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A total of 29 players earned LPGA status for the first time following an eight-round grind at Q-Series over the last two weeks. Winner Na Rin An was among them, carding Sunday’s lowest-round, 6-under 66, to finish at 33 under.
In all, 46 players left Dothan, Alabama with LPGA status. Among the high-ranking elites was a major winner in Hinako Shibuno and a hotshot from Thailand, Atthaya Thitikul, who dominated in Europe this season, and a couple of sisters from Taiwan. A total of four amateurs earned LPGA status for 2022, should they accept.
Here’s a closer look at the 46 who earned their LPGA cards for 2022.
1. Na Rin An, 25, Seoul
Carded a final-round 66, the day’s lowest round, to medal at the final stage. The two-time winner on the KLPGA had an LPGA career-best T-3 at the 2021 BMW Ladies Championship. Her 2021 season on the KLPGA included 15 top-20 finishes.
2. Pauline Roussin-Bouchard, 21, Brignoles, France
Former No. 1-ranked amateur was a two-time All-American at South Carolina. Won her second start as a professional in August at the LET’s Didriksons Skaftö Open. Best finish on the LPGA is a T-38 at the 2021 Amundi Evian Masters as an amateur. Won the second stage of LPGA Qualifying School.
Pauline Roussin-Bouchard of France plays her tee shot on the first hole during day three of the The Amundi Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Club on July 24, 2021 in Evian-les-Bains, France. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)
3. Atthaya Thitikul, 18, Ratchaburi, Thailand
Ranked 18th in the world, won both the Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year titles on the LET in 2021. Twice finished runner-up on the LPGA in 2021. Became the youngest golfer to win a pro tournament at 14 years, 4 months and 19 days when she won the Ladies European Thailand Championship in 2017.
Atthaya Thitikul.
T-4. Ruoning Yin, 19, Shanghai
Set a record on the China LPGA when she won her first three events on the tour as a professional in…
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