Carolina Melgrati, a 23-year-old from Monza, is competing in the LPGA Q-Series Final Qualifying Stage, the event scheduled for December 4th to 8th, at the end of which 2026 LPGA Tour cards will be awarded.
The 90-hole event is played at Magnolia Grove Golf Club, on the Crossings Course and the Falls Course, in Mobile, Alabama. The top 25 players and those tied for 25th will receive Category 14 (full-time) 2026 LPGA Tour cards. 2026 Epson Tour cards are also up for grabs: those who make the cut after four rounds will earn them.
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Carolina Melgrati reached the final after qualifying for two stages. In the first, she finished 27th at the Indian Wells Golf & Country Club in Indian Wells, California, and in the second, she finished 29th at the Plantation Golf & Country Club in Venice, Florida.
116 competitors entered, including nine of the top ten ranked players on the Ladies European Tour: Singaporean Shannon Tan (No. 1), Englishwomen Mimi Rhodes (No. 2) and Cara Gainer (No. 6), Frenchwoman Nastasia Nadaud (No. 3), South African Casandra Alexander (No. 4), Swiss Chiara Tamburlini (No. 5), Czech Sara Kouskova (No. 7), German Helen Briem (No. 9), and Irishwoman Lauren Walsh (No. 10), who were automatically admitted. Englishwoman Alice Hewson (No. 8) was absent.
Other players in the field include the Americans Jillian Hollis, Becca Huffer, Kim Kaufman and Laura Wearn, the Philippines Dottie Ardina, the Slovenian Pia Babnik, the Swede Frida Kinhult, the Swiss Morgane Metraux and the English Jodi Ewart Shadoff (one title and three appearances in the Solheim Cup, two won with Team Europe).
The rules of golf are relatively complicated compared to other sports because they are played outdoors, close to nature and animals. Respecting the rules is a fundamental element in the game of golf, which, almost always based on self-control and the free conscience of the players, often sees distorted results, sometimes consciously, but often unconsciously or through carelessness, due to the failure of many players to comply with the rules of the game. In addition to the rules, golf adheres to a code of conduct, known as etiquette, which generally means playing the game with due respect for the golf course and other players. Etiquette is an essential component of this sport.
