Division I
Thirty One Players Secure 2026 LPGA Tour Status at Final Qualifying in Alabama
Thirty one players earned LPGA Tour cards for the 2026 season after the weather delayed Final Qualifying event concluded at Magnolia Grove in Mobile, Alabama. The event was shortened from ninety holes to seventy two due to heavy rain and frost delays, with the top twenty five and ties receiving full LPGA status and all remaining players earning Epson Tour status.
Germany’s Helen Briem earned medalist honors at thirteen under with rounds of 65, 69, 71 and 68. Briem, currently ranked number eighty four in the world, led a group of international qualifiers that included Soo Bin Joo at twelve under and a five way tie at eleven under featuring Ryann O’Toole, Perrine Delacour, Jing Yan and Mohan Du.
Polly Mack moved into the qualifying number with a back nine 30 and a closing 64 to finish eight under. Lauren Walsh and Emma McMyler both shot 67 to reach the top twenty five, with McMyler birdieing five of her last six holes.
Eight players advanced on the number at five under, including 2019 AIG Women’s Open champion Hinako Shibuno, LPGA winner Jodi Ewart Shadoff, left-handed Erica Shepherd and Oregon’s Suvichaya Vinijchaitham, who turned professional to compete.
Seventeen-year-old Gianna Clemente needed a birdie on her final hole to advance but made double bogey and missed the number.
Below is the full list of players who earned LPGA membership for 2026:
2026 LPGA Tour Card Earners
Helen Briem, Soo Bin Joo, Ryann O’Toole, Perrine Delacour, Jing Yan, Mohan Du, Dongeun Lee, Juniper Jang, Laney Frye, Polly Mack, Kokona Sakurai, Nastasia Nadaud, Leah John, Camille Boyd, Yu Liu, Chiara Tamburlini, Jiaze Sun, Lauren Walsh, Emma McMyler, Frida Kinhult, Carolina Lopez Chacarra, Carolina Melgrati, Maude Aimee Leblanc, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Erica Shepherd, Hinako Shibuno, Mimi Rhodes, Suvichaya Vinijchaitham, Yuna Nishimura, Isi Gabsa and Ana Belac.
These players will be eligible to compete on the LPGA Tour in 2026 based on field limits and category priority.
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