[GK3]

Call me altruistic and idealistic. I'm also one who railed against McCaffrey's decision to skip the bowl game.

My understanding from private chats with two reporters who cover the LPGA & Q-school is that if Lee and/or turn pro that they would continue their education through graduation in June. I'm not OK with that. If they choose to leave school to go full-time on the LPGA that's a completely different story, but they shouldn't be allowed to compete professionally while their education is being funded by a scholarship.

I do not see how they could turn pro, stay in school and effectively compete on the tour.  Four rounds a week, plus practice rounds, travel etc. would make staying in school impossible for most of us.  I think you would have to devote all your time to improving your game to have it make any sense to turn pro.  Turn pro, and play the tour, or stay in school and turn pro at the end of May.  Making a decent living on the LPGA is probably harder than on the PGA.  Mariah Stackhouse was something like 100th on the earnings list for this year, with around $100,000 in earnings.  I don't know how much it takes for travel, housing, lessons, trainers and all that, but my guess that she has spent a lot of that money already.  On the other hand, Patrick Rodgers seems to make $1,000,000 or more a year and do it with only 3 top ten finishes or so and keeps his card.  Looks like Maverick might pass him this year.  Like every other sport, the number of great college players who graduate and become really successful pros is a pretty small number in any sport.
I can understand the challenge of waiting until end of May and then hoping to do well enough to keep your card.  The proposal to allow those who wait to be on the Symetra Tour the year they graduate and then have a full year on the LPGA would make a lot of sense.   Maybe include 3 or 4 spots on the LPGA that first year.

I assume you are perfectly OK with them staying in school while competing professionally, but not with them receiving a scholarship while so doing.  I would assume that if they quit the team, which they must when they cease to be amateurs, they must also give up their scholarship. Is that not correct?

Correct. They earned their admission and have every right to complete their degree whether that is in 2020 or in the future. It just shouldn't be paid for by a scholarship whose terms they are no longer honoring. If they do forfeit their scholarship by turning pro, then I have no issue. That was not my understanding.

I still prefer that they complete their college season and then turn pro.

[GK3]

Call me altruistic and idealistic. I'm also one who railed against McCaffrey's decision to skip the bowl game.

My understanding from private chats with two reporters who cover the LPGA & Q-school is that if Lee and/or turn pro that they would continue their education through graduation in June. I'm not OK with that. If they choose to leave school to go full-time on the LPGA that's a completely different story, but they shouldn't be allowed to compete professionally while their education is being funded by a scholarship.

I do not see how they could turn pro, stay in school and effectively compete on the tour.  Four rounds a week, plus practice rounds, travel etc. would make staying in school impossible for most of us.  I think you would have to devote all your time to improving your game to have it make any sense to turn pro.  Turn pro, and play the tour, or stay in school and turn pro at the end of May.  Making a decent living on the LPGA is probably harder than on the PGA.  Mariah Stackhouse was something like 100th on the earnings list for this year, with around $100,000 in earnings.  I don't know how much it takes for travel, housing, lessons, trainers and all that, but my guess that she has spent a lot of that money already.  On the other hand, Patrick Rodgers seems to make $1,000,000 or more a year and do it with only 3 top ten finishes or so and keeps his card.  Looks like Maverick might pass him this year.  Like every other sport, the number of great college players who graduate and become really successful pros is a pretty small number in any sport.
I can understand the challenge of waiting until end of May and then hoping to do well enough to keep your card.  The proposal to allow those who wait to be on the Symetra Tour the year they graduate and then have a full year on the LPGA would make a lot of sense.   Maybe include 3 or 4 spots on the LPGA that first year.

I assume you are perfectly OK with them staying in school while competing professionally, but not with them receiving a scholarship while so doing.  I would assume that if they quit the team, which they must when they cease to be amateurs, they must also give up their scholarship. Is that not correct?

Correct. They earned their admission and have every right to complete their degree whether that is in 2020 or in the future. It just shouldn't be paid for by a scholarship whose terms they are no longer honoring. If they do forfeit their scholarship by turning pro, then I have no issue. That was not my understanding.

I still prefer that they complete their college season and then turn pro.