The Final Qualifying portion of the 2025 LPGA Qualifying Series wrapped up on Dec. 9, with 31 athletes securing or bettering their LPGA Tour membership for the 2026 season. Take a deeper look at just a few of the names who were in the top 25 and ties at the end of play in Mobile, Ala., and find out which of these players will be a rookie on the LPGA next year.

Ryann O’Toole

Ryann O'Toole

A 38-year-old Ryann O’Toole made the trip to Final Qualifying after finishing 137th in the LPGA’s season-long Race to the CME Globe at the conclusion of the 2025 season. She tied for third in Mobile, Ala. after posting a four-day total of 11-under at Magnolia Grove – RTJ Golf Trail to improve her status for the 2026 season. O’Toole is a UCLA alum, was a member of the 2011 U.S. Solheim Cup Team and has one LPGA Tour title on her resume, the 2021 ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open.

Perrine Delacour

Perrine Delacour

Frenchwoman Perrine Delacour was 116th in the Race to the CME Globe after missing the cut at The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican and needed to make the trip to Final Qualifying to improve her status for 2026. She ultimately tied for third in Lower Alabama after posting a 72-hole score of 11-under, an effort that saw her shoot under par for all four rounds, not an easy feat at what can be a challenging venue. Delacour is a two-time Olympian representing France and is a two-time winner on both the Epson and Ladies European Tours.

Polly Mack

Polly Mack

Germany’s Polly Mack was at even par and in a tie for 44th through 54 holes at Final Qualifying, and it looked like her chances of securing full LPGA Tour status for 2026 were going to be slim. But Mack dug deep and threw up an 8-under 64 on the Crossings Course in the final round to vault herself up the leaderboard and into a share of 10th, ultimately earning stronger status on the LPGA Tour next year. Mack first joined the LPGA Tour in 2023 and is one of the longer hitters in the women’s professional game.

Chiara Tamburlini

Chiara Tamburlini

Tamburlini hails from Switzerland and is a three-time winner on the Ladies European Tour. She has teed it up in several LPGA Tour events over the last few seasons but has most notably finished in the top 15 in two major championships, tying for 13th at the 2025 AIG Women’s Open at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club and tying for 14th at the 2025 U.S. Women’s Open at Erin Hills in Erin, Wisc. The 26-year-old will be a rookie on the LPGA Tour in 2026.

Lauren Walsh

Lauren Walsh

Lauren Walsh will be joining her fellow Irishwoman Leona Maguire on the LPGA Tour next season as a 2026 rookie after playing her way inside the cutline during the last round of Final Qualifying. She began round four in a tie for 34th at 1-under overall and closed out her week in Alabama with a flawless 5-under 67 that moved her up to T17 on the leaderboard. Walsh and Maguire are set to be the only two active athletes from Ireland competing on the LPGA next season.

Jodi Ewart Shadoff

Jodi Ewart Shadoff

Like her American counterpart, Ryann O’Toole, 37-year-old Englishwoman Jodi Ewart Shadoff was another of the older players in the field at Final Qualifying hoping to improve their limited status for the 2026 season. And the veteran ultimately did just that at the conclusion of the final round at Magnola Grove – RTJ Golf Trail, finishing in a tie for 24th at 5-under to move up the LPGA Priority List and into a better spot than she was after coming in 139th in the Race to the CME Globe. Ewart Shadoff has one victory on her LPGA resume that came at the 2022 LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship.

Mimi Rhodes

Mimi Rhodes

England’s Mimi Rhodes was the Rookie of the Year on the Ladies European Tour in 2025 and finished second in the season-long Order of Merit, a performance that gave her an exemption into the field at the last leg of the 2025 LPGA Qualifying Series. She tied for 24th after making birdie on the final hole of round four to secure LPGA Tour Membership in just her second appearance in the field at Final Qualifying. Rhodes has collected three victories on the LET, all of which came in 2025 at the Dutch Ladies Open, Joburg Ladies Open and Ford Women’s NSW Open, and she played collegiate golf at Wake Forest University. She will be an LPGA Tour rookie in 2026.

Hinako Shibuno

Hinako Shibuno

Japanese major winner Hinako Shibuno also tied for 24th at 5-under to better her 2026 status, having finished 104th in the Race to the CME Globe following a missed cut at The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican last month. The 27-year-old first earned LPGA Tour membership in 2021 after finishing in a tie for 20th at the final stage of the LPGA Qualifying Series that year. Her lone LPGA Tour title came when she won the 2019 AIG Women’s Open at Woburn Golf Club as a non-member, but Shibuno did not accept or defer the immediate LPGA Tour membership that is offered to non-member champions, which left her needing to earn status via Final Qualifying a few years later.

Notable Names Who Secured 2026 Status Via LPGA Q-Series, Final Qualifying Stage

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