Jodi Ewart earns automatic entry

to LPGA Q School

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE US DURAMED FUTURES TOUR
Ten Duramed FUTURES Tour players earned 2011LPGA membership today by finishing in the top 10 on the season money list.
This year's Duramed FUTURES Tour graduates are, in order of finish:
1 Cindy LaCrosse of Tampa, Fla.
2. Jennifer Song of Ann Arbor, Mich.;
3. Christine Song of Fullerton, Calif.;
4. Jenny Shin of Torrance, Calif.;
5. Gerina Mendoza of Roswell, N.M.;
6. Angela Oh of Maple Shade, N.J.;
7. Ryann O'Toole of San Clemente, Calif.;
8. Tiffany Joh of San Diego;
9. Hannah Jun of San Diego; and
10. Pornanong Phatlum of Chaiyaphum, Thailand.


The 2010 season is the twelfth year in the 30-year history of the Duramed FUTURES Tour that players have been able to earn automatic exemptions onto the LPGA Tour and the eighth year that at least five LPGA memberships have been awarded. From 1999 to 2002, three exemptions were offered to top money winners. The 2010 season marks the third time 10 LPGA memberships were awarded.


Also today, the next ten players on the Tour's money list, excluding current LPGA members, earned automatic entry into the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla., set for Dec. 8-12. Those players, in order of finish, are as follows:

Jan Rah of Torrance, Calif
Esther Choe of Scottsdale, Ariz
Mo Martin of Altadena, Calif
Dori Carter of Valdosta, Ga
Nontaya Srisawang of Chiang Mai, Thailand
Chelsea Curtis of New Seabury, Mass.
Jennie Lee of Henderson, Nev
Amelia Lewis of Jacksonville, Fla.
Jenny Gleason of Clearwater, Fla.
Jodi Ewart of North Yorkshire, England.

"I'm so happy with the way the year went," said LaCrosse, the Tour's 2010 Player of the Year, who finished on top of the Tour's season money list with single-season earnings of $94,578 and three wins that included this weekend's Price Chopper Tour Championship. "I reached a lot of my goals that I set at the beginning of the year. My goals for next season are to be up there in contention and have fun."
Rookie Jennifer Song won two times this season, including her pro debut in Decatur, Ill., and finished second on the Tour's money list with earnings of $63,375.
"I'm flying in the air," said Song, who also took home the Tour's Rookie of the Year honours. "I'm so happy to be a member of the 2011 LPGA Tour. It's definitely a dream come true. I feel like I've taken a huge leap towards my goal."