The 2024 Qualifying Stage of LPGA Q-Series has officially come to a close, with 43 athletes advancing to Final Qualifying, all with a chance to earn LPGA Tour membership for the 2025 season. Amateurs led the way heading into the final round at Plantation Golf and Country Club, and while one of them stayed at the top, a new face on the professional scene joined her.

Mimi Rhodes and amateur Adela Cernousek ultimately shared medalist honors at Qualifying in Venice, Fla., with the pair finishing the 72-hole event tied at 14-under.

Rhodes started the day seven shots back of the leaders, looking to make a run at the top of the leaderboard despite only needing to finish inside the top 35 to advance. The England native began the final round in a tie for ninth, after posting three straight under-par rounds. The final day was no different, with Rhodes carding five birdies in her opening nine holes to turn in 31 at 5-under for the day. The birdies continued on the back nine, with the 22-year-old making three more on the last nine holes and adding one bogey to finish out Qualifying with a 7-under 65.

“I woke up today and actually my goal was 8-under, so I was a bit disappointed not to get eight-under, but I'm so happy with my game and with how I'm putting,” said Rhodes after her final round. “Everything with my game, it was just really solid. I'm just super happy.”

Cernousek has had her name near the top of the leaderboard for most of the week, with her second-round 66 vaulting her up the leaderboard earlier in the week. She followed it with another 66 in her third round, to sit three shots back of the lead with heading into the last day. In her final round, Cernousek was bogey-free through 13 holes, putting three circles on her card along the way. A bogey on No. 14 would be the first of two she made on Friday, but Cernousek added another birdie to her card on No. 16 before her second bogey on 17. The Frenchwoman does not plan to turn professional before Final Qualifying, so she will finish her senior year at Texas A&M University before making a decision about her future.

“I think I'm going back to school and staying amateur. I think that's the plan,” Cernousek said. “I'm just going to go back to work, and I'm playing a tournament literally on Monday with my school. I'm really happy, and of course that brings confidence, but I still got to work.”

Rounding out the top five are Melanie Green, Zoe Antoinette Campos and Bi Shin finishing T3, T3, and solo fifth, respectively. The Final Qualifying portion of LPGA Q-Series will be held at Magnolia Grove Golf Club from December 5-9. The top-25 competitors and ties at the conclusion of Final Qualifying will earn their LPGA Tour cards for the 2025 season.

Rhodes and Cernousek Share Medalist Honors at the 2024 LPGA Q-Series Qualifying Stage

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