Download the 2019 LPGA Priority List PDF
The first reshuffle of the 2019 LPGA Tour season took place with the conclusion of the Pure Silk Championship presented by Visit Williamsburg.
The Priority List determines eligibility for most LPGA full-field events and where a player sits on this list determines if she will get into the field each week.
Category 8 on the LPGA Priority List is comprised of members in the Top 80 of the current year's Money List with priority based on the order of the list. Also, members in Categories 14 through 19 who have earned official money have been re-seeded into Category 13 and ranked in order of their position on the current year's Money List through the Pure Silk Championship.
Sarah Kemp and Allison Lee made significant moves with this week's reshuffle and will now earn a spot into full-field events from the priority list until the second reshuffle. Kemp jumped from No. 418 to No. 101 while Lee moved from No. 141 to No. 106, earning Category 8 status.
Jennifer Kupcho and Maria Fassi deferred their professional status after competing in last year's LPGA Q-Series. This week the two will be teeing it up in the U.S. Women's Open for the first time as professionals. What does this mean for the two players for as they start their LPGA career? As determined under the amateur membership deferral regulation policy both players are entitled to the number on the priority list they earned during LPGA Q-Series. The reshuffle puts Kupcho in Category 11 and Fassi in Category 13 allowing each an opportunity to improve their standings ahead of the final reshuffle.
With Katherine Perry and Cheyenne Woods moving to Category 13, they are not guaranteed to play in all full-field events, but their odds have undoubtedly improved with their moves on the Priority List. Perry made a significant jump from No. 367 to No. 141, while Woods moved from No. 185 to No. 165
The second and final reshuffle for the season will take place after the DOW Great Lakes Bay Invitational.
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