As most of you recognize, newly-minted LPGA seasoned Brooke Henderson is attempting to qualify for the 5 tournaments in the Asian Swing. To do this, she'll want to crack the Top62 at the LPGA Official Money List. (To make the Lorena Ochoa Invitational she'll want Top26 cash.)
The trick here is that she most effective has THREE tournaments to reach that magic sixty two role.
To make it easier to keep up with her progress -- and I assume all of you are just as interested in her quest as I am -- I've added a "Brooke Henderson Watch" section to the Rolex World Rankings list in the sidebar and I'll be updating it as each week ticks off.
The Canadian Pacific Women's Open this past week was the first of Brooke's three tournaments. Although she struggled a bit early on, she went low with a 5-under 67 on Sunday. This gave her a T23 finish and her first official check, worth $22,816 .
By comparison, the player at 62 has $171,383 -- a figure which will no doubt rise over the next three weeks. So, heading into the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic this week, Brooke ranks 132.
Yes, that puts her $148,567 behind the 62nd player with only two events to play. But all is not lost.
First of all, after you get right down to the 31st or thirty second participant at the cash list, the gaps between gamers are not all that large. In truth, the gap between 32 and sixty two is most effective $146,621, barely less than Brooke's 132 is from 62. And whilst you recognize that most of these gamers have averaged 18-20 occasions, it is clean that the full of the 62nd player possibly might not upward push a whole lot and some properly play from Brooke must circulate her up the list quickly.
Second, looking at the remaining events, there is definitely cash available. The winner of the Yokohama occasion took home $195,000 final yr, and T5 turned into worth $48,945. Even higher, the Evian's winner took home $487,500 -- it is a prime, in any case -- and solo 5th got $136,946. And for the reason that Brooke's had a win and three different Top5s this year (two of those in majors), a couple extra Top5s -- or a unmarried win -- could in all likelihood lock up a Top62 spot.
She'll ought to play nicely to do it, however is it potential? Oh sure.
And subsequently, there'll probably be a few players who pass the Sime Darby Classic, that's the first occasion of the Asian Swing. If so, she can also get an invite if she's simply near that 62 rank.
So I'll be updating my Brooke Watch as she pursues a spot in the Asian Swing over the next three weeks. (There's a one-week break between Yokohama and Evian.) Just keep watching the Rolex World Rankings section over in the sidebar to see how she's doing.
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