ALBANY, N.Y. -- Five players qualified as exempt LPGA Tour members for the 2007 season by finishing in the top five on the Duramed FUTURES Tour Money List.

This year's Tour graduates are: Song-Hee Kim of Seoul, Korea; Charlotte Mayorkas of Las Vegas; In-Bee Park of Las Vegas; Kristy McPherson of Conway, S.C.; and Meaghan Francella of Port Chester, N.Y. The 2006 season is the eighth year in the 26-year history of the Tour that players have been able to earn automatic exemptions onto the LPGA Tour and the fourth year that five exemptions are rewarded. From 1999 to 2002, three exemptions were offered to top money winners.
Also today, the next 10 players on the Tour's money list, excluding LPGA non-exempt players, earned automatic entry into the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla., set for November 29-December 3. Those players, in order of finish, are as follows: Ashley Prange of Noblesville, Ind.; Angela Park of Torrance, Calif.; Mollie Fankhauser of Columbus, Ohio; Brandi Jackson of Greenville, S.C.; Jin Young Pak of Kang Leung, Korea; Sarah Huarte of Shingle Springs, Calif.; Ji Min Jeong of Kyungki, Korea; Salimah Mussani of Burlington, Ontario; Sarah Lynn Johnston of St. Charles, Ill.; and Smriti Mehra of Calcutta, India.

Other top money winners on the Duramed FUTURES Tour, Allison Fouch of Grand Rapids, Mich.; Hye Jung Choi of Seoul, Korea; Ashley Hoagland of Palmetto, Fla.; and Ha-Na Chae of Seoul, Korea, all are non-exempt LPGA Tour members and will automatically advance into the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.