With LCAP, in college seniors will have another time to Pro Status, just not LPGA

LPGA expands the way to the Epson tour for the best college players.

The tour announced on Wednesday in the Faculty of Progress, or LCAP, a program that begins next summer will reward 10 graduate seniors with a form of Epson tour and the look of Q-school exemptions.

LCAP reminiscent of the regular PGA Tour University program, which inhales different statuses within the PGA Tour umbrella up to 25 graduates. Comes on both heels Last year’s announcements of LPGA elite amateur roadwhich is designed for the LPGA card award on top amateurs that achieve certain benchmarks, such as PGA Tour programs in accelerated. State Senior Lottie Wottie Workida is currently 18-sought in 20 points to become the first alumnus LEAP.

As for LPAP, Tommy Tangtiphaiboontana, Tommy Tangtiphaiboontana, Tommy TangtiphaiBoontan, would still complete his ranking system, which will recognize the two-year cycle of conclusion with the NCAA older year. Without knowledge of the correct formula, it is difficult to charge the atop to the first list of the Point this year, although the elderly, Megh Ganne (Stanford), Catherine Park (USC) and Kary Hollenbaugh (Ohio State) should all rank quite high.

The top finisher in LCAP each season will receive a full Epson tour (category D) for the rest of that season and next season, plus the exemption for the final phase of the LPGA qualification, previously known as Q-series.

No. 2-5 will receive the same epson perks, although they will be excluded in the LPGA qualification, which is now the second phase of the Q-school tour.

No. 6-10 will earn the season and half of the category l status and the Epson and exemption in the Qualification of LPGA. According to TangtiphaiBoontani, no. 6-10 Priority is a priority below the redirection category, although these players should enter all the events that are retreated from the list of priorities.

In creating programs, TangtiphaiBoontana has been watching recent data that showed that 44% of 80 players on LPGA played golf in the past four years, 82% of the top 80 players on Epson during that time frame. Most of these players remained for four years.

Recently, Lssu Ingrid Lindblad, who received 15 times in his career by defeating the Aciaire, made nine beginnings on Epson and earn one of 15 years, which was allocated between 2008. and 2023. Years. Lindblad won at LPGA as Rookie.

“We look at the Epson tour as the main road in LPGA,” Tangtiphaiboontana said. “Every year it is stronger and stronger because of the good work on the epson side of the case. Do players play in Epson, they wanted to create a program for those tours, they have a place to play without being played without Igo.

“Do the players still reply to leave school early? But he plays the players additional option to return to school, I can have a guaranteed place to play for a year and a half on Epson tour when I finish school.”

When the PGA Tour was rolled for the first time for the 2020-21 season, only five corrosion ferry tourist cards were submitted. These benefits since then increased exponentially with the number 1 player now earn the status of the PGA tour for the season and a half.

TangtiphaiBoontana knows colleges and coaches will still be paid for at least one LPGA card, and would not turn it off the road, although any such adaptations are required from the LPG membership, which has enabled the LPGA jump.

“This is just a foundation for building a path, and we want to see how this grows and look at the classes that go out,” he said. “If we threaded us by giving the LPGA card, we will absolutely do it.”