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Two weeks after winning $2 million at CME, Amy Yang is at LPGA Q-Series – as a caddie

The five-time LPGA winner is instead caddying at LPGA Q-Series for good friend Jennifer Song.

Amy Yang is back inside the ropes after winning the CME Group Tour Championship and the $2 million first-place prize. Only Yang wont’t hit any shots. The five-time LPGA winner is instead caddying at LPGA Q-Series for good friend Jennifer Song, according to lpga.com.

Yang, 34, last played at LPGA Q-School in 2008, but agreed to return to help Song, who finished 149th on the CME points list, which determines LPGA status. The top 100 on the CME list keep full status each year.

Song, 33, missed 11 cuts in 18 starts on tour in 2023. The 2009 U.S. Women’s Amateur and U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links champion, Song has recorded 13 career top-10 finishes and made $3,006,404 since joining the tour in 2011.

Jennifer Song of the United States plays her second shot on the 18th hole on Day One of the ISPS HANDA World Invitational presented by AVIV Clinics at Galgorm Castle Golf Club on August 17, 2023 in United Kingdom. (Photo by Octavio Passos/Getty Images)

The newly abbreviated LPGA Q-Series got underway Thursday at the Robert Trent Jones’ Magnolia Grove Golf Course in Mobile, Alabama. The event, which has been shortened from 144 holes to 108 holes, concludes Dec. 5.

Song is one of 104 players who will compete over the Falls and Crossings courses, with a cut after Round 4 to low 65 and ties.

Players who finish in the top 45 and ties will earn 2024 LPGA cards, with those in the top 20 earning a higher status.

See which amateurs just turned pro for chance to earn LPGA card, and which ones are staying in school

The deadline for players to sign up for Q-Series as a professional was Nov. 17.

NAPLES, Fla. — Savannah Grewal picked a fine time to be playing the best golf of her life. The Clemson fifth-year senior took a share of first at Stage 1 of LPGA Qualifying school and then promptly won her first college tournament at the Cougar Classic. Over the past year, she’s dropped four strokes off her scoring average.

After sailing through the second stage of Q-School last month, Grewal has decided to turn professional to compete in the upcoming LPGA Q-Series.

“It feels kind of surreal so far,” she said what lies ahead, “something I’ve been dreaming about since I was 8 years old.”

The second stage of LPGA Q-School wrapped up in Venice, Florida, Oct. 20 and of the 188 who started the week, 41 advanced. Among those 41 were nine amateurs, including Grewal (T-6) and LSU’s Ingrid Lindblad, who topped the field by four strokes with an 18-under total.

Lindblad, a fifth-year senior who is currently No. 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, shot 67-66-70-67 at Plantation Golf and Country Club’s Bobcat and Panther courses.

The deadline for players to sign up for Q-Series as a professional was Nov. 17. Lindblad was one of five amateurs who decided to forgo Q-Series and keep their Epson Tour status.

Clemson coach Kelley Hester offered Grewal an opportunity to come back for a fifth year knowing that she’d sign up for Q-School. Hester viewed whatever happened as a win-win situation.

“It was ultimately her decision,” said Hester, “but we knew that if she maLast year, the LPGA changed its Q-Series criteria, requiring players to turn professional before they can compete for an LPGA card.de it to the third stage, there’s no guarantees you get back there. So go for it.”

This year’s LPGA Q-Series takes place Nov. 30 to Dec. 5 in Mobile, Alabama, at the Magnolia Grove Golf Course.

Grewal credits her success so far at Qualifying school to her steady approach – not to high and not too low.

She has tidied up her wedge play over the past year and improved her speed control on the greens, cutting down on the number of three-putts. The pre-med major also saw a dramatic dip in her course load as she began pursuing a second degree in French.

For as long as she can remember, Grewal has enjoyed warming up with a 9-iron. In fact, she hits so many 9-irons in a practice session that she had to get a second 9-iron just to use on the range.

It’s no wonder that ball-striking is the best part of her game.

From a personal growth standpoint, Hester said Grewal reminds her of Stacy Lewis in terms of how she has blossomed during her time at Arkansas.

“The only other player I know who developed that much and become that confident in themselves over time is Stacy,” said Hester.

High praise for a player as she prepares to play for chance to compete against the best in the world.

Take a look at which players decided to turn pro, and after those, see which players are joining Lindblad by going back to school:

Shaun Micheel, Bob May, Tim O’Neal headline list of interesting names at 2023 PGA Tour Champions Qualifying Tournament

There are 78 different stories in Scottsdale this week. Here are a few of the interesting ones.

The final stage of the 2023 PGA Tour Champions Qualifying Tournament is this week at TPC Scottsdale.

The Champions course will host 78 players in four rounds concluding on Friday. The field includes a major champion and an NCAA champion.

In all, five players will earn their 2023 tour cards and be fully exempt into the 16 open, full-field PGA Tour Champions events (which do not include the majors).

Those who finish in spots six through 30 and ties are eligible to apply for PGA Tour Champions Associate Membership, which allows them the chance to enter 2023 event qualifiers.

There are 78 different stories in Scottsdale this week. Here are a few of the interesting ones.

Beginning this year, players must now turn professional to compete in LPGA Q-Series

The LPGA has announced a significant change to its Q-Series criteria.

Beginning in 2022, players must turn professional in order to compete for LPGA membership.

Those who qualify for Q-Series through Stage II of Q-School receive Epson Tour status. Amateurs may still compete as an amateur on the Epson Tour or must turn professional for the chance to earn an LPGA card.

An LPGA release says the decision followed feedback from the LPGA membership and the college coaching community.

“LPGA Q-Series is the final stage to competing on the LPGA Tour, which is a fully professional tour that requires that its Membership competes as professional athletes,” said Ricki Lasky, Chief Tour Business and Operations Officer for the LPGA. “Ensuring all competitors have made the same choice to be a professional player elevates the Q-Series competition and creates the most appropriate options for athletes at different stages of their careers. Providing Epson Tour status to those athletes who advance through Q School but choose to retain their college eligibility provides an appropriate pathway for those players to complete their college season or career and then immediately compete on the Epson Tour.”

There’s no question that amateurs competing with the safety net of going back to college enter Q-Series under a completely different set of circumstances to those professionals fighting to earn back their cards.

This change also forces college players to make a big decision, rather than enter Q-Series with a wait-and-see approach.

The LPGA instituted a change in 2018 that allowed college players the opportunity to defer their cards until after the spring season. Of the 16 amateur players who earned LPGA membership, only Jennifer Kupcho and Maria Fassi chose to defer. Kupcho, of course, won the Augusta National Women’s Amateur that spring and Fassi won the NCAA Championship at home in Arkansas.

Prior to that, amateurs had to turn pro within a matter of minutes of Q-School’s completion to accept an LPGA card. This sometimes led to a panicked, spur-of-the-moment emotional decision.

“I don’t know that there will ever be a perfect solution to the qualifying process,” said Arkansas head coach Shauna Taylor, “but it will be interesting to see how this impacts college golf and LPGA Q-Series. I do know that we are all united and passionate about growing women’s golf at all levels. I am sure the LPGA has done its diligence in trying to find the best solution to serve its members, both future and present, by making this change to Q-Series.”

The 2022 LPGA Q-Series will be held over eight rounds in consecutive weeks Dec. 1-4 at Magnolia Grove (Crossings and Falls Courses) in Mobile, Alabama. The second week will be held Dec. 8-11 at Highland Oaks (Highlands and Marshwood Courses) in Dothan, Alabama.

Players finishing inside the top 45 and ties following the conclusion of the cumulative eight rounds of Q-Series will receive LPGA Tour status for the following season. All players finishing outside the top 20 and ties will also receive Epson Tour status.

Stage I of 2022 LPGA Q School will be held Aug. 18-21 at Mission Hills Country Club (Dinah Shore and Palmer Courses) in Rancho Mirage, California, and Shadow Ridge Golf Club in Palm Desert, California. Stage II will be held Oct. 18-21 at Plantation Golf and Country Club (Bobcat and Panther Courses) in Venice, Florida.

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