The Top 20 finishers earned Priority List Category 11 status for the LPGA Tour in 2010, which essentially means they can get into any full-field tournament they wish to play.
Katie Kempter, a collegiate star at the University of Denver, and Marianne Skarpnord, a 2-time winner on the Ladies European Tour in 2009, tied for second. Julieta Granada, the $1 million winner of the first ADT Championship in 2006, was fourth.
College and amateur stars were well-represented among the Top 20 finishers. In addition to Blumenherst and Kempter, there is Purdue's Maria Hernandez (2009 NCAA champ); Azahara Munoz of Arizona State, the 2008 NCAA champ and 2009 British Ladies Amateur winner who won a couple months ago on the LET; Mariajo Uribe of UCLA, the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur champion who had several strong showings in LPGA majors while still an amateur; and All-American Pernilla Lindberg of Oklahoma State University.
Also on display at LPGA Q-School finals were signs of growing strength in European women's golf. Skarpnord (Norway), Hernandez (Spain), Munoz (Spain) and Lindberg (Sweden) were joined in the Top 20 by Bea Recari (Spain), an LET winner; and European Solheim Cup member Tania Elosegui (Spain). Veteran Iben Tinning (Denmark) regained her LPGA card; and perennial LET money-list champ/contender Gwladys Nocera (France) finally made it onto the LPGA.
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