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Former Golfer Karyn Lee Ping in LPGA Qualifying School This Week
8/23/2017 9:12:00 PM | Women's Golf
This is the first step in the process of trying to earn LPGA and/or Symetra Tour membership
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YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — Classes might not be in session at Eastern Michigan University, but for former women's golfer Karyn Lee Ping (Brampton, Ontario, Canada-St. Augustine Secondary School) will be back in school this week. Lee Ping, who played for EMU from 2011-16, will be in Rancho Mirage, Calif., this week, Aug. 24-27, for stage one of LPGA Qualifying School.
The Brampton, Ontario product is part of a 362-player field competing to make the second stage of Q-School.
Stage one will be Thursday through Sunday at the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage. Players will compete in a 72-hole competition with the top 90 players and ties advancing to stage two after 72 holes. A cut will be made after 54 holes and only the top 125 players and ties will advance to Sunday's final round. Status for the Symetra Tour, the official development tour for the LPGA Tour, is available for those players who make the 54-hole cut.
The ultimate goal for the weekend, however, is to advance on to stage two of Q-School, which will take place at Plantation Golf & Country Club in Venice, Fla., the week of Oct. 16-22. From there, players will try to make it to the final stage of Q-School, which will be Nov. 27-Dec. 3 at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla. The top 20 finishers of the final stage will earn LPGA Tour membership.
A two-time Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholar, Lee Ping played in nine events as a senior, totaling three rounds of par-or-better. She turned in her third career top-10 finish at the Rio Verde Invitational when she shot a season-low 221 (74-72-75) for sixth place. She took 14th at the Blue Raider Invitational with a 229 (82-74-73) and backed it up with a 15th place effort at the Cardinal Classic following a 224 (78-78-68). Lee Ping closed out her season at the 2016 MAC Championships with a final round 72 to take 26th with a 228 (77-79-72).
Play will begin Thursday at approximately 10 a.m. ET on all four days of competition. Players will rotate through the three courses (Dinah Shore, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player) at Mission Hills Country Club for the first three rounds with the final round set to take place on the Dinah Shore course.
The Dinah Shore course is a par-72 and will play 6,610 yards, the Arnold Palmer Course is a par-72 and will play 6,520 yards while the Gary Player Course is a par-72 and will play 6,510 yards.
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — Classes might not be in session at Eastern Michigan University, but for former women's golfer Karyn Lee Ping (Brampton, Ontario, Canada-St. Augustine Secondary School) will be back in school this week. Lee Ping, who played for EMU from 2011-16, will be in Rancho Mirage, Calif., this week, Aug. 24-27, for stage one of LPGA Qualifying School.
The Brampton, Ontario product is part of a 362-player field competing to make the second stage of Q-School.
Stage one will be Thursday through Sunday at the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage. Players will compete in a 72-hole competition with the top 90 players and ties advancing to stage two after 72 holes. A cut will be made after 54 holes and only the top 125 players and ties will advance to Sunday's final round. Status for the Symetra Tour, the official development tour for the LPGA Tour, is available for those players who make the 54-hole cut.
The ultimate goal for the weekend, however, is to advance on to stage two of Q-School, which will take place at Plantation Golf & Country Club in Venice, Fla., the week of Oct. 16-22. From there, players will try to make it to the final stage of Q-School, which will be Nov. 27-Dec. 3 at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla. The top 20 finishers of the final stage will earn LPGA Tour membership.
A two-time Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholar, Lee Ping played in nine events as a senior, totaling three rounds of par-or-better. She turned in her third career top-10 finish at the Rio Verde Invitational when she shot a season-low 221 (74-72-75) for sixth place. She took 14th at the Blue Raider Invitational with a 229 (82-74-73) and backed it up with a 15th place effort at the Cardinal Classic following a 224 (78-78-68). Lee Ping closed out her season at the 2016 MAC Championships with a final round 72 to take 26th with a 228 (77-79-72).
Play will begin Thursday at approximately 10 a.m. ET on all four days of competition. Players will rotate through the three courses (Dinah Shore, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player) at Mission Hills Country Club for the first three rounds with the final round set to take place on the Dinah Shore course.
The Dinah Shore course is a par-72 and will play 6,610 yards, the Arnold Palmer Course is a par-72 and will play 6,520 yards while the Gary Player Course is a par-72 and will play 6,510 yards.
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