Aree Song Wins 2010 LPGA Qualifying School Tournament

Aree Song at Q-school

On a day when high scores littered the leaderboard, Aree Song’s 1-over 73 was enough to earn medalist honors at the 2010 LPGA Qualifying School tournament. Song, of South Korean and Thai heritage, finished at 6-under overall, two better than fourth round leader, amateur Jessica Korda. Korda stumbled with a 5-over 77 as her two shot lead at the start of the day vanished.

Jessica Korda at Q-school

Aree Song is a name familiar to many LPGA fans. One of my most vivid memories of her is when she went toe to toe down to the wire with Grace Park at the 2004 Kraft Nabisco Championship. While Park went on to win the Major championship, Song was very impressive as an 18 year old vying for Major honors. Since then, she has been fighting some illness issues. Might this be the spark that reignites the career of the golfer formerly known as Aree Wongluekiet? Naturally, I hope so. Aree is one of my favorite players. I hope 2011 is a season to remember (for good reasons, of course!).

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Jessica Korda

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Jessica Korda

Shasta Averyhardt

Shasta Averyhardt

Belen Mozo

Christel Boeljon

Dewi Claire Schreefel

Jeehae Lee

Jimin Jeong

Reilley Rankin

Angela Oh

Jin Young Pak

Stephanie Sherlock

Jennie Lee

Pornanong Phatlum

Libby Smith

Current	Start		Today	Thru	To Par	1	2	3	4	5	Score
1	2	Aree Song	1	F	-6	67	72	71	71	73	354
2	1	Jessica Korda (a)	5	F	-4	72	72	66	69	77	356
3	T11	Jimin Jeong	-1	F	-3	69	69	73	75	71	357
T4	T27	Danah Ford Bordner	-4	F	-2	72	76	72	70	68	358
T4	T6	Dewi Claire Schreefel	2	F	-2	70	74	71	69	74	358
T4	T6	Pornanong Phatlum	2	F	-2	72	66	76	70	74	358
T4	T4	Reilley Rankin	3	F	-2	67	73	73	70	75	358
T8	T18	Jeehae Lee	E	F	-1	71	72	74	70	72	359
T8	T8	Belen Mozo	2	F	-1	68	72	72	73	74	359
T10	T11	Angela Oh	2	F	E	70	74	70	72	74	360
T10	T8	Nicole Hage	3	F	E	71	73	69	72	75	360
T12	T25	Pernilla Lindberg	E	F	1	68	77	68	76	72	361
T12	T11	Dori Carter	3	F	1	71	74	70	71	75	361
T14	T37	Kimberly Kim	-2	F	2	71	78	70	73	70	362
T14	T27	Stephanie Sherlock	E	F	2	74	74	74	68	72	362
T14	T25	Mollie Fankhauser	1	F	2	70	71	75	73	73	362
T14	T20	Jennie Lee	2	F	2	77	73	70	68	74	362
T14	T20	Christel Boeljon	2	F	2	71	76	71	70	74	362
T14	T20	Sara Brown	2	F	2	72	73	72	71	74	362
T14	T4	Jin Young Pak	7	F	2	72	71	69	71	79	362
*Projected Top-20 (Priority List Category 11)
21	T11	Paola Moreno	5	F	3	72	74	71	69	77	363
T22	T45	Alison Whitaker	-1	F	4	72	78	72	71	71	364
T22	T45	Tiffany Joh	-1	F	4	73	75	71	74	71	364
T22	T37	Jean Reynolds	E	F	4	73	76	71	72	72	364
T22	T20	Nanette Hill	4	F	4	73	72	73	70	76	364
T22	T11	Jenny Suh	6	F	4	74	71	71	70	78	364
T22	T11	Nicole Jeray	6	F	4	70	74	72	70	78	364
T22	T8	Shasta Averyhardt	7	F	4	70	71	77	67	79	364
T22	3	Libby Smith	10	F	4	67	69	73	73	82	364
T30	T33	Jessica Shepley	2	F	5	74	79	72	66	74	365
T30	T20	Allison Fouch	5	F	5	71	72	74	71	77	365
T30	T18	Stephanie Kim	6	F	5	73	74	71	69	78	365
*Projected 21 – 30 (Priority List Category 16)
T33	T45	Jodi Ewart	1	F	6	79	73	69	72	73	366
T33	T37	Alison Walshe	2	F	6	71	78	72	71	74	366
T33	T33	Angela Buzminski	3	F	6	70	77	74	70	75	366
T33	T33	Amelia Lewis	3	F	6	72	73	74	72	75	366
T33	T27	Adrienne White	4	F	6	71	76	70	73	76	366
38	T27	Caroline Hedwall	5	F	7	71	73	74	72	77	367
T39	T54	Meredith Duncan	1	F	8	75	73	78	69	73	368
T39	T49	Jennifer Gleason	2	F	8	76	72	76	70	74	368
T39	T37	Beth Bader	4	F	8	74	75	73	70	76	368
T39	T37	Harukyo Nomura (a)	4	F	8	76	69	74	73	76	368
T39	T27	Ayaka Kaneko	6	F	8	69	78	70	73	78	368
*Projected 31 – 40 (Priority List Category 20)
T44	T54	Tanya Dergal	2	F	9	72	77	75	71	74	369
T44	T49	Becky Brewerton	3	F	9	76	76	73	69	75	369
T44	T49	Ashli Bunch	3	F	9	72	75	76	71	75	369
T44	T37	Jennifer Johnson	5	F	9	71	74	76	71	77	369
T44	T37	Junko Nakada	5	F	9	73	73	73	73	77	369
T44	T33	Jaclyn Sweeney	6	F	9	75	71	75	70	78	369
T44	T27	Lisa Ferrero	7	F	9	74	70	76	70	79	369
T44	T11	Sarah Brown	11	F	9	73	70	73	70	83	369
T52	T68	Mo Martin	1	F	10	74	73	74	76	73	370
T52	T61	Samantha Richdale	2	F	10	77	72	75	72	74	370
T52	T45	Jane Rah	5	F	10	74	74	72	73	77	370
T55	T61	Leah Wigger	3	F	11	75	70	77	74	75	371
T55	T54	Lisa Strom	4	F	11	76	77	73	69	76	371
T55	T54	Yoo Kyeong Kim	4	F	11	76	75	70	74	76	371
T55	T37	Ashley Knoll	7	F	11	71	75	73	73	79	371
T59	T54	Young-A Yang	5	F	12	71	78	73	73	77	372
T59	T54	Chelsea Curtis	5	F	12	70	77	75	73	77	372
T59	T49	Kim Welch	6	F	12	77	73	71	73	78	372
62	T54	Christi Cano	6	F	13	71	76	78	70	78	373
T63	T68	Sydnee Michaels	5	F	14	74	76	75	72	77	374
T63	T68	Izzy Beisiegel	5	F	14	72	76	72	77	77	374
T63	T61	Katie Kempter	6	F	14	72	72	74	78	78	374
T66	T68	Yukari Nishiyama	6	F	15	75	76	76	70	78	375
T66	T68	Sophia Sheridan	6	F	15	71	78	73	75	78	375
T66	T61	Eileen Vargas	7	F	15	75	74	72	75	79	375
T66	T49	Elisa Serramia	9	F	15	74	74	68	78	81	375
70	T68	Kendall Dye	7	F	16	76	72	77	72	79	376
T71	T61	Hannah Jun	9	F	17	74	74	77	71	81	377
T71	T61	Valentine Derrey	9	F	17	72	75	75	74	81	377
73	T61	Seema Sadekar	10	F	18	77	73	74	72	82	378