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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Dec. 1, 2007 – LPGA Tour rookie Jane Park (65-70-71-68=274, -14) made a decisive move toward earning an exempt card for the 2008 LPGA Tour season with a fourth-round 68 (-4) at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament on Saturday. The Californian extended her lead to six strokes entering Sunday's final round at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla. LPGA Tour rookie Su A Kim (70-72-70-68) and Hee Young Park (72-67-74-67) are tied for second place at 8-under-par 280. After four rounds of play, the field was cut to 70 players at 6-over-par 294 or better at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.

The 90-hole tournament is staged at LPGA International, where 137 players played the Champions and Legends Courses twice, hoping to be among the top-70 to advance to Sunday. After Sunday's final round, the top-17 finishers will earn exempt status for the 2008 Tour season, while the next 35 will earn conditional status.

Park, who has now led wire-to-wire, entered the day with a two-stroke advantage. Playing on the Legends Course, she made birdies on holes two, six and eight before a bogey on nine to make the turn at 2-under on the day. Park added birdies on holes 13 and 16 to finish the day at 4-under-par 68.

“I was very excited to play today. I was on Legends; I was back on the course I like better, so I had a good feeling about today,” Park said. “I was more confident on the greens. They were more readable and not as grainy as the other course. I had confidence in my stroke. I trusted my line more and trusted what I was doing.”

Hee Young Park, who entered the day tied for 13th place at 3-under-par 213, carded a fourth-round 67 (-5) to jump into a tie for second place. The South Korean used six birdies – holes four, six, seven, eight, 15 and 18 – and a lone bogey on hole five to move to 8-under 280 entering Sunday's final round. Park finished fourth at the LPGA Sectional Qualifying School this October in Venice, Fla. She is currently sixth on the 2007 Korea LPGA money list.

“Today, the weather was good and I had some good reads on the greens to make birdies. My caddy helped me with putting,” Park said. “I like the Legends Course better. The speeds (of the greens) are better. Tomorrow, I will try to be aggressive. I want to make birdies.”

LPGA Tour rookie Kim began the day in a tie for eighth place, but five birdies in her first eight holes – including making a 50-foot birdie putt on her first hole – allowed her to climb up the leaderboard into a tie for second by day's end. Kim made birdies on holes one, two, six, seven and eight with a bogey on five to make the turn at 4-under for the day. She carded nine pars on the back-nine to finish at 8-under-par 280 through four rounds. The 26-year-old played in four events on Tour in 2007, with her best finish coming at the U.S. Women's Open where she tied for 50th.

“I was happy with my round. I think I gave myself some breathing room,” Kim said. “My goal was to shoot 2-under each day and that's what I've been doing for the most part.”

Yani Tseng (70-73-72-66=281, -7) fired the low round of the day, a 6-under-par 66, to move into solo fourth place.
On Sunday, the players were repaired based on scores and all will play the Legends Course off the first and 10th tees beginning at 7:45 a.m.

Two LPGA Sectional Qualifying Tournaments in Rancho Mirage, Calif., and Venice, Fla., were held to help determine the field for the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament. The top-30 finishers and ties from each sectional—31 from Rancho Mirage; 34 from Venice—advanced to the final stage and join 62 current LPGA Tour members, who are trying to improve or retain their playing status for 2008. The field is completed by the eligible players who finished sixth through 15th on the final 2007 Duramed Futures Tour money list.

Consistent with the LPGA's history of showcasing the very best players from around the world, the 137-player field features 62 international players from 22 countries outside the United States. South Korea is represented by the most international players with 16, followed by Australia (10), Sweden (5) Canada (4) and Thailand (4). Remaining countries represented include England (3), South Africa (2), Spain (2); and one player represents each of the following countries: Argentina; China; France; India; Japan; Malaysia; Mexico; Paraguay; Russia; Scotland; Taiwan; and Venezuela.

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