Auston Kim had to put on a show at the Epson Championship in order to get an LPGA card until 2024. She fired 7-under-29 on the front nine, which set the fires ablaze. Then she birdied the last hole to win the tournament by two strokes and move into the top 10.
Kim, who began the week ranked No. 15, said, “We have talked about it all year, that if I do the right thing, if I develop good habits, then it is not a question of if but a question of when.” The money list was ranked 15th and it ended the week at No. 3.
Three players already had their LPGA cards in 2024 when the Tour Championship began on Thursday: Gabriela Ruffels (pictured), Natasha Andrea Oon, and Jiwon J.
Eight of the ten players who had entered the week ranked in the top 10 remained in their positions. Becca Huffer (No. Jenny Bae (No. The two that dropped out were 10 and Jenny Bae.
Huffer finished 11th in the money list with $1,700 less that Kristen Gillman. Huffer, 33, tied for 12th place at the Tour Championship with a 65.
Nine players, which is five more than in any previous year on the development tour, earned over $100,000 in a single season.
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