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Sixth-ranked Jenny Gleason Hopes To Earn LPGA Card After All By: Lisa D. Mickey
To some, finishing outside the top five on the FUTURES Golf Tour end of the year money list is much like finishing fourth for a medal at the Olympic Games. In each case, the competitor found herself so close, and yet, just out of reach of what she came to achieve.
But while sixth-ranked Jenny Gleason was edged out of earning one of the exempt LPGA Tour cards awarded to the five top-ranked players on the 2005 FUTURES Tour, the native of Clearwater, Fla., feels confident that she can convert her No. 6 ranking into exempt LPGA Tour status at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, which begins next month.
"Of course it was hard swallowing it coming right out of the tournament in York [Pa.]," said Gleason, 25, who completed her second season on the FUTURES Tour this year. "To have remained in the top five for a good part of the season and then to get completely knocked out at the last tournament was tough. I was expecting to get a card. All I can say was 'I was right there.'" Full Story in the News Room>>
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