The LPGA is making another much-needed rule change.
According to Golfweek’s Beth Ann Nichols, the tour will now exempt non-members who finish in the top 10 in designated events into the following week’s tournament. The PGA Tour has a similar rule.
The previous rule only permitted a maximum of two members from parlaying a top-10 finish into a second consecutive start. Now, Monday qualifiers or sponsor exemptions will have the opportunity to get hot and earn their LPGA cards via top 10s and non-member points, as opposed to just winning or going to Q-Series.
The designated events do not include majors or tournaments that don’t solely use the priority list to fill out their fields.