Golf Channel · Dec 12, 2022
At Q-Series, dreams realized for some; for others, heartbeak
The marathon is over.
LPGA Q-School remains the most grueling test of golf – as much as 16 rounds, or 288 holes, over a span of nearly five months with an LPGA card on the line. So, as players walked off the 18th green at Highland Oaks Golf Course in Dothan, Alabama, there were a myriad of emotions being felt – excitement, exhaustion, relief, heartbreak.
About half the field, in some form, had realized their LPGA aspirations, while others fell just short of that dream.
Bailey Tardy’s rookie year on the Epson Tour was in 2019. Three years later, the University of Georgia product found herself in Q-Series yet again after twice coming up one spot short on the Epson Tour money list.