Four Australasians tackle LPGA Tour Final Stage
Su Oh – file photo – Bruce Young
Final Stage Qualifying for the 2023 LPGA Tour begins today in Mobile in Alabama where 100 players will chase one of 45 cards and earn the right to ply their trade on the LPGA Tour next season.
Playing alongside the top 50 players that battled each other – and the elements – in Stage II just over a week ago are two additional groups: LPGA Tour pros ranked 101-150 in the Race to the CME Globe and Epson Tour players ranked 11-35 in the Ascensus Race for the Card. A few players who earned the LET Order of Merit and those in the Rolex Top 75 have also entered the field.
Amongst that list are three Australians and one New Zealander.
Australians Su Oh, Robyn Choi and Karis Davidson will be chasing a return to the LPGA Tour while New Zealand’s Amelia Garvey is hoping for the right to play the LPGA Tour for the very first time.
For Su Oh this will be her first time at the LPGA Tour School since 2015 having kept her card every season since 2016.
Davidson was unable to capitalise on her rookie LPGA Tour status this year, Choi has played the secondary tour (Epson) in recent years and actually had a solid season there this year without advancing and Garvey will be the better for her rookie season on the Epson Tour in 2022.
One hundred individuals will compete in a 144-hole stroke-play format, with scores being cumulative over the two weeks. Play will start at Magnolia Grove Golf Course in Mobile, Ala. and conclude at Highland Oaks Golf Course in Dothan, Ala. There will be a cut to the top 70 players and ties after week one.
