DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Aug. 5, 2025) – The Epson Tour announced today that Melanie Green, Gina Kim and Briana Chacon officially become the first players of the 2025 season to mathematically lock in a spot inside the coveted top 15 of the Race for the Card standings, securing their LPGA Tour cards for the 2026 season.
With five tournaments still remaining and plenty of points left to play for, the focus now shifts to who will join Green, Kim and Chacon in this year’s graduating class. The official LPGA Card Ceremony will take place on Oct. 5, following the Epson Tour Championship at Indian Wells.
WHO GETS STATUS:
- Epson Tour Athletes finishing Nos. 1-10 on the Race for the Card Points List will earn 2026 LPGA status in Category 9
- Epson Tour Athletes finishing Nos. 11-15 on the Race for the Card Points List will earn 2026 LPGA status in Category 16
ABOUT MELANIE GREEN:
- Green will be an LPGA Tour rookie in 2026
- Is a 2025 Epson Tour rookie
- Current No. 1 in the season-long Race for the Card
- Has earned eight top-10 finishes in 2025, including one win
- Win: Island Resort Championship presented by Delta County Chamber
- Played collegiate golf at the University of South Florida
- Four-time American All-Conference Team
- Finished the 2023-2024 season ranked No. 23 in the country
- 2023-2024 AAC Women’s Golf Player of the Year
- First USF women’s golfer to earn the honor
- 2022 NCAA Regional Individual qualifier
- Won the 2024 Women’s Amateur Championship, conducted by The R&A
- First American to win since 1996
- Qualified for the 2022 U.S. Women’s Open presented by Ally as an amateur