2017 LPGA Priority List

December 16, 2016 2017 LPGA Priority List 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. Ariya Jutanugarn 28. Karine Icher 55. Na Yeon Choi 2. Lydia Ko 29. In-Kyung Kim 56. Sarah Jane Smith 3. Brooke M. Henderson 30. Pornanong Phatlum 57. Megan Khang 4. In Gee Chun 31. Chella Choi 58. Lizette Salas 5. Shanshan Feng 32. Jodi Ewart Shadoff 59. Pernilla Lindberg 6. Sei Young Kim 33. Eun-Hee Ji 60. Gaby Lopez 7. Anna Nordqvist 34. Hee Young Park 61. Xi Yu Lin 8. Ha Na Jang 35. Lee-Anne Pace 62. Sandra Gal 9. Brittany Lang 36. Danielle Kang 63. Mariajo Uribe 10. So Yeon Ryu 37. Angela Stanford 64. Nicole Castrale ** 11. Haru Nomura 38. Alison Lee 65. Jacqui Concolino 12. Minjee Lee 39. Cristie Kerr 66. Marina Alex 13. Amy Yang 40. Moriya Jutanugarn 67. Paula Creamer 14. Carlota Ciganda 41. Alena Sharp 68. Ai Miyazato 15. Charley Hull 42. Mi Hyang Lee 69. Mika Miyazato 16. Stacy Lewis 43. Azahara Munoz 70. Inbee Park 17. Mirim Lee 44. Catriona Matthew 71. Kris Tamulis 18. Lexi Thompson 45. Christina Kim 72. Sakura Yokomine 19. Gerina Piller 46. Jennifer Song 73. Jing Yan 20. Hyo Joo Kim 47. Brittany Lincicome 74. Katie Burnett 21. Mi Jung Hur 48. Morgan Pressel 75. Paula Reto 22. Suzann Pettersen 49. Beatriz Recari 76. Kelly Shon 23. Mo Martin 50. Su Oh 77. Lee Lopez 24. Jessica Korda 51. Austin Ernst 78. Nontaya Srisawang 25. Candie Kung 52. Karrie Webb 79. Ayako Uehara 26. Caroline Masson 53. Kim Kaufman 80. Simin Feng 27. Jenny Shin 54. Ryann O’Toole 81. Sydnee Michaels ** Medical 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. 82. Yani Tseng 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. 83. Michelle Wie 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. 8. Current Year Top-80: Members in the Top-80 of the current year’s Money List after the Volunteers of America Texas Shootout Presented by JTBC 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 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Presented by P&G. 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. 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. 84. Madelene Sagstrom 88. Laura Gonzalez Escallon 92. Nelly Korda 85. Ally McDonald 89. Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong 93. Peiyun Chien 86. Jackie Stoelting 90. Dana Finkelstein 87. Wichanee Meechai 91. Marissa Steen 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 94. Sung Hyun Park 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. 95. Maude-Aimee Leblanc 104. Q Baek 113. Juli Inkster 96. Annie Park 105. Perrine Delacour ** 114. Cydney Clanton 97. Tiffany Joh 106. Sun Young Yoo 115. Caroline Hedwall 98. Jane Park 107. Min Seo Kwak 116. Celine Herbin 99. Brittany Altomare 108. Julie Yang 117. Jennifer Johnson ** 100. Ilhee Lee 109. Min Lee 101. Kelly Tan 110. Thidapa Suwannapura ** ** Medical 102. P.K. Kongkraphan 111. Joanna Klatten 103. Lindy Duncan 112. Cheyenne Woods 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. 118. Jaye Marie Green 125. Therese O’Hara 132. Dani Holmqvist 119. Olafia Kristinsdottir 126. Jennifer Ha 133. Regan De Guzman 120. Angel Yin 127. Mel Reid 134. Dori Carter 121. Sadena Parks 128. Maria Parra 135. Nasa Hataoka 122. Jeong Eun Lee 129. Amy Anderson 136. Pavarisa Yoktuan 123. Ssu Chia Cheng 130. Laetitia Beck 137. Karen Chung 124. Beth Allen 131. Katherine Perry 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 Volunteers of America Texas Shootout Presented by JTBC, 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 Volunteers of America Texas Shootout Presented by JTBC. Members will remain in this category until the next reshuffle. After the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Presented by P&G, Members in categories 15, and 16 through 21, who have earned official money will be re-seeded into Category 15.

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