LPGA Tour Qualifying School

The LPGA Tour Qualifying School, or Q-School, has been held annually since 1973. From 1973-82, two different tournaments were held, with two different graduating classes; three tournaments were played in 1983.

2012 LPGA Q-School Dates
• Stage 1: Sept. 4-7, at LPGA International Golf Course, Daytona Beach, Fla.
• Stage 2: Oct. 9-12, at Plantation Golf and Country Club, Venice, Fla.
• Final Stage: Nov. 28-Dec. 2, at LPGA International Golf Course, Daytona Beach, Fla.

Beginning in 2011, the LPGA Q-School switched to a 3-stage qualifying schedule. The first-stage qualifier is open to any golfer who is not a member of professional tours included in the women's world rankings (LPGA, LET, KLPGA, LPGA of Japan, ALPGA, Futures Tour) and not ranked in the Top 100 of those rankings. The top one-third of the field advances to the second stage.

The second-stage qualifier includes golfers who are members of one of the world ranking tours but not already LPGA Tour members (except for one LPGA exemption category, Category 21), or players who are not members of any tour but are ranked in the Top 100.

The Top 70 plus ties in the second stage advance to the final stage. Those who fail to advance out of the second stage receive Futures Tour status. The final-stage qualifier includes LPGA members seeking to improve their exemption status; plus 15 automatic qualifiers from the Futures Tour; plus the 70+ who played their way in through the second stage.

The top finishers at the final stage receive LPGA membership, but that number is determined on a year-by-year basis. All others who make the cut get Futures Tour status.

Here is the list of medalists from past LPGA Tour Qualifying Schools:

2011 - Junthima Gulyanamitta
2010 - Aree Song
2009 - Amanda Blumenherst
2008 - Stacy Lewis
2007 - Jane Park
2006 - Hye Jung Choi, In-Kyung Kim
2005 - Ai Miyazato
2004 - Paula Creamer
2003 - Iben Tinning, Isabelle Beisiegel, Catherine Cartwright
2002 - Marilyn Lovander
2001 - Suzanne Strudwick
2000 - Sue Ginter (Ginter-Brooker)
1999 - Kellee Booth
1998 - Shanie Waugh
1997 - Se Ri Pak, Cristie Kerr
1996 - Vickie Odegard
1995 - Luciana Bernvenuti
1994 - Denis Philbrick
1993 - Leigh Ann Mills
1992 - Nicky LeRoux
1991 - Susie Redman (Parry), Kiernan Prechtl
1990 - Katie Peterson
1989 - Hiromi Kobayashi
1988 - Caroline Pierce (McMillan)
1987 - Trish Johnson
1986 - Deborah Skinner
1985 - Sherri Steinhauer, Mary Murphy, Tammy Fredrickson
1984 - Caroline Gowan, Kris Monaghan
1983 October - Kathy Williams, Carolyn Hill, Marta Figueras-Dotti
1983 August - Juli Inkster, Kathy Baker (Guadagnino)
1983 January - Anne-Marie Palli
1982 July - Judy Ellis (Sams)
1982 January - Colleen Walker
1981 July - Nancy Maunder
1981 January - Yuko Moriguchi
1980 July - Patty Sheehan
1980 January - Carolyn Hill
1979 July - Cindy Hill
1979 February - Beth Daniel
1978 July - Julie Pyne
1978 January - Lauren Howe
1977 July - Vicki Fergon
1977 February - Eva Chang
1976 July - LeNore Beserra
1976 January - Ai-Yu Tu
1975 June - Bonnie Lauer
1975 January - Michelle Walker
1974 July - Christi Pastore
1974 January - Pat Bradley
1973 June - Mary Bea Porter (Porter-King)
1973 January - Roberta Speer

On the Web: LPGA Tour Qualifying School homepage