NCAA champion Adela Cernousek among four amateurs to advance at LPGA Qualifying

NCAA champion Adela Cernousek co-medaled astatine nan 2nd shape of 2024 LPGA Qualifying but, for illustration Ingrid Lindblad earlier her, won’t move professional. The Texas A&M elder will alternatively caput backmost to school, wherever she’ll tee it up for nan Aggies successful a tourney adjacent week.

“I deliberation I’m going backmost to schoolhouse and staying amateur,” said nan Frenchwoman. “I deliberation that’s nan plan.”

Cernousek, who had Stacy Lewis’ begetter Dale Lewis connected her bag, vanished knotted astatine nan apical pinch England’s Mimi Rhodes astatine 14 nether astatine Plantation Golf and Country Club successful Venice, Florida. Lewis’ husband, Gerrod Chadwell, is caput coach astatine A&M.

A full of 43 players earned nan opportunity to beforehand to nan Final Stage, including 4 amateurs, 3 of whom are successful nan apical 10 of nan World Amateur Golf Ranking. Players must move master successful bid to compete successful Final Qualifying, Dec. 5-9, astatine Magnolia Grove Golf Club successful Mobile, Alabama.

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The amateur deadline to move master to compete successful Final Qualifying is Nov. 15 astatine 5 p.m. ET.

Two UCLA seniors – Zoe Campos and Caroline Canales – vanished successful nan apical 12. Mississippi State elder Julia Lopez Rameriz precocious aft taking a stock of 23rd. Western Kentucky elder Catie Craig made nan trim connected nan number astatine 4 nether – pinch a birdie connected her last spread – to decorativeness T-31.

England’s Rhodes, a caller Wake Forest grad, has been connected a tear of late, helping Great Britain and Ireland triumph nan Curtis Cup and then, 2 weeks later, capturing her first master title connected nan LET Access Series.

“I mean, looking backmost aft I graduated, I would ne'er person imagined myself successful this position, you know, shooting truthful galore debased scores,” said Rhodes, who closed pinch a 65 successful astatine Plantation Golf and Country Club. “I’m conscionable complete nan moon, and I’ve worked difficult to beryllium here, and I’m conscionable gladsome that it’s yet paid off.”

When Campos first told UCLA caput coach Alicia Um that she wanted to spell to Q-School, Um wasn’t enthused. At nan time, she would’ve alternatively Campos made a cleanable break and move master astatine nan extremity of past spring.

But, aft giving it immoderate thought, Um decided that Campos’ activity this autumn was important to nan squad and told her it was OK to travel backmost for nan semester.

“I’m happy for her,” said Um, “truly happy.”

Campos will compete 1 past clip for nan Bruins adjacent week astatine nan East Lake Cup earlier turning professional.  She’s nan 5th Bruin to time off nan programme midseason to move professional, pursuing successful nan footsteps of Lilia Vu, Bronte Law, Alison Lee and Stephanie Kono.

“I deliberation turning professional, it’s a really large step, and it’s been a dream of mine,” said Campos. “Just to cognize that I’ll beryllium connected circuit either way, it’s a really large accomplishment. No matter wherever I extremity up, I’m looking guardant to increasing and conscionable seeing wherever I’ll be.”

Campos’ teammate, Canales, isn’t rather yet judge astir her adjacent step.

“Obviously I americium still a senior,” she said. “I’d emotion to graduate, and I person loved my clip astatine UCLA truthful far. I person 2 astonishing coaches. I deliberation I’m conscionable going to talk pinch my coaches and myfamily and spot what nan champion roadworthy guardant is. Luckily, we person 2 weeks to decide. It’snot for illustration I person to decided tomorrow, truthful yeah, we’re conscionable going to return our clip pinch that.”

All players who completed 4 rounds successful Venice will person Epson Tour status. Those who finished successful nan apical 80 but did not beforehand to Final Qualifying will beryllium placed into Category I connected nan Epson Tour Priority List for 2025.

Remaining players who completed 72 holes will beryllium placed into Category K, successful bid of their qualifying finish. For context, 217 players were up of Category K connected nan 2024 Epson Tour Priority List astatine nan commencement of nan year.

Transgender golfer Hailey Davidson vanished successful a stock of 95th. Other notables who grounded to beforehand see Rachel Kuehn, who missed but 1 stroke, LPGA victor Christina Kim, Amari Avery and 18-year-old Yana Wilson.