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Chin surges into tie for lead at LPGA Tour Qualifying School

UC-Irvine alumna posts tournament-low 65 in second round.

BY ELI MILLERPublished: December, 2009

Chin was an All-American at UC-Irvine.
Jane Chin has a share of the lead through two rounds in the final stage of LPGA Tour Qualifying School in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Chin, who completed her All-American career at UC-Irvine earlier this year, posted a 7-under-par 65 Thursday on the Champions Course at LPGA International to vault into a tie for the lead with Nikki Garrett at 6-under par.

Chin had begun the day in a tie for 29th after opening with a 1-over-par 73 on the Legends Course in the five-round, 90-hole event.

After graduating from college, the Mission Viejo native played five events on the Duramed Futures Tour, with her best finish a tie for 16th at the Alliance Bank Golf Classic in August.

Here’s how other players with Southern California ties are doing in the final:

Carolina Llano, a former member of the women’s golf team at Pepperdine University, is tied for eighth at 2-under par.

Dewi Claire Schreefel, who won the 2006 NCAA individual championship as a sophomore at USC is tied for 20th at even par along with Christine Song of Fullerton.

• Orange native Erica Blasberg started out solid with an even-par 72 in the first round but struggled to a 78 in the second round. She is tied for 69th.

Visit the LPGA Tour’s website for a complete leaderboard.

The top 20 players in the event will earn priority status in Category 11 for the LPGA Tour in 2010, essentially the equivalent of full-exempt status. In the event of a tie for the 20th position, there will be a playoff.

After 72 holes, the 106-player field will be cut to the low-70 players and ties.



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