Gabriela Ruffels among 12 LPGA rookies to watch in 2024

Trichat Cheenglab of Thailand checks the wind route on the second tee throughout Day Two of the Volvo Automobile Scandinavian Blended at Ullna Golf & Nation Membership on June 09, 2023 in Sweden. (Photograph by Matthew Lewis/Getty Pictures)

A Thai participant competed on the Women European Tour in 2023, Cheenglab carded 5 top-10 finishes and a win on the Massive Inexperienced Egg Open. She completed No. 1 within the Race to Casta del Sol Rating and was named LET Rookie of the 12 months.

Alexandra Forsterling of Germany walks off of the 18th tee throughout the fifth spherical of LPGA Q-Faculty at Magnolia Grove Golf Course on December 05, 2023 in Cell, Alabama. (Photograph by Alex Slitz/Getty Pictures)

Former Arizona State participant received twice on the LET in 2023 as a rookie: Mallorca Women Open and VP Financial institution Swiss Women Open. The 24-year-old German is a three-time winner of the Berlin Open as an novice (2016, 2017, and 2019).

Nataliya Guseva

An Epson Tour rookie in 2023, the previous Miami participant received the Black Desert Resort Championship and notched two extra prime 10s. The primary Russian participant to earn an LPGA card, Guseva headed subsequent to LET Q-Faculty, the place she dominated the sector in Morocco, profitable by 4 pictures.

The Russian flag doesn’t seem by Guseva’s identify on the LPGA and LET web sites due to Worldwide Olympic Committee pointers. On the 2024 Olympics in Paris, people who qualify from Russia will compete as impartial athletes. No flag, anthem or colours from Russia will probably be displayed on the Video games.

Jin Hee Im of South Korea performs her shot from the third tee throughout the sixth spherical of LPGA Q-Faculty at Magnolia Grove Golf Course on December 06, 2023 in Cell, Alabama. (Photograph by Alex Slitz/Getty Pictures)

A veteran of the KLPGA since 2018, Im has six wins on that tour and the equal of $1.6 million in profession earnings. The 25-year-old Im received 4 instances on tour in South Korea final 12 months. She has made solely two begins on the LPGA and completed T-17 at Q-Collection. Im is at present fortieth within the Rolex Rankings.

Mone Inami of Japan celebrates profitable the 2023 Toto Japan Basic on the Taiheiyo Membership’s Minori Course in Omitama, Ibaraki, Japan. (Photograph: Yoshimasa Nakano/Getty Pictures)

A 13-time winner on the JLPGA, Inami accepted LPGA membership for 2024 after profitable the Toto Japan Basic in November. The silver medalist on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics was named after famed painter Claude Monet.

So Mi Lee/LPGA

A five-time winner on the KLPGA, Lee’s most up-to-date victory on that tour got here on the 2022 S-Oil Championship. She had 11 extra top-10 finishes on the KLPGA in 2023. Lee has made six begins on the LPGA, together with her finest end coming on the 2019 BMW Women Championship. when she tied for fourth.

Natasha Andrea Oon of Malaysia tees off on the 2nd gap throughout the first spherical of the Maybank Championship at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Nation Membership on October 26, 2023 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Photograph by Yong Teck Lim/Getty Pictures)

Oon completed second on the Epson Tour cash checklist in 2023 to earn her card. The Malaysian collected 4 second-place showings earlier than capturing the Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout, her first skilled title, late within the season. The 2023 Epson Tour Rookie of the 12 months performed collegiately at San Jose State the place she received the 2022 Juli Inkster Award.

Gabriela Ruffels of Australia hits her tee shot on the ninth gap throughout the third spherical of the 2023 Epson Tour Championship at LPGA Worldwide in Daytona Seashore, Florida. (Photograph: Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Pictures)

After lacking the LPGA Q-Collection registration deadline in 2022, Ruffels got here out swinging in 2023, profitable thrice in her first 15 begins on the Epson Tour. The 2023 Epson Tour Participant of the 12 months topped the cash checklist to earn her LPGA card. Ruffels performed collegiately at USC and have become the primary Australian to win the U.S. Ladies’s Newbie in 2019.

Mao Saigo of Japan performs her tee shot on the eighteenth gap throughout day 4 of The Amundi Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Membership on July 24, 2022 in Evian-les-Bains, France. (Photograph by Stuart Franklin/Getty Pictures)

A six-time winner on the JLPGA, Saigo has competed in loads of LPGA majors in recent times. Of her 12 begins on the LPGA, she has missed the minimize solely thrice. Saigo is at present forty fourth within the Rolex Rankings.

Yu Jin Sung of Korea reacts after her putt on the 18th gap as she finishes the third spherical of the Lotte Championship introduced by Hoakalei at Hoakalei Nation Membership on April 14, 2023 in Ewa Seashore, Hawaii. (Photograph by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Pictures)

A veteran of the KLPGA since 2018, Sung has three profession victories and an extra 18 top-10 finishes. Sung tied for seventh at Q-Collection to earn her card. She has performed in 4 occasions on the LPGA, notching one top-10 end.

Yuri Yoshida smiles after her tee shot on the first gap throughout the third spherical of the LPGA Remaining Professional Take a look at on the JFE Setonaikai Golf Membership on November 7, 2019 in Kasaoka, Okayama, Japan. (Photograph by Ken Ishii/Getty Pictures)

The 23-year-old Yoshida is a three-time winner on the JLPGA, together with the World Women Championship Salonpas Cup, which is a serious in Japan. As an novice, Yoshida received the Japan Junior Championship and the Japan Ladies’s Newbie Championship.

Yoshida tied for seventh at LPGA Q-Collection to earn her card.

Liqi Zeng/LPGA photograph

Zeng petitioned LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Saaman to take part in LPGA Q-Collection at age 17. The age requirement to turn into a member is eighteen.

A four-time winner on the China LPGA, Zeng completed 14th at Q-Collection to earn her full card.