Fiona Xu leads Australasians at Stage One LPGA Tour qualifying
Fiona Xu – file photo – courtesy of USGA
One New Zealander and five Australians have safely begun the long and arduous path to LPGA Tour status in 2024 by finishing inside the top 95 of the 350 players who teed it up at Stage One Qualifying in Rancho Mirage in California.
New Zealand’s Fiona Xu, the 2022 Australian Women’s Amateur Champion, led the group when she finished in a share of 3rd place, while Australians Madison Hinson Tolchard (33rd), Amy Chu, Emily Mahar and Darcy Hapgood (55th), and Jordan O’Brien (70th) can now reset their mindsets to Stage Two which begins in Venice, Florida on October 17th.
Should they be successful in graduating from that Stage, they then open up the possibility of finishing inside the top 45 at the Final Stage over 144 holes in Mobile Alabama beginning on November 30th.
