2014 LPGA Priority List: July 21, 2014
2014 LPGA Priority List: July 21, 2014
2014 LPGA Priority List: July 21, 2014
1. Top 80 Members in the top 80 on the previous years season-ending Money List. Priority is based on the order of the list. Ties
will be broken by the Members position on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous year.
2. Career Top 20: Members in the top 20 on the Career Money List as of the end of the last Official Tournament of the previous
year. Priority is based on the order of the list. To be included in this category (a) the Member must notify the LPGA that she
wants to be included in the Career Top 20 Category by December 15 of the previous year, (b) if a Member elects to be
included in the Career Top 20 Category, she will be in this Category for one year,(c) a Member may be included in this
category only two times in her career, and (d) a Member may only be in the Career Top 20 Category or the Career Top 40
Category (but not both) in her career.
3. Major Winner: Members who have won an LPGA Major Championship while a Member during the previous five (5) years.
Priority is based on the number of such wins during the previous five (5) years. Ties are broken by the Members positions on
the Career Money List as of the end of the previous year.
4. Winner: Members who have won an Official Tournament while a Member within the last two (2) years or during the current
year. Priority is based on the number of Official Tournament wins during the previous two (2) years. Ties are broken by the
Members positions on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous year.
(82) Lydia Ko
5. Multiple Wins: For 2014 and 2015, Members who have won at least two (2) Official Tournaments while a Member during the
previous four (4) years (2010-2013). Priority is based on the number of wins during the previous four (4) years. Ties are
broken by the Members positions on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous year.
Beginning in 2016, Members who have won two (2) Official Tournaments in the same calendar year during the
previous three (3) years (2013-2015). Priority is based on the number of wins during the previous three years. Ties are broken
by the Members positions on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous year.
6. Three Wins in the Same Season: Members who have won three (3) or more Official Tournaments while a Member during
the same calendar year in the previous four (4) years (2010-2013). Priority is based on the number of wins during each
calendar year. Ties are broken by the Members positions on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous year.
7. Non-Member Win: Players who have won at least one (1) Official Tournament as a Non-member within the previous calendar
year or during the current calendar year. Priority is based on the earliest date of such wins. A Player must be eligible and
accept LPGA membership to be eligible in this category.
8. Current Year Top 80: Members in the Top-80 of the current years Money List after the tenth (10th) (North Texas LPGA
Shootout) with priority based on the order of the list. For the remaining Official Tournaments of the year, Members in the Top-
80 on the current years Money List after the eighteenth (18th) (Marathon Classic Presented by Owens Corning & O-I). Priority
is based on the order of the list.
9. Top 10 LPGA Symetra Tour: Top 10 on the previous years season-ending Symetra Tour Money List. Priority is based on
their position on the list.
(105) Giulia Molinaro (109) Hannah Jun Medlock (113) Jacyln Sweeney
(106) Christine Song (110) Perrine Delacour
(107) Cydney Clanton (111) Alena Sharp
(108) Sue Kim (112) Paige Mackenzie**
10. Non-Member Top 40: Non-Members who, as of the conclusion of the last Official Tournament of the previous year, won an
amount of money during such year in Official Tournaments with a cut, that is equal to or greater than the amount of official
money won by the Member who was in 40th place on the Money List at that time. Priority based on the amount of money won
in such tournaments. A player must be eligible and accept LPGA membership to be eligible in this category.
11. Nos. 81-100: Members finishing Nos. 81-100 on the previous years season-ending Money List. Priority is based on the order
of the list. Ties will be broken by the Members positions on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous year.
12. Top 20 Q-School: Players finishing Nos. 1-20 at the previous years LPGA Qualifying Tournament. Ties are broken on the
basis of the lowest, most recent round in Stage III of the Qualifying Tournament. In the event of a tie for 20 th place, the 20th
place shall be determined through a play-off held at the Qualifying Tournament.
(127) Jaye Marie Green (133) Xiyu Lin (139) Paz Echeverria
(128) Jennifer Kirby (134) Maria Hernandez (140) Silvia Cavalleri
(129) Seon Hwa Lee (135) Erica Popson (141) Ashleigh Simon
(130) Lisa Ferrero** (136) Victoria Elizabeth
(131) Megan Grehan (137) Paula Reto
(132) Kathleen Ekey (138) Kayla Mortellaro**
** Medical
13. Three-Time LPGA Symetra Tour Current-Year Win Category: Winners of three (3) official LPGA Symetra Tour tournaments
during the current year. (A player does not gain LPGA membership by winning three times on the LPGA Symetra Tour. If the
player entering through this category is a Non-Member, any prize money she wins will be unofficial. If the player is a Member,
any prize money she wins will be official)
14. Career Top 40 Category: Members in the top 40 on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous year. Priority is
based on the order of the list. To be included in this category (a) the Member must notify the LPGA that she wants to be
included in the Career Top 40 Category by December 15 of the previous year, and (b) if a Member elects to be included in the
Career Top 40 Category she will be in this category for one year, (c) a Member may be included in this category only one time
in her career, (d) a Member may only be in the Career Top 40 Category or the Career Top 20 Category (but not both) in her
career.
15. Current-Year Reshuffle: After the tenth (10th) Official Tournament (North Texas LPGA Shootout), Members in categories 16
through 20 who have earned official money will be re-seeded into Category 15. Members placed into Category 15 will be
ranked in the order of their position on the current years Money List through the North Texas LPGA Shootout. Members will
remain in their position within this category until the next reshuffle. After the eighteenth (18 th) Official Tournament (Marathon
Classic Presented by Owens Corning & O-I), Members in categories 15 and 16 through 20 who have earned official money will
be re-seeded into Category 15. Members placed into Category 15 will be ranked in the order of their position on the current
years Money List through the Marathon Classic. Members will remain in their position within this category for the remainder of
the calendar year.
16. Nos. 101-125 Category: Members finishing Nos. 101-125 on the previous years season-ending Money List. Priority is based
on the order of the list. Ties will be broken by the Members positions on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous
year.
17. Nos. 21- 45 Q-school Category: Players finishing Nos. 21-45 and those players tied at the 45th position at the previous
years LPGA Qualifying Tournament. Priority is based on the order of their finish at the Qualifying Tournament. Ties are broken
on the basis of the lowest most recent round in the Final Qualifying Tournament.
Players listed below have eight (8) wins or more in the previous twenty (20) calendar years
19. Tournament Winners: Members who have won an Official Tournament more than twenty (20) years prior. Priority is based on
the number of wins. Ties are broken by the Members positions on the Career Money List as of the end of the previous year.
20. Class A/Veteran International Members Category: Class A Members; And International Members who have been
LPGA members in good standing for ten (10) or more consecutive years. Priority will be based on the Members positions on
the Career Money List as of the end of the previous years.