Alena Sharp needs a good Q-school weekend to keep her card... Full scoreboard

 LPGA Q-school leaderboard here.

The LPGA is conducting their Q school qualifying series this week down in Mobile Alabama at Magnolia Grove's 2 courses, Crossings course and the Falls course.

After 4 rounds this week low 70 and ties will go on to the Q School finals next week, where the top 25 get LPGA status for 2022.

Those who don't qualify will play on the Symetra Tour next year.

With the cut set to fall at +1 going into play today, Canadian veteran Alena Sharp has posted 72 73 +2, so needs a good weekend to make sure she gets to the finals. The top 100 LPGA players on the money list for 2021 keep their cards, Alena finished 114th.

Alena from Hamilton is 40 and lives in Arizona with her wife/caddy Sarah Bowman. She went to New Mexico State University and turned pro in 2003, finally joining the LPGA Tour in 2005.

She owns 9 pro titles, but none on the LPGA. She has travelled the world playing with her LPGA status, for the last several years alongside her two time Olympic partner Brooke Henderson 2016, 2020.

She lost her playing card returning to the Symetra Tour in 2013-14. There is no Senior Tour to speak of for the ladies and I haven't spoken to Alena recently but I'm not sure at 40 if she'd want to go through the Symetra Tour grind again after 15 years on the LPGA.

Over 40 becomes a bit of "no man's land" in pro golf, many of the men who can't keep up with the kids hang on to qualify for the Champions Tour at 50, not so for the women.

Also Alena and Sarah may want to start a family.

Other Canadians: Selina Costabile (Thornhill) T5 -5 67 69, Maddie Szeryk (London, Ont) T17 68 71 -4, Jaclyn Lee (Calgary) T105 70,81 +8. The lead is at -9.

Bryan Angus