26 players earned 2025 LPGA status at Final Qualifying

As if LPGA Final Qualifying wasn’t tough enough, Mother Nature prolonged this year’s festivities, forcing players to complete the final round on Tuesday after rain washed out most of Monday at Magnolia Grove Golf Course in Mobile, Alabama.

Japanese sisters Chisato and Akie Iwai and their countrymate Miyu Yamashita headline the list of card winners. The twin sisters boast 13 JLPGA titles between them, with Chisato’s seven victories edging Akie by one.

Chisato closed with a 71 to finish 21 under for the tournament, in second, while Akie finished 16 under in a tie for fifth. Yamashita fired a 64 on the final day of play to earn medalist honors and finish the week at 27 under.

2024 NCAA champion Adela Cernousek, who left college midseason to pursue an LPGA card, finished 11 under to earn her card. A total of 26 players earned LPGA status for next sesaon.

This marked the first time since 2017 that the final stage was played over 90 holes, with the tournament consisting of as many as 144 holes (2018 to 2022) and 108 holes last year.

A total of 67 players made the 72-hole cut and the top 25 and ties after five rounds earned LPGA status for the 2025 season. Those who did not earn LPGA cards leave Mobile with Epson Tour status for next season.

Here’s a closer look at each of the 26 players who earned LPGA status for 2025:

Miyu Yamashita/LPGA photo

A 13-time winner on the JLPGA, Yamashita represented Japan in the Paris Olympics and tied for second at the KPMG Women’s PGA. She’s currently No. 14 in the world.

Chisato Iwai/LPGA photo

A three-time winner this season on the JLPGA, Chisato currently ranks 48th in the world. She tied for 19th at the 2024 U.S. Women’s Open.

Missed five straight cuts to end her 2024 LPGA campaign. Stoll notched one top-10 finish for the season at the Dow Championship team event, where she finished seventh alongside Russia’s Nataliya Guseva.

Pauline Roussin-Bouchard/LPGA photo

Frenchwoman gets through in her third appearance at final stage. She finished the year fourth on the Ladies European Tour Order of Merit list and No. 150 in CME. Two-time LET winner played collegiate golf at South Carolina and spent 34 weeks as the No. 1 amateur in the world.

Ina Yoon/LPGA photo

Currently ranked 30th in the world, Yoon won once on the KLPGA this season and finished runner-up four times….