SAINT ANDREWS, Scotland -- Since the Ricoh Women’s British Open winner Lorena Ochoa, of Mexico, has already qualified for this year’s ADT Championship, a minimum of 12 players will be selected for the 2007 ADT Championship field from the second half of the ADT Points List. The second half of the ADT Points list will culminate on November 11 after the final round of The Mitchell Company LPGA Tournament of Champions.

Jeong Jang of South Korea currently leads the second half ADT Points list with 419,795 points. She holds a 112 point lead over Se Ri Pak of South Korea. Defending ADT Champion Julieta Granada of Paraguay is 20th on the list, while four-time ADT Champion Annika Sorenstam of Sweden, held on to the ninth spot after finishing in a tie for 16th place at the Ricoh Women’s British Open. The following is an up-to-date ADT Points list:

1 Jeong Jang 419,796

2 Se Ri Pak 419,684

3 Ai Miyazato 406,364

4 Maria Hjorth 362,919

5 In-Bee Park 176,214

6 Laura Davies 159,965

7 Laura Diaz 155,165

8 Catriona Matthew 139,848

9 Annika Sorenstam 138,595

10 Eun-Hee Ji 126,782

11 Christina Kim 125,043

12 Reilley Rankin 123,122

13 Sophie Gustafson 94,769

14 Amy Hung 94,219

15 Joo Mi Kim 91,572

16 Sherri Steinhauer 89,141

17 Linda Wessberg 88,926

18 Wendy Ward 85,175

19 Kyeong Bae 81,158

20 Julieta Granada 80,344

Ochoa and 15 other LPGA players qualified for the ADT Championship during the first half of the LPGA Playoffs 2007 by either claiming a victory at a designated Winner event, or by finishing in the top-11 spots on ADT Points list. Ochoa led the 11 players on the ADT Points list with a list-topping 1,524,404 ADT Points. Joining her were Paula Creamer, Mi Hyun Kim, Sarah Lee, Stacy Prammanasudh, Jee Young Lee, Karrie Webb, Cristie Kerr, Angela Park, Juli Inkster, and Angela Stanford.

Morgan Pressel (Kraft Nabisco Championship), Brittany Lincicome (Ginn OPEN), Suzann Pettersen (Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill, McDonald’s LPGA Championship Presented by Coca-Cola) and Nicole Castrale (Ginn Tribute Hosted by ANNIKA) secured their spots in the 2007 ADT Championship by winning one of the five first-half Winner events.

Cristie Kerr kicked off the second half of the LPGA Playoffs 2007 with her first major championship victory at the first Winner event of the second half at the U.S. Women’s Open. Since Kerr, like Ochoa, had already qualified for the ADT Championship via first half ADT Points that moved another qualifying spot to the second half ADT Points list.

Seon Hwa Lee of South Korea, became the 16th qualifier for the ADT Championship when she claimed her second career victory at the HSBC Women’s World Match Play Championship by defeating Ai Miyazato 2 and 1 during the final championship match, while Natalie Gulbis, of Lake Las Vegas, Nev., was the 17th qualifier after she claimed her first LPGA Tour victory at the Evian Masters.

Only one more automatic qualifying spot is left this season and will be awarded in two weeks to the victor of the CN Canadian Women’s Open, which is the fifth and final Winner event of the second half of the LPGA Playoffs 2007. A Winner event is defined as all official LPGA Tour events with a purse of at least $2 million. Overall during the LPGA season, there were 10 Winner events, including this week’s $2 million Ricoh Women’s British Open.

The LPGA Playoffs 2007, a yearlong competitive structure that splits the official LPGA season into two halves, culminates at the ADT Championship, Nov. 15-18, at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla. Fifteen players from each half qualify for the ADT Championship using a performance-based points system—ADT Points—throughout the year. Two additional wildcards will be determined following The Mitchell Company LPGA Tournament of Champions.

The 2007 ADT Championship will feature a $1,550,000 purse with the winner taking home a $1 million paycheck, the largest first-place prize in the history of women's golf. The ADT Championship will also feature three days of playoffs, with a cut after 36 holes. Players start with a fresh scorecard for the third round, which ends with another cut to the top-eight players. A final-day shoot-out with the remaining players will have them, again, starting with a fresh scorecard for their chance at the $1 million winner’s check.

Tickets and packages to the ADT Championship are available online at adtchampionship.com and by calling 888-LPGA-TIX (574-2849). All children 15 years old and under will receive free grounds admission when accompanied by a ticketed adult.

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