Bailey Tardy did not plan on playing LPGA Tour Qualifying School. It was only after a conversation with her coach that the 26-year-old former college

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All-American at Georgia locked her except and let frustration not win the day.

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It was a good thing she did. The player TARDY was one of 46 to get to LPGA Tour cards for the 2023 season after the conclusion on Sunday of the eight-round marathon that is LPGA Q Series.

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Tardy can't fathom whatever rationale another might have for not playing for Qingqing School.In the past three year

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the Ga beginner had been on the brink of locking up an LPGA card, only to have it slide from her grasp.

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. Earlier this year, she made 11th on the dot money list on the Epson Tour, in 2022. The top 10 women in the LPGA golf competition

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Tardy for the Q School midpoint, Shot a 67-65 to finish second shooting behind Hae Ran Ryu, a 21-year-old from South Korea.

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I did not want to come to QT School at all. Even at the beginning of the year, I told her, "I do not want to go to Q School". I am not going.

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