Ruffels LPGA future confirmed Choi narrowly misses
Gabi Ruffels – tops the Epson Tour money list – image USGA
Queenslander Robyn Choi’s share of 14th place at the Epson Tour’s season-ending Tour Championship in Florida has seen her narrowly miss a return to the LPGA Tour via the secondary tour.
Needing to be inside the top ten on the money list at season’s end in order to return to the LPGA Tour in 2024, Choi likely needed a top ten this week to get the job done but despite a desperate late charge in which she finished birdie, eagle for a round of 67 she has slipped to 12th in the overall rankings.
Choi will still have one last chance however when she tees it up in the LPGA Tour’s Q Series in December where the leading 45 players gain their LPGA Tour playing rights.
The only Australian to graduate therefore was Victorian Gabi Ruffels who did it in style with three wins for the Epson Tour season to top the money list and she is expected to be a welcome and successful addition to the Australian contingent on the LPGA Tour.
