JLPGA Player Certification Test

1. Eligibility

Females (by birth) who are over 17 years of age on April 1st of JLPGA Player Certification Test year, shall be eligible to participate in the JLPGA Player Certification Test.

Requirement

First Qualifying Stage

JGA/USGA HDCP Index5.0 or lower.

Second Qualifying Stage

1. ①Players who played in the previous year’s Final Qualifying Stage of JLPGA Player Certification Test
2. ②Players who are qualified from First Qualifying Stage of JLPGA Player Certification Test
3. ③The top 30 applicants who are in the top 400 in the Rolex Ranking as of the last Friday of June of the relevant year and have applied for the JLPGA Player Certification Test by the application deadline the JLPGA set (Priority shall be given to those who are ranked high in the Rolex ranking as of the last Friday of June of the relevant fiscal year)
4. ④Any other players approved by the JLPGA
   ※Those who wish to take the JLPGA Player Certification Test by the qualification③ can apply for the second qualifying stage by sending e-mail to the e-mail address JLPGA designated separately by the second Monday in July of the relevant year.

Final Qualifying Stage

1. ①Members of the JGA National team of the relevant year.
2. ②Players who are within top 50 on the Rolex Ranking as of the last Friday of July of the relevant year.
3. ③Players who are within top 10 on the World Amateur Ranking as of the last Friday of July of the relevant year.
4. ④Winners of the Japan Women’s Amateur Championship in each of the previous three years as well as the winner of the Japan Women's Amateur Golf Championship held on or before Sunday of the week containing the day four weeks before the first day of the final qualifying stage to be held in the relevant year.
5. ⑤Winners of the Japan Junior Golf Championship【Girl's 15-17 Division】in each of the previous three years as well as the winner of the Japan Junior Golf Championship【Girl's 15-17 Division】held on or before Sunday of the week containing the day four weeks before the first day of the final qualifying stage to be held in the relevant year.
   ※However, winners of the Japan Junior Golf Championship【Girl's 15-17 Division】from 2024 onward are eligible.
6. ⑥Winners of the Japan Women’s Student Golf Championship in each of the previous three years as well as the winner of the Japan Women’s Student Golf Championship held on or before Sunday of the week containing the day four weeks before the first day of the final qualifying stage to be held in the relevant year.
7. ⑦Low amateur of Japan Women’s Open each of the previous three years as well as the low amateur of Japan Women’s Open held on or before Sunday of the week containing the day four weeks before the first day of the final qualifying stage to be held in the relevant year.
8. ⑧Winners of the Step Up Tour which held between the Monday of the week of previous year’s final qualifying stage JLPGA Player Certification Test and the Sunday of the previous week of the 2024 Final Qualifying Stage of JLPGA Player Certification Test
9. ⑨Players who are qualified from Second Qualifying Stage of JLPGA Player Certification Test
10. ⑩Any other players approved by the JLPGA

1. *Regarding category ①④⑤⑥⑦: Under this category, a player will only be eligible to go directly to the Final Qualifying Stage once. Even if a player is eligible from more than one of these categories, a player will only be eligible to go directly to the Final Qualifying Stage once under the categories.
2. *Regarding categories ④⑤⑥⑦: If a player who is playing in the Final Qualifying Stage this year becomes eligible again the following year or any time after in these categories, then she will be eligible to go to the Final Qualifying Stage directly again.
3. * Regarding category⑧: If a player becomes eligible under this category after the deadline of the JLPGA Player Certification Test application, then she must contact the JLPGA office by the Monday immediately after the day she becomes eligible.

2. Competition Format

First Qualifying Stage

1. ①3 days /54 hole stroke play
2. ②Competition will be deemed complete if 18 holes are completed. If 18 holes are not completed within the schedule, a separate date will be decided to complete the competition.
3. ③A player who has 92 strokes or more in each round shall be disqualified and shall not advance to the next round

Second Qualifying Stage

1. ①4 days / 72 hole stroke play
2. ②After 54 holes are completed, all players within 8 strokes of the ranking making it through to the Final qualifying stage at each site, will play in the 4th round.
3. ③Competition will be deemed complete if 18 holes are complete. If 18 holes are not completed within the schedule, a separate date will be decided to complete the competition.

Final Qualifying Stage

1. ①4 days /72 hole stroke play
2. ②After 54 holes are completed, players who are 80th and ties or within 8 strokes of the score of 20th place in the competition (which ever includes more players), will play in the 4th round.
3. ③If 72 holes are not completed in four days, the “substitute day” will be used to complete 72 holes. If 72 holes are not completed even by using the substitute day, then the competition will be deemed “officially completed” if 54 holes have been completed.
4. ④Only if 54 holes are not completed after using the “substitute day” as above, then the competition will be deemed “officially completed” if 36 holes are completed.

3.Players Proceeding to the Next Stage

Top ranking players from the first qualifying stage and the second qualifying stage at each venue shall proceed to the next stage. The ranks eligible to proceed to the next stage from each venue shall be posted at each venue.

4.Players Who Pass the Test

Players who finish in the top 20, including players who tie at 20th place, at the end of the final qualifying stage are considered to have passed the Test.

1. *Details concerning the successful applicant shall be specified separately in Article 5 of the JLPGA Player Certification Test Regulations.

5.Fees

6.Membership

Admission date:
The admission date is scheduled for December 1, 2024.

1. *We plan to hold an initiation ceremony in December

Membership Admission Procedures

1. ①Submit necessary documents (membership application form, pledge, biography, application to register name, guarantee agreement, letter of recommendation, etc.)
2. ②Pay enrollment and other fees
   Enrollment fee: ¥600,000
3. *Necessary documents must be submitted, and enrollment fees must be paid to the JLPGA until the designated date
4. *Annual fee: ¥72,000
5. *We will inform players who advance to the final qualifying stage of details regarding admission procedures.

Qualifying Tournaments and seminars held prior to the admission date

Qualifying Tournament

1. QT First Stage: 2024/11/19-22　72-hole stroke play (4 rounds)
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3. ↓Top ranking players from each qualifying sites
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5. QT Final Stage: 2024/11/26-11/29　72-hole stroke play(4 rounds)
6. *A player who finishes in first place in the final qualifying stage of the JLPGA Player Certification Test will qualify to participate in the Qualifying Tournament from the final stage.

Participation in Rookie Seminars (compulsory)

Date: Scheduled to be held in December
Details: The JLPGA gives lectures to rookies on a variety of topics, including manners as a member of society and the behavior expected of JLPGA members and female professional athletes.