McPherson mulling 2017 plans after missing cut at LPGA Tour Q-School

Conway native Kristy McPherson did not make the cut to the final round of the five-round LPGA Tour Qualifying Tournament Finals that concluded Sunday at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla.

The top 20 earned full status on the 2017 LPGA Tour, and players inside the top 45 earned conditional status. The top 70 made the cut, which McPherson missed by two shots with a 4-over 292 with rounds of 73, 73, 72 and 74. A score of 4 under made the top 20.

“I played well enough to get it done, I just couldn’t do the small things right,” McPherson said Monday. “It’s crazy that 1 over each day and you miss the cut and 1 under each day and you have a full card. Every shot counts, that’s for sure.”

She was exempt into the finals based on her lifetime LPGA earnings of more than $2.17 million, and that same status will qualify her for at least a handful of LPGA tournaments in 2017.

The nine-year LPGA veteran who returned to the feeder Symetra Tour this year plans to compete in LPGA events when she can and hopes to make an early cut or two so her status will improve with one of the tour’s scheduled status reshuffles. She also plans to enter some early-season Monday qualifiers in an attempt to get into more events, but doesn’t plan to play in Symetra Tour events in 2017.

“I need a few days to process it all and see how the offseason goes,” McPherson said. “I’ve got to get back to being more efficient and not throwing away shots if I’m going to keep doing this for a living.”

This story was originally published December 5, 2016 at 10:27 PM with the headline "McPherson mulling 2017 plans after missing cut at LPGA Tour Q-School."