The LPGA had its first reshuffle of its Priority List this week. While most of the players moved up or down a few insignificant spots, there were some very significant moves also.
The Priority List is used to fill the required amount of spots for any given tournament. Without me getting into the categories, which is potentially confusing, here is a brief explanation. Most full field events have a field of 144 players. Usually 140 of the players come from the Priority List ranking. Two players are Monday qualifiers, and 2 more are sponsor invitees. So to keep it simple, if your Priority Rating is #150, you have to hope that 10 players decide not to play, or you are probably not getting into the field.
The following players made some of the biggest leaps up the Priority List:
Ruoning Yin – 115 to 100
Hae Ran Ryu – 136 to 102
Aditi Ashok – 134 to 103
Yu Liu – 131 to 104
Peiyun Chien – 126 to 105
Sarah Kemp – 132 to 110
Caroline Inglis – 135 to 112
Lauren Hartlage – 145 to 111
Minami Katsu – 140 to 115
Although the jumps made by the above players look good on paper, it is not that significant as they were playing all full field events anyway.
The following players made the most important gains, and should now be playing in most (if not all) full field events:
Natthakritta Vongtaveelap – 160 to 109
Yuna Nishimura – 161 to 116
Jaravee Boonchant – 158 to 117
Min Lee – 159 to 143
Pavarisa Yoktuan – 160 to 119
Dewi Weber – 167 to 147
Mi Hyang Lee – 189 to 148
Charlotte Thomas – 166 to 149
The following players are not guaranteed to play all full field events, but have a much better chance than before the reshuffle:
Jin Yan – 171 to 152
Arpichaya Yubol – 182 to 154
Christina Kim – 221 to 155
Maria Torres – 434 to 159
Yaeeun Hong – 190 to 162
Magdalena Simmemacher – 174 to 165
Amy Olson – 185 to 171
Allison Emery – 187 to 172
Jeongeun Lee5 – 184 to 174
Ilhee Lee – 243 to 166
The following players saw their rankings drop and will probably be seeing less playing time than before the reshuffle:
Mel Reid – 71 to 144
Karis Davidson – 142 to 165
Aline Krauter – 139 to 153
Inis Laklalech – 149 to 156
Samantha Wagner – 141 to 157
Polly Mack – 151 to 158
Luna Sobron Galmes – 147 to 160
Valery Plata – 136 to 163
Alexa Pano – 156 to 168
Linnea Johansson – 143 to 169
The following players got hurt the most, and will be seeing very little playing time or none at all.
Ayaka Uehara – 86 to 191
Riley Rennell -155 to 173
Kum-Kang Park – 144 to 175
Isa Gabsa – 146 to 176
Elinor Sudow – 153 to 177
Dani Holmqvist – 157 to 178
Karen Chung – 163 to 180
Manon De Roey – 164 to 181
Louise Ridderstrom – 169 to 182
Jenny Coleman – 172 to 183
