LPGA Players jockey for position

LPGA players looking to improve their playing status for 2011 have a lot on the line this week in Orlando. The season-ending LPGA Tour Championship is the last opportunity for players to jockey for position on the money list. The top-80 players on the money list at the end of the week will be placed into the coveted Category 1 on the 2011 LPGA Priority List. Players finishing 81st -100th will be in Category 11, while players no. 101-125 will be seeded in Category 15. Players outside of the top 125, who do not fall into the priority list based on previous years' performance, will not maintain status on the 2011 LPGA Tour.



The top-80 bubble:
77 Helen Alfredsson $80,642
78 Irene Cho 79,580
79 Mina Harigae 78,808
80 Moira Dunn 77,090
81 Jane Park 74,859
82 Becky Morgan 69,176
83 Mi Hyun Kim 68,953
84 Mindy Kim 68,835
85 Sarah Kemp 68,634

*** Notables currently sitting outside of the top 80 are Jane Park (81st), rookie Mariajo Uribe (86th), four-time LPGA Tour winner Lorie Kane, two-time winner and four-time U.S. Solheim Cup team member Laura Diaz.

The top-125 bubble:
122 Yoo Kyeong Kim $24,271
123 Aree Song 24,229
124 Jimin Jeong 22,903
125 Beth Bader 22,558
126 Misun Cho 22,504
127 Nicole Castrale 21,897 (medical for 2011)
128 Jean Reynolds 20,664

*** Notables currently sitting outside of the top 125 are Anna Rawson (131), Reilley Rankin (139), the 2007 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Angela Park (144) and four-time winner and 2000 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Dorothy Delasin

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