Teen Yana Wilson makes big move at LPGA Qualifying; transgender golfer Hailey Davidson cards 71

Yana Wilson vaulted up nan leaderboard astatine LPGA Qualifying aft a flawless third-round 67 connected nan Panther Course astatine Plantation Golf and Country Club. The 18-year-old, who made her master debut successful September astatine nan Kroger Queen City Championship, moved from a stock of 71st to 25th.

The apical 35 and ties beforehand to December’s Final Qualifying.

“It felt beautiful relieving, but honestly, I knew I near immoderate retired there,” said Wilson, who opted to skip assemblage play astatine Oregon to move professional. “I missed a mates of short putts connected nan backmost nine, which is unfortunate, but I can’t hold to spell backmost to nan scope and grind connected my crippled afterward.”

Last year’s AJGA Player of nan Year, Wilson said she came into nan week pinch nary expectations and felt for illustration nan Epson Tour was a good spot to commencement her master career. She viewed earning LPGA position arsenic Plan B.

“I didn’t spell to college,” said Wilson, “so turning master early, I deliberation I conscionable really wanted to conscionable turn my crippled earlier on, and it doesn’t matter whether it’s connected nan LPGA aliases Epson Tour.”

Overnight leader Zoe Campos of UCLA carded a third-round 66 to return a three-shot lead complete reigning NCAA champion Adela Cernousek. Both are playing this week arsenic amateurs. Players must move master successful bid to compete successful Final Qualifying.

Campos paces nan section astatine 15 nether while Cernousek, who changeable a 2nd consecutive 66, sits astatine 12 under.

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

Other notables astir nan trim statement of 3 nether see Wake Forest’s Rachel Kuehn (T-34), Latanna Stone (T-34) and Amari Avery (T-49).

Transgender golfer Hailey Davidson followed a second-round 69 pinch a 71 and moved to a stock of 92nd astatine 2 complete for nan tournament.

All players who complete 4 rounds astatine Plantation will person Epson Tour status. Davidson would beryllium nan 2nd transgender golfer to gain position connected nan developmental circuit. Bobbi Lancaster earned position successful 2013 done Stage I of LPGA Q-School but ne'er really competed successful a charismatic event.