12 Canucks start tomorrow at LPGA Q School

There are 20 spots up for grabs for the 2015 LPGA season starting at the final stage of Q School tomorrow, and there are 12 Canadians in the field.. Here is a report from Dave Kaplan of Golf Canada..


The LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament will get underway tomorrow at Daytona Beach, Fla. and 12 Canadians will tee-it-up with hopes of securing LPGA Tour status for 2015.


The final qualifier is a 90-hole, stroke-play format and will be played on the Jones and Hill courses at LPGA International.


The top 20 players from the 154-player field will earn Priority in Category 12 (full-time status for 2015), while players finishing 21^st -45^th will receive Priority in Category 17 (conditional-status for 2015).


There will be a 72-hole cut after play on Saturday. The top 70 plus ties will tee off in the fifth and final round on Sunday.


There is a $50,000 purse for the event with the medalist taking home $5,000.


The Canadian participants in this year’s final qualifying stage are:

• Brittany Henderson (Smiths Falls, Ont.)
• Augusta James (Kingston, Ont.)
• Sara-Maude Juneau (Fossambault-Sur-Le-Lac, Què.)
• Lorie Kane (Charlottetown, P.E.I.)
• Soo-Bin Kim (Coquitlam, B.C.) *
• Sue Kim (Langley, B.C.)
• Jennifer Kirby (Paris, Ont.)
• Maude-Aimee Leblanc (Sherbrooke, Què.)
• Rebecca Lee-Bentham (Toronto, Ont.)
• Brogan McKinnon (Misssissauga, Ont.)
• Samantha Richdale (Kelowna, B.C.)
• Nicole Vandermade (Brantford, Ont.)