Hershey, Members in categories 16 through 21 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 LOTTE Championship Presented by Hershey. Members will remain in this category until the next reshuffle. After the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in categories 15, and 16 through 21, 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 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Members will remain in this category for the remainder of the calendar year. For all reshuffles, ties are broken by the Members’ positions on the 2016 Priority List as of the commitment deadline for each respective reshuffle tournament.

(138) Su Oh (146) (154) Haeji Kang (139) Marion Ricordeau (147) Nannette Hill (155) Samantha Richdale (140) (148) Felicity Johnson (156) Demi Runas (141) Stephanie Kono (149) (157) Ji Young Oh (142) (150) Celine Herbin (158) (143) SooBin Kim (151) Belen Mozo (159) Ssu-Chia Cheng (144) (152) Dori Carter (145) Amelia Lewis (153) Briana Mao

16. Nos. 101-125 Category: Members finishing Nos. 101-125 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.

(160) (163) (166) Lisa Ferrero (161) Jane Rah (164) Ashleigh Simon (162) Dewi Claire Schreefel (165)

17. Nos. 21- 45 Q-school Category: Players finishing Nos. 21-45 and those players tied at the 45th position at the previous year’s LPGA Qualifying Tournament. Priority is based on the order of their finish at the Qualifying Tournament. Ties are broken on the basis of the lowest most recent round in the Final Qualifying Tournament, and if necessary by a match of cards starting with the 18th hole of the final round and working backward.

(167) Wichanee Meechai (174) Pavarisa Yoktuan (181) Jaclyn Jansen (168) Ally McDonald (175) Ani Gulugian (182) Ginger Howard (169) Victoria Elizabeth (176) Karlin Beck (183) Jean Reynolds (170) Prima Thammaraks (177) Anne-Catherine Tanguay (184) Hannah Collier (171) Jiyai Zhou (178) Nicole Jeray (185) Paz Echeverria (172) Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong (179) Caroline Westrup (173) (180) Chie Arimura

18. Tournament Winners: Members who won an Official Tournament while a Member within the previous twenty (20) calendar years. Priority is based on the number of wins. Ties are broken by the Members’ positions on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous year. Players listed below have eight (8) wins or more in the previous twenty (20) calendar years

(186) Annika Sorenstam (192) (198) (187) (193) (199) Mi Hyun Kim (188) (194) (200) (189) (195) (201) (190) (196) (191) (197) Players listed below have seven (7) wins or less in the previous twenty (20) calendar years

(202) (208) (214) Dorothy Delasin (203) Michelle McGann (209) (215) (204) Hee Won Han (210) (216) (205) (211) (217) (206) (212) (218) Dawn Coe-Jones (207) (213) Seon Hwa Lee (219) (220) Wendy Doolan (231) Heather Daly-Donofrio (242) Kate Golden (221) Vicki Fergon (232) Terry-Jo Myers (243) Amy Fruhwirth (222) Jeong Jang (233) Leta Lindley (244) Jackie Gallagher-Smith (223) (234) (245) (224) (235) Moira Dunn (246) (225) (236) Kim-Saiki-Maloney (247) Laurel Kean (226) (237) (248) Carolyn Hill (227) (238) (249) (228) Jimin Kang (239) Cindy Figg-Currier (250) Eunjung Yi (229) Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (240) (251) Tina Fischer (230) Gail Graham (241) Charlotta Sorenstam

19. Tournament Winners: Members who won an Official Tournament while a Member more than twenty (20) years prior. Priority is based on the number of wins. Ties are broken by the Members’ positions on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous year.

(252) (287) (322) Joan Pitcock (253) (288) (323) (254) (289) (324) Dana Dormann (255) (290) (325) Allison Finney (256) JoAnne Carner (291) (326) Cathy Johnston-Forbes (257) (292) (327) (258) (293) Laurie Merten (328) Julie Piers (259) (294) Marta Figueras-Dotti (329) (260) (295) Missie McGeorge (330) Tracy Kerdyk (261) (296) Missie Berteotti (331) Cathy Morse (262) (297) Muffin Spencer-Devlin (332) (263) (298) (333) (264) (299) (334) (265) (300) (335) (266) (301) JoAnne Washam (336) Dorothy Germain (267) (302) Lisa D’Amore (337) (268) (303) (338) Jennifer Wyatt (269) (304) (339) Sally Quinlan (270) (305) (340) Susie McAllister-Morton (271) (306) (341) (272) (307) Anne-Marie Palli (342) (273) (308) (343) Lauren Howe (274) (309) (344) Sharon Barrett (275) (310) (345) Patty Jordan-Smith (276) -McDermid (311) Penny Pulz (346) Kathy Hite-James (277) (312) (347) Barbara Barrow (278) (313) (348) Bonnie Bryant (279) (314) (349) (280) (315) (350) (281) JoAnn Prentice (316) (351) (282) (317) (352) Amy Hung * (283) (318) (353) (284) (319) Jane Crafter (354) Barbara Romack (285) (320) (286) (321)

20. Nos. 126-150 Category: Members finishing Nos. 126-150 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.

(355) Danah Bordner (360) (365) Sue Kim (356) Jenny Suh (361) Karin Sjodin (366) Kristy McPherson (357) Stephanie Meadow (362) Therese Koelbaek (367) Kendall Dye (358) Marissa Steen (363) Elizabeth Nagel (359) Ju Young Park (364) Jeong Eun Lee

21. Class A/Veteran International Members Category: Class A Members, and International Members who have been active LPGA members in good standing for ten (10) or more consecutive years. Priority will be based on the Members’ positions on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous years.

(368) Lindsey Wright (370) Mhairi McKay (372) Tracy Hanson (369) Jill McGill (371) -Ackerman (373) (374) Katie Futcher (424) Marilyn Lovander (474) Carole Charbonnier (375) Reilley Rankin (425) Cathy Marino (475) LeAnn Cassaday (376) Diana D’Alessio (426) Allison Hanna (476) Judy Sams (377) Dina Ammaccapane (427) Sara Sanders (477) Michelle Dobek (378) Susie Redman (428) Deedee Lasker (478) Mary Murphy (379) Michelle Ellis (429) Laurie Brower (479) Nancy Taylor-Capps (380) (430) Ellie Gibson (480) Noelle Daghe (381) Beth Bader (431) Kim Hall (481) Cathy Mant (382) A.J. Eathorne (432) Amy Read (482) Cathy Mockett (383) Kim Williams (433) Susan Sanders (483) (384) Eva Dahllof (434) Jenna Daniels (484) Gerda Boykin (385) Yu Ping Lin (435) Nina Foust (485) Debbie Steinback-Keller (386) Marianne Morris (436) Lee Ann Walker (486) Mardell Wilkins (387) Jean Bartholomew (437) Sue Ertl (487) Joan Joyce (388) Robin Walton (438) Angie Ridgeway (488) Laura Hurlbut (389) Mitzi Edge (439) Marlene Floyd (489) Jeannette Kohlhass (390) Jamie Hullett (440) Marci Bozarth (490) Linda Hunt (391) Marcy Hart (441) Janice Gibson (491) Donna Wilkins (392) (442) Kathryn Young-Robyn (492) Cathy Duggan (393) Denise Killeen (443) Annette DeLuca (493) Loretta Alderete (394) Kristal Parker-Manzo (444) Patricia Baxter-Johnson (494) Joan Delk (395) Nancy Harvey (445) Meredith Duncan (495) Shirley Spork (396) (446) Barb Moxness (496) Marty Dickerson (397) (447) Jennifer Feldott-Hall (497) Sue Fogleman (398) Stephanie Louden (448) Heather Drew (498) Jackie Bertsch (399) Irene Coe (449) Anna Grzebien (499) Pamela Allen (400) Na On Min (450) Kathy McMullen (500) Amelia Rorer (401) Ashli Bunch (451) M.J. Smith (501) Terri Hancock (402) Caroline Keggi (452) Karen Noble (502) Kelly Leadbetter (403) (453) Sue Ginter (503) Sue Daniels (404) Young A Yang (454) Mindy Moore (504) Connie Ross (405) Myra Blackwelder (455) Pamela Kerrigan (505) Kathy Farrer (406) Leslie Spalding (456) Mary Dwyer (506) Adele Peterson (407) Mindy Kim (457) Beverly Klass (507) Debbie Skinner (408) Jill Briles-Hinton (458) Sue Thomas (508) Anne Kelly (409) (459) Kay Cockerill (509) Renee Powell (410) Allison Duncan (460) Angela Jerman (510) Sharron Moran (411) Vickie Odegard (461) Erika Wicoff (511) Janet Le Pera (412) Audra Burks (462) Beth Stone (512) Brenda Hocott (413) Siew-Ai Lim (463) Jen Hanna (513) Cindy Ferro (414) Carri Wood (464) Sarah McGuire (514) Carla Glasgow (415) Luciana Bemvenuti (465) Nicky Le Roux (515) Peggy Kirk Bell (416) Stephanie Farwig (466) Sherrin Smyers (516) H.B. Duntz MacArthur (417) Cindy LaCrosse (467) Kate Rogerson (517) Cynthia Anzolut (418) Anna Acker-Macosko (468) Kim Bauer (518) Joyce Benson (419) Candy Hannemann (469) Gina Hull (519) Susan Johnson (420) Lori West (470) Nancy White (520) Mary Bryan (421) Lynn Connelly (471) Dianne Dailey (521) Linda Galloway (422) Leigh Ann Mills (472) Therese Hession (522) Becky Larson (423) Kim Shipman (473) Barbra Mizrahie