LPGA: English duo Mimi Rhodes, Jodi Ewart Shadoff and Irish Lauren Walsh obtain Tour cards for 2026 | Golf news
English duo Mimi Rhodes and Jodi Ewart Shadoff and Ireland’s Lauren Walsh each earned LPGA Tour cards for 2026 during Tuesday’s Q-Series final qualifiers.
Needing to finish in the top 25, Rhodes, 23, finished tied for 24th to win her first LPGA Tour card, having played on the LET since turning professional in 2024.
Rhodes has three victories in 2025 at the Dutch Ladies Open, the Joburg Ladies Open and the Ford Women’s NSW Open, as well as three other top-10 finishes.
His compatriot Shadoff returns to the Tour, having also finished tied for 24th. The 37-year-old first joined the LPGA Tour in 2011.
Shadoff is a three-time member of the European Solheim Cup team (2013, 2017, 2019) and has recorded 34 career top-10 finishes.
Ireland’s Walsh – like Rhodes – wins her first LPGA Tour card, after finishing tied for 17th.
The 25-year-old Kildare native had been playing on the LET since turning professional in 2023 and has 11 top-10 finishes.
Walsh will now join compatriot Leona Maguire on the LPGA Tour. The 2026 program includes 33 events and a total prize fund of more than $132 million (£99.2 million).
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