Douglas’ Sara Byrne opened with a five-under 67 to seize the early clubhouse lead within the first qualifying spherical for December’s LPGA Q-Sequence in Florida.
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Bidding to make the highest 35 and ties after 72 holes who qualify for the last stage (Q-Sequence) in Alabama from December 5-9, the Dromoland Fort touring professional opened with a bogey on the tenth gap on the Bobcat Course at Plantation Golf and Nation Membership in Tampa.
However with caddie Harry Ewing on her bag this week, she birdied the sixteenth, seventeenth, second, fifth, sixth and seventh to steer the 194-strong subject by a shot in an occasion rescheduled for this week to keep away from the consequences of Hurricane Milton.
Castlewarden’s Lauren Walsh, the touring skilled for Carton Home, additionally made a strong begin by making her fourth birdie of the day at her last gap to open with a one-under 71 on the Panther Course.
If Byrne and Walsh make the minimize this week however fail to make the highest 39 and ties, they’ll earn standing on the LPGA’s second-tier Epson Tour in 2025.
In the event that they advance to the Q-Sequence, they need to end within the prime 25 and ties after 5 rounds to earn LPGA Tour playing cards after the Tour diminished the quantity from 45 and ties in 2023 to supply graduates extra LPGA begins in 2025.
Walsh has had a stellar rookie season on the Girls European Tour and lies seventeenth within the Order of Benefit.
Ought to Byrne fail to make it to Q-Sequence in December, or fail to earn Epson Tour standing, she has the choice to go the Girls European Tour Qualifying College in Morocco, which additionally takes place in December.
