Park ties record to lead LPGA qualifying school

After 5 gruelling rounds on the LPGA qualufying school, Jane Park topped the leaderboard with a 17 under par finish, matching the tournament record previously set by Ai Miyazato's in 2005.

Park, a rookie on this years LPGA tour and 2004 U.S. Women's Amateur winner, had a final round 3 under par 69 to finish off with the top acolade. Although hot on her heels was Su A Kim in second shooting a 6 under 66 on the Sunday.

"I was playing great so knew I had a good chance to win," Park said. "being able to pull it off was just a great confidence booster ready for the 2008 season. It's a great feeling."

The top 17 finishers after Sunday's fifth and final round earned their LPGA Tour cards for next seasons 33 tournament schedule on the LPGA tour. 

Qualifiers

 


Player Total Strokes
1 Jane Park -17 343
2 Su A Kim -14 346
3 Hee Young Park -10 350
4 Kelli Kuehne -9 351
5 Carolina Llano -8 352
6 Yani Tseng -7 353
7 Russy Gulyanamitta -6 354
7 Jacqueline Yang -6 354
9 Louise Friberg -5 355
9 Meredith Duncan -5 355
9 Shanshan Feng -5 355
9 Sarah Kemp -5 355
9 Becky Lucidi -5 355
14 Liz Janangelo -4 356
14 Sophie Giquel -4 356
14 Sandra Gal -4 356
14 Danielle Downey -4 356


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