I turned into looking over the state of affairs on the Symetra Tour Championship -- do not forget, there are 10 completely-exempt cards up for grabs -- and discovered that things have gotten very exciting certainly.
And plenty of the motive is Maude-Aimee LeBlanc, who is main the occasion going into the very last round.
Here's the deal: Of the Top10 cards, 6 are pretty well locked up. And given how the other players are playing, it looks like #7 Jackie Stoelting is pretty solid as well since I don't think she can fall past #10 as long as she succeeds in posting a score. (My calculations say any finish below 3rd place won't award enough money to pass her unless #8 Dye manages to take 4th-7th but no higher. Stoelting could conceivably fall to #11 then.)
#8 Kendall Dye will be in problem. My calculations say she could also fall 4 spots if she stumbles and the Top4 finishers fall in only the right way. The trouble is that she best has 2 spots to play with, whilst Stoelting has 3.
But #9 and #10 could be exceeded via anybody down to at the least #21 on the money listing, depending on whether the challengers win or get solo 2d-5th and relying on who gets which role. Here is the desk published at symetratour.Com after the 3rd spherical. (Note that #18-21 failed to make the cut and that #12 Lee Lopez is quite a great deal out of the walking, which allows the Top10 a bit.)
| Player | Current Money | 2nd Rd. Finish | Projected Money* | Projected Ranking |
| #7 Jackie Stoelting | $48,580 | T27 (-2) | $1,484 | 7 ($50,064) |
| #8 Kendall Dye | $46,032 | T14 (-4) | $2,484 | 8 ($48,516) |
| #9 Mallory Blackwelder | $39,487 | T21 (-3) | $1,827 | 10 ($41,314) |
| #10 Veronica Felibert | $39,479 | T27 (-2) | $1,484 | 12 ($40,963) |
| #11 Sara-Maude Juneau | $36,538 | T7 (-5) | $4,448 | 11 ($40,986) |
| #12 Lee Lopez | $36,115 | T64 (+4) | $481 | 14 ($36,596) |
| #13 Lindy Duncan | $36,063 | T7 (-5) | $4,448 | 13 ($40,511) |
| #14 Brittany Altomare | $33,864 | T27 (-2) | $1,484 | 16 ($35,348) |
| #15 Demi Runas | $33,223 | T21 (-3) | $1,827 | 18 ($35,050) |
| #16 Emily Talley | $32,747 | T14 (-4) | $2,484 | 17 ($35,231) |
| #17 Nicole Vandermade | $31,896 | T7 (-5) | $4,448 | 15 ($36,344) |
| #21 Maude-Aimee LeBlanc | $25,229 | 1 (-11) | $22,500 | 9 ($47,729) |
| #34 Casey Grice | $19,521 | 3 (-8) | $10,255 | 19 ($29,776) |
The thing to note here is the Current Money column, which shows where players stand coming into this event. Note that #9 Mallory Blackwelder and #10 Veronica Felibert are separated by a mere $8, while #11 Sara-Maude Juneau and (of course) #21 Maude-Aimee LeBlanc are both playing better than them.
As matters stand right now -- once more, assuming that Blackwelder, Felibert, and Juneau can solo in their contemporary positions, and that LeBlanc wins -- LeBlanc leaps past both Blackwelder AND Felibert, pushing Felibert out of a card. In truth, Juneau leaps Felibert as nicely!
And that is all due to the fact Blackwelder is just one single stroke in advance of Felibert.
But right here's the trick: Except for LeBlanc (and Grice, who cannot get a card even supposing she wins), everyone else in this table is in a tie. That approach that the cash totals are all hypothetical and could alternate drastically. One stroke more or less -- in particular for Blackwelder and Felibert -- may want to imply the distinction between a card and Q-School.
Even if players don't get a card, a good end here may want to soar them immediately to the final round of the LPGA Q-School. But getting a totally-exempt card today might make the following few months an awful lot more restful.
I doubt there might be lots resting these days.
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