2015 LPGA Q-school: The players who earned status for next season
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2015 LPGA Q-school: The players who earned status for next season

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Simin Feng dominated LPGA Q-school from the start, opening with a 65 and never looking back at the competition.

The Chinese player won the 2015 LPGA Q-school final stage on Sunday with a 90-hole total of 18-under 342, seven shots better than American Grace Na and Thai Budsabakorn Sukapan.

Cyna Rodriguez and Maude-Aimee LeBlanc finished tied for fourth at 10 under par.

The top 20 players earned 2016 stats in Category 12 on the priority ranking, including Cheyenne Woods, Ashlan Ramsey, 17-year-old Megan Khang, who turned pro on a "spur of the moment" decision before the final stage, and Israeli Laetetia Beck. Mexican Gaby Lopez was the only amateur to earn status, finishing tied for 10th place.

There was a three-for-two three-hole playoff for the final spots in Category 12, with Jing Yan and Benyapa Niphatsophon besting Christine Song.

Song and another 28 players -- all who finished after the top 20 and in the top 45 and ties -- earned status in Category 17, limiting their starts next season dramatically.

Here's the final 2015 LPGA Q-school leaderboard:

POS NAME TO PAR TOTAL R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
1 Simin Feng -18 342 65 70 69 69 69
T2 Grace Na -11 349 70 69 69 72 69
T2 Budsabakorn Sukapan -11 349 68 73 67 71 70
T4 Cyna Rodriguez -10 350 71 71 70 67 71
T4 Maude-Aimee LeBlanc -10 350 71 67 72 69 71
T6 Megan Khang -9 351 69 72 68 70 72
T6 Cydney Clanton -9 351 67 70 69 72 73
T8 Ashlan Ramsey -8 352 70 71 69 75 67
T8 Laetitia Beck -8 352 71 70 70 70 71
T10 Nontaya Srisawang -7 353 71 73 69 67 73
T10 Gaby Lopez (a) -7 353 68 72 70 70 73
T10 Julie Yang -7 353 66 69 72 71 75
T13 Cheyenne Woods -6 354 71 69 72 73 69
T13 Sandra Changkija -6 354 71 71 68 71 73
T15 England Holly Clyburn -5 355 72 70 73 71 69
T15 South Africa Bertine Strauss -5 355 69 73 72 70 71
T15 Lindy Duncan -5 355 70 72 71 71 71
T15 Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras -5 355 70 73 71 69 72
T19 Benyapa Niphatsophon -4 356 69 70 75 73 69
T19 Jing Yan -4 356 70 72 72 67 75
T19 Christine Song -4 356 65 71 73 71 76
T22 Wichanee Meechai -3 357 71 73 70 74 69
T22 Ally McDonald -3 357 74 70 70 73 70
T22 Stephanie Kono -3 357 73 74 71 68 71
T22 Victoria Elizabeth -3 357 70 70 71 68 78
T26 Briana Mao -2 358 73 75 69 73 68
T26 France Marion Ricordeau -2 358 73 73 71 72 69
T26 Prima Thammaraks -2 358 70 72 75 68 73
T26 Jiayi Zhou -2 358 74 72 68 71 73
T26 Brittany Altomare -2 358 72 70 72 69 75
T26 Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong -2 358 70 68 72 73 75
T32 Su Oh -1 359 70 77 68 73 71
T32 Demi Runas -1 359 71 72 70 73 73
T32 Heather Bowie Young -1 359 69 76 71 67 76
T32 Pavarisa Yoktuan -1 359 69 73 68 72 77
T36 Ani Gulugian E 360 73 71 73 71 72
T36 Karlin Beck E 360 71 73 71 72 73
T36 Anne-Catherine Tanguay E 360 72 73 68 73 74
T36 Nicole Jeray E 360 71 70 72 72 75
T36 Ssu Chia Cheng E 360 70 73 73 67 77
T41 Caroline Westrup +1 361 73 72 72 70 74
T41 Samantha Richdale +1 361 70 74 70 73 74
T43 Chie Arimura +2 362 78 69 74 70 71
T43 CĂ©line Herbin +2 362 71 71 76 73 71
T43 Jaclyn Jansen +2 362 72 78 65 75 72
T43 Ginger Howard +2 362 72 75 72 70 73
T43 Jean Reynolds +2 362 71 72 75 71 73
T43 Hannah Collier +2 362 69 72 73 75 73
T43 Paz Echeverria +2 362 78 72 67 70 75

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