The final day of LPGA qualifying will be a sprint to the finish. After weather delays forced Final Qualifying to be reduced from 90 holes to 72, the event has already stretched to a Tuesday finish. Most players have nine holes or less to make something happen in chilly Mobile, Alabama. The fourth and final round was suspended at 4:15 p.m. local time due to darkness.The top 25 players and ties will earn LPGA cards for the 2026 season. The cut line currently sits at 4 under par. USGA champion Erica Shepherd, a rare lefty in the women’s game, is among those one shot outside the number along with 17-year-old Gianna Clemente. Shepherd has seven holes left while Clemente has nine.Other notables needing to make a late run include Amari Avery (1 under), former U.S. Women’s Open champion Jeongeun Lee6 (1 under) and Kate Smith-Stroh (2 under), the pro with a graphic design business.Former British Open winner Hinako Shibuno is currently on the cut line at 4 under for the tournament. She has seven holes left on the Crossings Course. LPGA winners and Solheim Cup players Ryann O’Toole (T-8) and Jodi Ewart Shadoff (T-15) are in position to secure their cards.Meanwhile at the top of the board, China’s Jin Yang, who was a rookie on the LPGA a decade ago, is on a tear – 4 under through 10 holes in the fourth round – to take the lead at 11 under. Germany’s Helen Briem, the 6-3 power player, is in a share of second at 10 under with Kokona Sakurai, a five-time winner on the JLPGA.England’s Mimi Rhodes vaulted up the board after a third-round 66 that began with a hole-out for eagle on her first hole of the day. Rhodes, 23, won three times on the LET this year.Kim Kaufman, the veteran player who was diagnosed with breast cancer last year, is well outside the cut line in a share of 75th.This article originally appeared on Golfweek: LPGA Q-School: Major champion, 17-year-old rising star on the bubble