These LPGA players in Hawaii are fighting to keep their cards for 2025
beth ann nichols
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PORTLAND, OREGON - AUGUST 02: Weiwei Zhang of China plays her shot from the 15th tee during the second round of the Portland Classic at Columbia Edgewater Country Club on August 02, 2024 in Portland, Oregon. (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images)
With only two events remaining to secure job status for 2025, it's crunch time for a number of players competing in this week's Lotte Championship in Hawaii. The top 100 players on the Race to the CME Globe points list keep their cards for next season, with those in the top 80 receiving the best status available.
Some players who finish outside the top 100 will go to Q-Series in December to try to improve their status.
The points cut off for the list falls at the conclusion of next week's Annika driven by Gainbridge at Pelican event in Belleair, Florida:
95. Savannah Grewal
ROGERS, ARKANSAS - SEPTEMBER 27: Savannah Grewal of Canada looks on from the second green during the first round of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G 2024 at Pinnacle Country Club on September 27, 2024 in Rogers, Arkansas. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
The 23-year-old Canadian, a rookie in 2024, has made 19 starts this season with one top-10 finish.
96. Polly Mack
ROGERS, ARKANSAS - SEPTEMBER 27: Polly Mack of Germany plays her shot from the third tee during the first round of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G 2024 at Pinnacle Country Club on September 27, 2024 in Rogers, Arkansas. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
Statistically the longest player on tour, Mack posted her best finish of the year, a T-5, in Portland.
97. Celine Borge
MAINEVILLE, OHIO - SEPTEMBER 19: Celine Borge of Norway surveys the fourth hole during the first round of the Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G 2024 at TPC River's Bend on September 19, 2024 in Maineville, Ohio. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)
With 11 cuts made in 23 starts, Borge has a pair of top 10s this season at the FM Championship and Dana Open.
98. Mone Inami
MIKI, JAPAN - OCTOBER 18: Mone Inami of Japan smiles on the 17th hole during the second round of NOBUTA GROUP MASTERS GC LADIES at Masters Golf Club on October 18, 2024 in Miki, Hyogo, Japan. (Photo by Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)
It's been a tough stretch of late for the rookie Inami, who has six missed cuts and made one withdrawal in her last eight starts.
99. Jodi Ewart Shadoff
ROGERS, ARKANSAS - SEPTEMBER 27: Jodi Ewart Shadoff of England plays her shot from the third tee during the first round of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G 2024 at Pinnacle Country Club on September 27, 2024 in Rogers, Arkansas. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
The 36-year-old Englishwoman hasn't teed it up on the LPGA since the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship in September where she tied for 27th.
100. Haeji Kang
ROGERS, ARKANSAS - SEPTEMBER 28: Haeji Kang of South Korea plays a shot on the second hole during the second round of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G 2024 at Pinnacle Country Club on September 28, 2024 in Rogers, Arkansas. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
Currently sitting right on the bubble in the 100th spot, Kang has missed three of her last four cuts but hasn't competed on the LPGA since late September.
101. Mary Liu
SYLVANIA, OHIO - JULY 20: Mary Liu of China plays her shot from the seventh tee during the third round of the Dana Open at Highland Meadows Golf Club on July 20, 2024 in Sylvania, Ohio. (Photo by Raj Mehta/Getty Images)
Rookie from China has made seven cuts in 18 starts so far this season, with her best finish a share of fifth at the Dana Open.
102. Weiwei Zhang
SHANGHAI, CHINA - OCTOBER 11: Weiwei Zhang of China hits a tee shot on the 1st hole during the second round of the Buick LPGA Shanghai 2024 at Qizhong Garden Golf Club on October 11, 2024 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Zhe Ji/Getty Images)
Zhang, 27, tied for 26th in at the Buick LPGA Shanghai in her last start on the LPGA. She's made 12 cuts in 15 starts this season.
105. Lindy Duncan
CALGARY, ALBERTA - JULY 27: Lindy Duncan of the United States plays her shot from the 13th tee during the third round of the CPKC Women's Open at Earl Grey Golf Club on July 27, 2024 in Calgary, Alberta. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)
Former Duke player, a veteran on tour, sits five points outside the magic number. Best finish of the season came in her first start at the LPGA Drive On with a share of 13th.
