Two of the top amateur finishers at the second stage of the LPGA Tour’s qualifying school walked off Plantation Golf Club in Venice, Fla., on Friday facing career-altering decisions. Adela Cernousek, the 2024 NCAA individual champion out of Texas A&M, and UCLA’s Zoe Campos, No. 10 in the Women’s Amateur Golf Ranking, have to give notice to the LPGA by Nov. 15 to either turn professional and be eligible to compete in Q-Series Final Qualifying or remain an amateur.
They ultimately chose different paths.
Cernousek, who shot 2-under-par 70 in the final round to be the second-stage co-medalist at 14 under par with England’s Mimi Rhodes (65), said she is remaining an amateur and headed back to Texas A&M for her senior year. “I think that’s the plan,” the French native told the media.
Campos, a UCLA senior, scored 74 on Friday to finish T-3, and the 21-year-old will take a shot at her near- lifelong dream of an LPGA card by turning professional and advancing to Q-Series. Ever since she was 8, Campos envisioned being like Lydia Ko and turning pro at a young age…