NEWS FROM LPGA STAGE 2 QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT
FROM THE LPGA TOUR WEBSITE
A field of 234 players hoping to earn 2012 playing status is competing in the LPGA’s (Ladies Professional Golf Association) Stage II Qualifying Tournament this week. The four-round tournament teed off on Tuesday and will end on Friday (Sept. 27-30) at Plantation Golf and Country Club in Venice, Florida.
The event is the second of the three-part annual qualifying tournament held to determine 2012 membership on both the LPGA and LPGA Futures Tour. This year marks the first time the two tours will run joint Q-schools and the first time all of the qualifying events will be staged in the state of Florida.
This week's competition is being held at the Panther and Bobcat courses at Plantation Golf and Country Club, which has hosted a stage of LPGA Qualifying for the last 23 years.
Players in the tournament hope to advance into the final Stage III tournament for 2012 LPGA membership or to earn 2012 Futures Tour membership.
Headlining the field this week is former Pepperdine University collegian and two-time U.S. Women’s Amateur Champion Danielle Kang of California, who became the first player in 15 years to win consecutive Amateur titles (2010, 2011). She was the leading amateur at this year's Ricoh Women's British Open at Carnoustie.
Other top contenders include UCLA’s Brianna Do of California, winner of the 2011 Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship, and Spain’s Carlota Ciganda, a former All-American at Arizona State University and the 2007 Women’s British Amateur Champion.
In addition, other top players in the field are Japan’s Mitsuki Katahira, formerly ranked No. 1 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings and a two-time National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) individual champion from Daytona State College; UCLA’s Stephanie Kono of Hawaii, a 2010 U.S. Curtis Cup Team player and member of UCLA’s 2011 NCAA Championship team; and Argentina’s Victoria Tanco, winner of the 2011 Women’s Western Amateur Championship.
The top 70 and ties from Stage II will advance into the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament (Stage III). All other players will receive 2012 LPGA Futures Tour status.
The LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament (Stage III) will be contested over 90 holes. The final stage will be held Nov. 30 through Dec. 4, on both the Champions and Legends courses at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida
TO FIND OUT THE FIRST ROUND SCORES FROM THIS WEEK'S STAGE 2 QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT
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A field of 234 players hoping to earn 2012 playing status is competing in the LPGA’s (Ladies Professional Golf Association) Stage II Qualifying Tournament this week. The four-round tournament teed off on Tuesday and will end on Friday (Sept. 27-30) at Plantation Golf and Country Club in Venice, Florida.
The event is the second of the three-part annual qualifying tournament held to determine 2012 membership on both the LPGA and LPGA Futures Tour. This year marks the first time the two tours will run joint Q-schools and the first time all of the qualifying events will be staged in the state of Florida.
This week's competition is being held at the Panther and Bobcat courses at Plantation Golf and Country Club, which has hosted a stage of LPGA Qualifying for the last 23 years.
Players in the tournament hope to advance into the final Stage III tournament for 2012 LPGA membership or to earn 2012 Futures Tour membership.
Headlining the field this week is former Pepperdine University collegian and two-time U.S. Women’s Amateur Champion Danielle Kang of California, who became the first player in 15 years to win consecutive Amateur titles (2010, 2011). She was the leading amateur at this year's Ricoh Women's British Open at Carnoustie.
Other top contenders include UCLA’s Brianna Do of California, winner of the 2011 Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship, and Spain’s Carlota Ciganda, a former All-American at Arizona State University and the 2007 Women’s British Amateur Champion.
In addition, other top players in the field are Japan’s Mitsuki Katahira, formerly ranked No. 1 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings and a two-time National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) individual champion from Daytona State College; UCLA’s Stephanie Kono of Hawaii, a 2010 U.S. Curtis Cup Team player and member of UCLA’s 2011 NCAA Championship team; and Argentina’s Victoria Tanco, winner of the 2011 Women’s Western Amateur Championship.
The top 70 and ties from Stage II will advance into the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament (Stage III). All other players will receive 2012 LPGA Futures Tour status.
The LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament (Stage III) will be contested over 90 holes. The final stage will be held Nov. 30 through Dec. 4, on both the Champions and Legends courses at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida
TO FIND OUT THE FIRST ROUND SCORES FROM THIS WEEK'S STAGE 2 QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT
CLICK HERE
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