GOLFWEEK STAFF
Chella Choi lead a group of 32 players who advanced out of an LPGA sectional qualifying event Friday at Plantation Golf & Country Club in Venice, Fla.
Choi, an 18-year-old who has notched four top-10 finishes on the Duramed Futures Tour this year, closed with 69 to finish at 9-under 279, one shot better than Spain’s Beatriz Recari and Thailand’s Nontaya Srisawang.
Recari, 21, is a three-year member of the Ladies European Tour and posted two top-10 finishes in 2008, including a tie for third at the Finnair Ladies Masters.
Oklahoma State sophomore Jaclyn Sweeney, 19, finished fourth. She was one of three amateurs to advance to final stage. Should she earn her LPGA card at final stage in December,
Sweeney said she will turn professional.Other notables moving on to the final stage are former Michigan State star Sara Brown, USC graduate Paola Moreno and former Florida player Whitney Myers.
Those players who advanced will join the top 30 finishers from the sectional qualifying event played in September at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, Calif., at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla., Dec. 3-7.
Michelle Wie advanced to the final stage with a T-4 in Rancho Mirage.
Final scores with relation to par from LPGA Q-School sectional qualifying, played Sept. 30-Oct. 3 at the par-72 Bobcat and Panther courses at Plantation Golf & Country Club in Venice, Fla. (Note: a-amateur):
| 1. Chella Choi |
71-67-72-69--279 |
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-9 |
| 2. Beatriz Recari |
69-69-71-71--280 |
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|
-8 |
| 2. Nontaya Srisawang |
72-67-72-69--280 |
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|
-8 |
| 4. a-Jaclyn Sweeney |
71-68-70-72--281 |
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|
-7 |
| 5. Janell Howland |
70-70-71-73--284 |
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|
-4 |
| 5. Hae-Jung Kim |
71-68-72-73--284 |
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|
-4 |
| 7. Taya Battistella |
70-71-72-73--286 |
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|
-2 |
| 8. Samantha Richdale |
72-69-70-76--287 |
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|
-1 |
| 8. Sunny Oh |
68-72-74-73--287 |
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|
-1 |
| 8. Katie Allison |
71-74-71-71--287 |
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|
-1 |
| 11. Selanee Henderson |
74-68-71-75--288 |
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|
E |
| 11. Shinah Ham |
70-71-74-73--288 |
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|
E |
| 11. Sara Brown |
73-72-72-71--288 |
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|
E |
| 14. Pornanong Phatlum |
73-71-70-75--289 |
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+ |
1 |
| 14. Elena Kurokawa |
73-72-71-73--289 |
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+ |
1 |
| 14. Annie Thurman-Young |
72-71-73-73--289 |
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+ |
1 |
| 14. Jenny Suh |
72-74-72-71--289 |
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+ |
1 |
| 14. Andrea Vanderlende |
74-72-74-69--289 |
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+ |
1 |
| 19. Jenna Pearson |
70-73-76-71--290 |
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+ |
2 |
| 20. Porani Chutichai |
73-72-72-74--291 |
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+ |
3 |
| 20. Jean Reynolds |
72-70-75-74--291 |
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+ |
3 |
| 20. Jessica Carafiello |
72-71-76-72--291 |
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+ |
3 |
| 20. Tiffany Tavee |
77-73-71-70--291 |
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+ |
3 |
| 24. Hye In Lee |
71-71-75-75--292 |
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+ |
4 |
| 24. a-Lidya Ivana Jaya |
73-70-74-75--292 |
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+ |
4 |
| 24. Christi Cano |
70-72-78-72--292 |
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+ |
4 |
| 27. Vikki Laing |
73-69-73-78--293 |
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+ |
5 |
| 27. Whitney Myers |
71-75-71-76--293 |
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+ |
5 |
| 27. Angela Oh |
71-76-71-75--293 |
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+ |
5 |
| 30. a-Paola Moreno |
75-72-71-76--294 |
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+ |
6 |
| 30. Caryn Wilson |
71-75-73-75--294 |
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+ |
6 |
| 30. Kelly Lagedrost |
73-76-72-73--294 |
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+ |
6 |
| • • • |
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|
| Did not advance to final stage |
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|
|
| 33. Ashley Rollins |
71-73-74-77--295 |
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+ |
7 |
| 33. Natalie Tucker |
76-73-73-73--295 |
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+ |
7 |
| 33. LeAnna Wicks |
75-72-73-75--295 |
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+ |
7 |
| 36. a-Michaela Cavener |
80-70-72-74--296 |
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+ |
8 |
| 37. Adrienne McDonald |
76-74-77-70--297 |
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+ |
9 |
| 37. Heather Angell |
75-69-81-72--297 |
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+ |
9 |
| 37. Adrienne White |
73-77-73-74--297 |
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+ |
9 |
| 37. Danah Ford |
70-72-76-79--297 |
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+ |
9 |
| 37. a-Sophie Jang |
78-70-74-75--297 |
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+ |
9 |
| 42. Grace Woo |
74-72-80-72--298 |
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+ |
10 |
| 42. Libby Smith |
75-72-70-81--298 |
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+ |
10 |
| 42. Susan Nam |
69-76-72-81--298 |
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+ |
10 |
| 42. Ashley Knoll |
73-75-75-75--298 |
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+ |
10 |
| 42. Tiffany Chudy |
75-69-74-80--298 |
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+ |
10 |
| 42. Caroline Larsson |
80-70-72-76--298 |
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+ |
10 |
| 48. Henni Zuel |
74-70-82-73--299 |
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+ |
11 |
| 48. Alice Kim |
71-78-76-74--299 |
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+ |
11 |
| 48. Kim Kouwabunpat |
74-75-75-75--299 |
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+ |
11 |
| 48. Lynn Valentine |
76-70-77-76--299 |
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+ |
11 |
| 48. Sunny Park |
73-77-73-76--299 |
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+ |
11 |
| 48. Elisa Serramia |
71-77-74-77--299 |
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+ |
11 |
| 48. Yeon Joo Lee |
75-68-78-78--299 |
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+ |
11 |
| 55. Whitney Wade |
75-73-76-76--300 |
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+ |
12 |
| 55. Min Seo Kwak |
72-77-73-78--300 |
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+ |
12 |
| 55. Rebecka Heinmert |
72-73-74-81--300 |
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+ |
12 |
| 58. a-Kathy Schowe |
73-75-76-77--301 |
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+ |
13 |
| 58. Jillian Wyne |
71-77-74-79--301 |
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+ |
13 |
| 60. Katrina Leckovic |
74-76-79-73--302 |
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+ |
14 |
| 60. Ashley Grier |
77-72-77-76--302 |
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+ |
14 |
| 60. Moah Chang |
68-79-77-78--302 |
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+ |
14 |
| 60. Remi Jin Camping |
76-74-74-78--302 |
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+ |
14 |
| 64. Noon Huachai |
73-77-78-75--303 |
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+ |
15 |
| 64. Juli Erekson |
74-76-74-79--303 |
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+ |
15 |
| 64. Kim Augusta |
73-77-73-80--303 |
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+ |
15 |
| 67. Carling Coffing |
73-74-80-77--304 |
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+ |
16 |
| 68. a-Leanne Bowditch |
78-72-77-78--305 |
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+ |
17 |
| 68. Jaclyn Burch |
74-76-76-79--305 |
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+ |
17 |
| 70. Justina Yu |
72-76-74-85--307 |
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+ |
19 |
| 71. Maggie Simons |
75-72-75-86--308 |
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+ |
20 |
| 72. Christin Thompson |
75-75-83-80--313 |
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+ |
25 |
Posted: 10/3/2008