Cheyenne Woods earns LPGA Tour card at Q-School

Cheyenne Woods will be on the LPGA Tour in 2015. With a fifth-and-final-round 70 in the final stage of LPGA Q-School, Woods secured her status on the circuit for next year.

Woods, who is the niece of Tiger Woods, overcame a second-round 79 that could have doomed her chances by playing the final three rounds in 8 under par. Combined with the 68 to start the 90-hole event, the 24-year-old Wake Forest product finished at 5 under overall and in a tie for 11th place.

The top 20 players earn the best status possible from Q-School, meaning the opportunity to play close to a full schedule. All 20 slots have not yet been decided, with three players returning Monday morning to LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla., to resume the fourth hole of a sudden-win playoff for the final spot.

While Woods is the celebrity name from this Q-School class, a number of high-profile, accomplished overseas players have also finished in the top 20. It starts with amateur co-medalist Alison Lee, ranked fourth in the latest World Amateur Golf Ranking, who will turn pro to play the LPGA Tour while continuing her studies at UCLA. She shared the top spot with Minjee Lee, who was the highest-ranked amateur in the world when she turned pro in September. World No. 23 Ha Na Jang earned her card as well, finishing tied for sixth. Fellow Korean Sei Young Kim, ranked 40th in the Rolex Rankings, now has her card, too.

Every player who made the 72-hole cut and finished the tournament earned some kind of 2015 LPGA status, including 18-year-old Charlie Hull. The Englishwoman fell short of earning full status with a T-28 finish. Meanwhile, she will compete in Dubai this week for the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters, with a chance to become the youngest winner of the Order of Merit in Ladies European Tour history.

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