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LAKELAND, Fla. – AJGA player of the year Vicky Hurst won Duramed Futures Tour Q-School Friday, closing with a 1-under 71 to lead an amateur sweep of the top three spots at Cleveland Heights Golf Course.

The 17-year-old Hurst, from Melbourne, Fla., finished at 5-under 283. Michigan State senior Sara Brown shot 74 to finish a stroke back, while South Korea’s Chella Choi, also 17, was 3 under after a 71.

Hurst hasn’t decided if she’ll turn pro or enter college next year.

“Definitely by March or before, I’ll know,” said Hurst, winner of three AJGA titles this year. “I’ve been worrying about this for a year and I’m probably leaning toward turning pro, but anything can change. I’ll practice and be confident with my decision.

“It’s like starting my career. Playing this qualifier and winning it kind of starts everything with a bang. I won it without playing amazing golf and I know I can improve so much. Now I also know where I stand.”

A stroke behind playing partner Brown entering the par-4 18th, Hurst hit a 108-yard pitching wedge to 4 feet to set up a birdie. Brown bogeyed the hole after pulling her approach and rolling a greenside chip 40 feet past the hole.

“She can bomb it and she has a good head on her shoulders,” Brown said. “Definitely, the sky’s the limit for her. I’d be surprised if she goes to college and if she doesn’t, I can’t say that I blame her. She’s ready now.”

Brown will wait until after the NCAA tournament to turn pro.

“I hit it really solid, but my putter quit on me today,” Brown said. “Still, I’m very happy with the way I played and I’m excited to get back to college.”

Exempt and non-exempt status on the 2008 Futures Tour will be determined following the LPGA Tour’s Q-School in December. Players with exempt LPGA Tour status for 2008 aren’t eligible to compete on the Futures Tour.

Golfweek Junior Invitational champion Stephanie Kim finished tied for 26th.
 

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Final scores with earnings and relation to par from Futures Tour Q-School, played Nov. 6-9 at the par-72 Schalamar Creek Golf Club, par-72 Huntington Hills Golf & Country Club and par-72 Cleveland Heights Golf Course in Lakeland, Fla. (Note: a-amateur; Exempt and non-exempt status will be determined following the completion of LPGA Q-School in December.):

1. a-Vicky Hurst	0	72-68-72-71--283		-5
2. a-Sara Brown	0	71-68-71-74--284		-4
3. a-Chella Choi	0	72-73-69-71--285		-3
4. Rachel Newren	$500	70-74-70-73--287		-1
5. a-Juli Erekson	0	71-71-72-74--288		E
5. a-Jean Reynolds	0	73-70-70-75--288		E
5. Ya-Ni Tseng	435	71-72-69-76--288		E
5. Mandy Goins	435	70-71-71-76--288		E
9. Melissa Eaton	360	76-71-72-70--289	+	1
9. Chris Brady	360	71-75-72-71--289	+	1
9. Sarah Jacobs	360	70-73-73-73--289	+	1
12. a-Haeji Kang	0	75-74-71-70--290	+	2
12. Sarah Oh	300	70-72-74-74--290	+	2
14. Megan Heckeroth	62	75-76-70-70--291	+	3
14. Jenny Suh	62	75-74-71-71--291	+	3
14. Hannah Jun	62	73-74-71-73--291	+	3
14. Misun Cho	62	72-76-70-73--291	+	3
18. Whitney Wade		70-73-76-73--292	+	4
18. Christine Cho		74-72-73-73--292	+	4
18. Andrea VanderLende		74-72-73-73--292	+	4
18. a-Whitney Myers		70-74-74-74--292	+	4
18. Anna Grzebien		70-76-72-74--292	+	4
18. a-Mi Jung Hur		71-75-70-76--292	+	4
24. a-Marci Turner		72-78-73-70--293	+	5
24. Polly Willett		69-73-75-76--293	+	5
26. a-Dana Je		74-79-69-72--294	+	6
26. a-Stephanie Kim		74-75-73-72--294	+	6
26. a-Yoo Jin Jin		68-74-78-74--294	+	6
26. Ashley Grier		74-75-71-74--294	+	6
26. a-Alejandra Shaw		72-75-76-71--294	+	6
26. Songyi Yi		74-73-73-74--294	+	6
26. Morgan Olds		74-74-75-71--294	+	6
26. a-Michelle Jarman		69-71-75-79--294	+	6
34. Amy Schmucker		69-76-75-75--295	+	7
34. Jessica Schneider		69-74-76-76--295	+	7
34. Mandi McConnell		70-77-72-76--295	+	7
34. Jennifer Ackerson		73-72-74-76--295	+	7
34. a-Angela Oh		73-73-77-72--295	+	7
34. Leah Whiting		70-72-76-77--295	+	7
40. Jenna Pearson		74-76-71-75--296	+	8
40. Seema Sadekar		77-74-71-74--296	+	8
40. Brittainy Klein		77-74-71-74--296	+	8
40. Pamela Feggans		73-75-72-76--296	+	8
40. Amber Prange		72-76-75-73--296	+	8
40. a-Whitney Wright		73-73-73-77--296	+	8
46. Ashley Knoll		71-75-75-76--297	+	9
46. Rebecka Heinmert		75-74-72-76--297	+	9
46. Sarah Lynn Sargent		72-75-75-75--297	+	9
46. Tanya Dergal		74-71-76-76--297	+	9
46. Adriane Duke		73-73-74-77--297	+	9
46. Catherine Matranga		71-78-75-73--297	+	9
46. a-Jaclyn Sweeney		74-70-74-79--297	+	9
53. Jackie Beers		71-75-75-77--298	+	10
53. Kyu-Ri Ban		74-76-72-76--298	+	10
53. a-Devan Andersen		71-74-75-78--298	+	10
53. Meredith Duncan		73-75-76-74--298	+	10
53. Cindy Lee-Pridgen		73-76-70-79--298	+	10
53. Lauren Todd		74-75-68-81--298	+	10
53. Sin Ah Ham		73-76-77-72--298	+	10
53. Carol Green		73-77-76-72--298	+	10
61. Kelly Froelich		74-73-75-77--299	+	11
61. Libby Smith		73-77-72-77--299	+	11
61. Gerina Mendoza		78-72-75-74--299	+	11
61. Carmen Bandea		79-73-74-73--299	+	11
61. Stacey Tate		75-77-74-73--299	+	11
66. Sam White		70-75-76-79--300	+	12
66. a-Christina Jones		77-76-70-77--300	+	12
66. a-Camila Mori		75-75-73-77--300	+	12
66. Eileen Vargas		79-74-73-74--300	+	12
70. Melanie Willhite		74-76-72-79--301	+	13
70. a-Elin Andersson		74-75-75-77--301	+	13
70. Sookhee Baek		75-71-78-77--301	+	13
70. Nicole Hage		75-77-72-77--301	+	13
70. Shayna Miyajima		73-74-78-76--301	+	13
70. Jaclyn Burch		73-74-78-76--301	+	13
70. a-Mary Kate Morgan		78-72-76-75--301	+	13
70. Adrienne Millican		75-79-72-75--301	+	13
78. Lorraine Ballerano		78-72-72-80--302	+	14
78. Kimberly Goedecke		76-77-69-80--302	+	14
78. Kelly Schaub		75-73-75-79--302	+	14
78. Lili Alvarez		77-72-75-78--302	+	14
78. a-Kate Stepanek		76-76-72-78--302	+	14
78. a-Kylene Pulley		73-76-76-77--302	+	14
78. Krista Bartlett		80-71-74-77--302	+	14
78. Heather Angell		73-76-77-76--302	+	14
86. Alexandra Braga		71-77-76-79--303	+	15
87. a-Kayo Koike		75-74-74-81--304	+	16
87. Courtney Mahon		80-73-73-78--304	+	16
89. a-Hannah Yun		75-77-72-81--305	+	17
89. a-Esther Moon		76-75-74-80--305	+	17
91. Inah Park		74-76-73-84--307	+	19
91. Trisha Self		78-73-74-82--307	+	19
93. Jeehae Lee		75-73-77-85--310	+	22

Posted: 11/9/2007

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