YARRAWONGA’S Bree Elliott is one of seven Aussies looking to get her card on the lucrative LPGA tour when the final qualifying began overnight.
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No fewer than nine Australians will tee up in Florida including Golf Australia squad members Minjee Lee, Stacey Keating, Su-hyun Oh, Jayde Panos and Rebecca Artis along with Emma de Groot, Maggie Yuan and former squad members Elliott and Julia Boland.
Only 20 of 154 women in action on the LPGA International’s Jones and Hill Courses will gain full LPGA Tour cards for next season, while those who finish 21-45 will gain conditional status.
For those who make the top-70 (and ties) cut after the fourth of five rounds, status on the secondary Symetra Tour is also up for grabs in the third and final qualifying stage.
Elliott was in the first group to tee-off at the Hills Course about midnight.
It’s one of the strongest Q-School fields as it includes three players in the top 40 of the world rankings and three who have posted a top-10 finish on the LPGA Tour in 2014.
There are women from 32 countries, with three women — Lorie Kane, Birdie Kim and Silvia Cavalleri — having previously won an LPGA Tour event.
