15 Players Will Earn LPGA Tour Membership For 2026 This Week, Here's How

The Epson Tour, the official qualifying and developmental tour of the LPGA, is hosting its season-ending tour championship this week at the Celebrity Course at Indian Wells Golf Resort in beautiful Southern California—where 104 golfers will go head-to-head for one last shot at earning Tour membership before Q-School (qualifying school).

And for anyone who knows, Q-School is a different beast. It's round after round of the most intense golf imaginable, so needless to say, those teeing it up in Indian Wells are putting the pedal to the metal in trying to secure a card.

There are 10 players who have already mathematically secured their LPGA membership for 2026: Melanie Green, Yana Wilson, Gina Kim, Erika Hara, Briana Chacon, Riley Smyth, Laetitia Beck, Hailee Cooper, Minji Kang, and Sophia Schubert.

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But how is that possibe?

Epson has a season-long competition called Race for the Card, where each event is worth a certain amount of points. The players with the most amount of points at the end of the season secure their spots on the LPGA and become graduates of the Epson Tour.

Some notable Epson grads are stars like Nelly Korda, Grace Kim, Ingrid Lindblad, Miranda Wang, Celine Boutier, Lilia Vu, Hannah Green, and Madelene Sagstrom.

Five LPGA Tour cards remain up for grabs, with 59 athletes still mathematically eligible to earn one of those spots.

Follow the action here.