The LPGA is again stateside for its remaining two tournaments of the season.
Nelly Korda, the world No. 1 who has already clinched Rolex Participant of the 12 months honors, returns from a neck harm (she’s been out since late September) to headline the 120-player area for this week’s The Annika pushed by Gainbridge at Pelican Golf Membership in Belleair, Florida. Upon completion of The Annika, the highest 60 gamers within the Race to the CME Globe will then head down I-75 the next week for the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship at Tiburon Golf Membership in Naples. Everybody else will enter the offseason – some nonetheless with an LPGA card, others with lesser standing.
Thus, this week is make or break, points-wise.
Listed here are the races you need to be watching:
Prime 60
What it will get you: A spot within the 60-player CME Group Tour Championship, which boasts an $11 million purse with $4 million going to the winner. In contrast to the PGA Tour, the LPGA doesn’t technically have a season-long champion; the winner of the season finale wins the CME Race to the Globe, which suggests Korda’s 906-point lead over Haeran Ryu issues none.
The place issues stand:
55. Ryann O’Toole, 713.6
56. Minjee Lee, 711.3
57. Leona Maguire, 704.2
58. Hyo Joo Kim, 697.2
59. Mi Hyang Lee, 688.9
60. Stephanie Kyriacou, 679.8
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61. Gaby Lopez, 665.6
62. Hinako Shibuno, 647.1
63. Carlota Ciganda, 639.5
64. Auston Kim, 637.9
65. Ashleigh Buhai, 625.7
It’s surprising to see Minjee Lee on the bubble, particularly contemplating she’s not completed worse than sixteenth in factors in 9 seasons on the LPGA. However simply 4 top-10s in 19 begins this season have her at risk of falling out of the highest 60. Lopez is at the moment the primary participant out as she appears to keep away from snapping a six-year streak of qualifying for the LPGA finale. She wants no less than a two-way tie for fortieth to maneuver into the highest 60. Perrine Delacour, at No. 108 in factors, is the primary participant within the area who can not crack the highest 60 with a win.
Prime 80
What it will get you: Class 1 membership on the LPGA subsequent season, which comes with an exemption into the Chevron Championship and, relying on the place a participant ranks inside this class, invitations to the 2 early-season, limited-field tournaments in Asia.
The place issues stand:
75. Georgia Corridor, 465.1
76. Wei-Ling Hsu, 464.5
77. Kristen Gillman, 456.3
78. Gemma Dryburgh, 452.3
79. Yu Jin Sung, 446.5
80. Minami Katsu, 405.6
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81. Emily Kristine Pedersen, 387
82. Cheyenne Knight, 386.2
83. Lauren Hartlage, 371.8
84. Wichanee Meechai, 358.2
85. Aditi Ashok, 323.6 (not in Annika area)
Corridor has certified for the CME Group Tour Championship each season since incomes her LPGA card at Q-College in 2017, although this 12 months she has only one top-10 and is probably going extra apprehensive about maintaining her place within the high 80. She wants a two-way tie for sixth or higher to ensure her Class 1 standing for 2025. Corridor’s former Solheim Cup teammate, Pedersen has missed seven cuts in her final 15 begins whereas not ending higher than T-30 (final week in Hawaii) throughout that stretch. Knight gained the Dow Nice Lakes Bay Invitational with associate Elizabeth Szokol, so she has no less than locked up no less than Class 4 membership for 2025.
EWA BEACH, HAWAII – NOVEMBER 09: Savannah Grewal of Canada jumps as she prepares to play a shot on the fifth gap through the remaining spherical of the LOTTE Championship offered by Hoakalei 2024 at Hoakalei Nation Membership on November 09, 2024 in Ewa Seashore, Hawaii. (Photograph by Maddie Meyer/Getty Pictures)
Prime 100
What it will get you: Class 11 membership on the LPGA subsequent season, which places these gamers behind a number of classes, together with latest tournaments winners (final two years), latest main champs (final 5 years) and the highest 10 graduates from the Epson Tour. Firstly of this 12 months, No. 81 within the remaining 2023 factors listing slotted in as precedence No. 118.
The place issues stand:
95. Caroline Inglis, 244.7
96. Savannah Grewal, 242.7
97. Polly Mack, 240.4
98. Jiwon Jeon, 238.5
99. Celine Borge, 235.8
100. Yuri Yoshida, 229.4
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101. Bianca Pagdanganan, 228
102. Sofia Garcia, 218.9
103. Mone Inami, 218.2
104. Haeji Kang, 207.9
105. Mary Liu, 207.3
Grewal left Clemson midseason and has logged 20 begins as far as a rookie. She tied for fourth as a sponsor invite on the Blue Bay LPGA but in addition missed 9 straight cuts shortly after. Inami is a 2023 winner, so she’ll seemingly play out of Class 4 subsequent season. It’s price noting that final 12 months’s No. 101 finisher, Amanda Doherty, made simply seven begins this 12 months. Alexandra Forsterling, at the moment No. 135 in factors, is the final participant in The Annika area and wishes no less than a two-way tie for fifth to crack the highest 100.
