
Gabriela Ruffels drove up from Orlando, Florida, to Mobile, Alabama, in early November on a scouting trip for LPGA Q-Series. Ten minutes away from the course, a thought crossed her mind: Had she entered the tournament?
Ruffels looked on the player portal and saw that she had not registered. The deadline for Q-Series — her last chance to qualify for the LPGA in 2023 — had passed nearly one month prior. Just two days after the Epson Tour finale.