Former CU golfer Sabrina Iqbal qualifies for final stage of LPGA Tour Q-Series
By Gary Baines – 10/18/2025
Former University of Colorado golfer Sabrina Iqbal has gotten a taste of the LPGA Tour by qualifying for — and competing in — two U.S. Women’s Opens.
But now she’d like to get the full meal.
Iqbal took a step toward that goal on Saturday by earning one of the 45 spots — and ties — into the final stage of LPGA Q-Series that were available through a 196-player qualifier in Venice, Fla.
Now if the former Buff can finish among the top 25 and ties at that final stage, set for Dec. 4-8 in Mobile, Ala., she’ll be the proud owner of a 2026 LPGA Tour card.
Iqbal tied for 26th place on Saturday in the qualifier in Florida. She posted rounds of 73-70-69-71 for a 5-under-par total, which left her nine strokes behind co-medalists Kokona Sakurai of Japan and Mirabel Ting of Malaysia.
Iqbal, who earned her Masters at CU in 2024, played 13 events on Epson Tour in 2025, with a runner-up finish at the Wildhorse Ladies Golf Classic in mid-August.
Iqbal was one of seven players with strong Colorado connections who competed in the Q-Series qualifier in Florida, but the only one who advanced to the final stage of Q-school. Here are the scores for all those players:
Advances to Final Stage
26. Former CU golfer Sabrina Iqbal 73-70-69-71–283
Failed to Advance
105. Katherine Hollern, Sedalia 72-75-71-73–291
137. Former CU golfer Morgan Miller 71-76-76-72–295
164. Former CU golfer Brittany Fan 78-71-76-74—299
172. Former Coloradan Lauren (Lehigh) Dickey 79-75-78-69—301
183. Former CU golfer Natalie Vivaldi 77-74-76-78–305
188. Former Colorado Christian University golfer Faith Kilgore 76-76-79-78–309
For all the scores from Venice, Fla., CLICK HERE.
About the Writer: Gary Baines has covered golf in Colorado continuously since 1983. He was a sports writer at the Daily Camera newspaper in Boulder, then the sports editor there, and has written regularly for ColoradoGolf.org since 2009. The University of Colorado Evans Scholar alum was inducted into the Colorado Golf Hall of Fame in 2022. He owns and operates ColoradoGolfJournal.com