LPGA Q SCHOOL STAGE 1 ELIMINATOR

THREE SHARE SECOND-ROUND LEAD

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RANCHO MIRAGE, California – Emily Tubert, Yu Liu and Kaylin Yost share the 36 hole lead at Stage I of the LPGA Qualifying Tournament at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.
The trio of golfers all sit at five-under par, 139, for the tournament, one stroke clear of Annie Park and Sammi Stevens. First-round leader Liz Nagel sits three back at 2-under, 142, after a second-round 76.
The four English players in the huge field are not doing so well.
Rosie Davies from London, a former US college player playing as an amateur, is best of the quartet in joint 77th place on 149 (73-76).
Former British amateur champion Lauren Taylor from Rugby (81-76), former British girls title-winner Henrietta Zuel (81-76) and Tara Dayer-Smith (81-76) are T205 on 157.
The Rancho Mirage Qualifier is the first of the LPGA Tour’s three qualifying events in 2014. The top-100 players and ties from this week will advance to the second stage of the LPGA Qualifying Tournament at Plantation Golf and Country Club in Venice, Florida, from September 30 – October  4. 
A minimum of the top 80 and ties from Stage II will advance into the Final Qualifying Tournament.
Stage III of LPGA Q-School will be contested over 90 holes December 3-7, at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla. Top finishers in the final stage will earn 2015 LPGA membership.
 In round one of qualifying school, Emily Tubert holed out from 42 yards for a walk-off eagle. Tubert one again closed her second round day on a high note with an eagle. 
“I busted a drive on 18 and had 210 to pin and hit a four iron to inside four feet and rolled it in to shoot one-under,” Tubert explained. 
The eagle to close the day helped Tubert to post her second-consecutive round under par, with a 71, to put her in a prime position entering the final two rounds. Tubert currently is tied for first place overall at 139 (-5) for the tournament. 
“I was a little bit more in my head today,” Tubert admitted. “The swing was a little bit more guidey and what was nice was on 18 I just let it rip and it goes straight.”
Tubert, who earned the Dinah Shore Trophy earlier this summer, is bringing the same approach to her final two days as she had for the first two rounds. 
“Continue doing what I’m doing,” Tubert said for her plan the rest of the way. “My approach is fairways and greens. Give yourself looks and if one goes in then great but I’m just trying to make pars. That’s the gameplan and so far it’s working out alright.”
With that approach, Tubert is looking to claim a spot on the LPGA Tour, a place where she was able to compete a handful of times during her time at the University of Arkansas where she received sponsors' invites into the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship and qualified for the U.S. Open in 2013. 
“I feel like I belong out there,” Tubert said confidently. “I felt that when I’ve played in Arkansas. I felt that when I played in the U.S. Open last year. There’s a sense of calm and a sense of belonging. It’s just a matter of getting there. 
"We’ll see how that happens. It’s just a matter of time whether it’s through Q School or Symetra. Who knows what the journey to get there will be but I feel like I belong out there and that I’ll get there.”
Kaylin Yost backed up an opening round 71 one the Dinah Course with an impressive 68 on the Palmer Course to sit in a tie for first at 5-under after the first two rounds of Stage I of Qualifying school.
“I’m just trying to make it as a pro,” Yost said. “I turned pro as soon as I finished school at Campbell. I’ve played a couple of Sun Coast events in Florida. I’m just excited to be out here. Like I tell everyone it’s a marathon not a sprint and I’m just trying to do my best to make it to Second Stage.”
Katherine Perry’s first day of Qualifying School didn’t go as well as she had planned when she opened with a 74 but Perry kept her composure and was able to fire a bogey free, 5-under, 67 to take herself from a tie for 65^th after the first day into a more secure tie for sixth following day two. 
Alison Lee is regarded as one of the top amateur golfers in the country as she has won countless junior events and took home the ANNIKA Award, given to the nation’s top collegiate female golfer, this past season as a freshman at UCLA.
It may not surprise many that she is at Q School trying for a shot at the LPGA Tour. What may surprise some is that she has planned out her whole year based on how she performs through the qualifying process.
“If I were to get my Tour card this year I’d still be able to take a quarter of school without missing any class,” Lee explained. “I looked at the schedule and I think that I’d be able to do it. That’s what I want to do. 
"I really enjoy school. I really love the new friends that I’ve made there. The atmosphere there is just great and I know if I let it go now I can’t go back to school.”
If Lee keeps up her solid play she should be in good shape to further her journey in making that dream a reality following back-to-back rounds of 71 to sit at 2-under through her second round of Qualifying School Stage I.