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5/23/2011 3:20 PM Priority Status for 2011 Standard Eligibility Tournaments The following priority with regards to a members playing status will be used to fill 2011 Standard Eligibility Tournament fields: 1.Top 80 Category: Top 80 on the LPGA Official Money List at the end of the last official LPGA tournament of the previous year, with priority based on the order of the list. (1) Na Yeon Choi (44) Momoko Ueda (2) Jiyai Shin (45) Sophie Gustafson (3) Cristie Kerr (46) Karen Stupples (4) Yani Tseng (47) Stacy Prammanasudh (5) Suzann Pettersen (48) Amy Hung (6) Ai Miyazato (49) Wendy Ward (7) In-Kyung Kim (50) Kyeong Bae (8) Song–Hee Kim (51) Amanda Blumenherst (9) Michelle Wie (52) Natalie Gulbis (10) Paula Creamer (52a) Nicole Castrale* (11) Inbee Park (53) Lorena Ochoa- retired (12) Katherine Hull (54) Pat Hurst (13) Morgan Pressel (55) Na On Min (14) Amy Yang (56) Alena Sharp (15) Brittany Lincicome (57) Eun-Hee Ji (16) Sun Young Yoo (58) Meaghan Francella (17) Mika Miyazato (59) Haeji Kang (18) Angela Stanford (60) Lindsey Wright (19) Jee Young Lee (61) Shi Hyun Ahn (20) Maria Hjorth (62) Heather Bowie Young (21) Stacy Lewis (63) Katie Futcher (22) Jimin Kang (64) Teresa Lu (23) Karrie Webb (64a) Anna Grzebien* (24) Anna Nordqvist (65) Michele Redman (25) Karine Icher (66) Sarah Jane Smith (26) Christina Kim (67) Sandra Gal (27) Kristy McPherson (68) Laura Diaz (28) Vicky Hurst (69) Sherri Steinhauer (29) Juli Inkster (70) Mariajo Uribe (30) Azahara Munoz (71) Chella Choi (31) M.J. Hur (72) Ji Young Oh (32) Se Ri Pak (73) Giulia Sergas (33) Meena Lee (74) Janice Moodie (34) Hee Young Park (75) Maria Hernandez (35) Brittany Lang (76) Karin Sjodin (36) Candie Kung (76a) Shiho Oyama* (37) Gwladys Nocera (77) Mina Harigae (38) Shanshan Feng (78) Jennifer Rosales (39) Beatriz Recari (79) Laura Davies (40) Catriona Matthew (80) Helen Alfredsson (41) Jeong Jang (42) Seon Hwa Lee (43) Hee-Won Han *medical 2010 1 2. Career Top 20 Category: Top 20 on the LPGA career earnings list as of the end of the last official LPGA tournament of the previous year, with priority based on the order of the list, provided that: (a) the player must have competed in at least ten (10) official LPGA tournaments during the previous two years, (b) the player must notify the LPGA that she wants to be included in the Career Top 20 Category by December 15 of the previous year, (c) if a player elects to be included in the Career Top 20 Category, she will be in this Category for one year,(d) a player may be included in this category only two times in her career, and (e) a player may only be in the Career Top 20 Category or the Career Top 40 Category (but not both) in her career (and being in the Career Top 20 and Career Top 40 categories in years prior to 2009 counts against this one-time allowance). (81) Meg Mallon (retired) 3. Major Winner Category: Winners of LPGA major championships during the previous five years, with priority based on the number of such wins during the previous five years (and any ties broken by the players’ positions on the LPGA Career Earnings List as of the end of the previous year). To be eligible for this category, a player must have played in at least 10 official LPGA tournaments during the previous two (2) years. (82) Annika Sorenstam (retired) (83) Birdie Kim* (84) Grace Park* * medical 2010 4. Two Win Category: Winners of at least two (2) official LPGA tournaments during the previous four (4) years, with priority based on the number of wins in official LPGA tournaments during the previous four (4) years (any ties broken by the players’ positions on the LPGA Career Earnings List as of the end of the previous year). To be eligible for this category, a player must have played in at least ten (10) official LPGA tournaments during the previous two (2) years. (85) Mi Hyun Kim 5. Current Year Win Category: Winners of official LPGA tournaments during the current year, with priority based on the earliest date of such wins, provided that any non-LPGA member winner must have joined the LPGA in order to be placed in this category. 5(a) Three Wins in the Same Season Category: A season, winners of three(3) or more official LPGA tournaments during the same calendar year or the 2011 LPGA season, winners of three (3) or more official LPGA tournaments during the same calendar year from 2006-2010; for the 2012 LPGA season, winners of three(3) or more official LPGA tournaments during the same calendar year from 2007-2011; and for the 2013 LPGA season, winners of three (3) or more official LPGA tournaments during the same calendar year from 2008-2012; in each case with priority based on the number of wins during any calendar year (and with any ties broken by the players’ positions on the LPGA Career Earnings List as of the end of the previous year). 6. One Win Category: For the 2011 LPGA season, winners of one (1) official LPGA tournament during calendar, during calendar years 2008-2010; in each case with priority based on the number of wins in official LPGA tournaments during the previous three years (and any ties broken by the players’ positions on the LPGA Career Earnings List as of the end of the previous year). For the 2012 LPGA season and thereafter, winners of one official LPGA tournament during the previous two years, with priority based on the number of wins in official LPGA tournaments during the previous two years (and any ties broken by the players’ positions on the LPGA Career Earnings List as of the end of the previous year). (86) Leta Lindley (87) Eunjung Yi (88) Louise Friberg 2 7. Non-Member Win Category: Winners of at least one official LPGA official tournament during the previous calendar year while not an LPGA member, with priority based on the earliest date of such wins. (89) Hee Kyung Seo 8. Current Year Top 40 Category: Players in the current year’s LPGA Official Money List after the 7th official LPGA tournament of the year with priority based on the order of the list. For the remaining official LPGA tournaments of the year, players in the Top 40 on the current year’s LPGA Official Money List after the 13th official LPGA tournament of the year, with priority based on the order of the list. (90) Mindy Kim (91) Paige Mackenzie (92) Julieta Granada 9. Top 5 LPGA FUTURES Tour Category: Top 5 on the previous year’s LPGA FUTURES Tour season-ending money list, with priority based on the position on the list. (93) Cindy LaCrosse (94) Jennifer Song (95) Christine Song (96) Jenny Shin (97) Gerina Piller (97a) Song Yi Choi* * medical 2010 10. Non-Member Top 80 Category: Each player who, as of the conclusion of the last official LPGA tournament of the previous year, won an amount of money as a non-LPGA member during such year in official LPGA co- sponsored domestic tournaments with fields of seventy-five (75) or more, that is equal to or greater than the amount th of official money won by the player who was in 80 place on the LPGA Official Money List at that time (with priority based on the amount of money won in such tournaments). 3 11. Top 20 Q-School Category/Nos. 81-100 Category: In alternating order, top 20 from the previous year’s LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament and Nos. 81-100 on the LPGA Official Money List at the end of the last official LPGA tournament of the previous year, with (in the case of the Qualifying Tournament players) any ties broken on the basis of the lowest most recent round in the final and sectional Qualifying Tournament, except that, in the event of a tie for th th 20 place at the Qualifying Tournament, the 20 place shall be determined through a play-off held at the Qualifying st Tournament. Alternating order starts with the top finisher at the Qualifying Tournament, then goes to the 81 player on the LPGA Official Money List, then goes to the 2nd place finisher at the Qualifying Tournament, then goes to the nd 82 player on the LPGA Official Money List, etc. However, if a player No. 81-100 on the LPGA Official Money List at the end of the last official LPGA tournament of the previous year, improves her status within this category by way of her finish in the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, she will assume the higher priority status. Her lower priority status will be assumed by the next available player within this category from the LPGA Official Money List of the previous year who has also not improved her status via the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament. Example: A player finishes 95th on the LPGA Official Money List at the end of the last official LPGA tournament of the previous year. She competes in the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament and finishes 1st. She assumes the higher priority status within this category and vacates her lower priority status position, which is then assumed by the player who finishes 96th on the LPGA Money List of the previous year. If the player who finishes 96th on the LPGA Official Money List also improves her position within this category via the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, the player who finished 97th on the LPGA Official Money List will assume the vacated priority status by the who finished 95th and the player who finished 98th will assume the priority status vacated by the player who finished 96th etc.