{"id":288,"date":"2004-11-29T21:37:04","date_gmt":"2004-11-30T02:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/uncategorized\/creamer_has_options\/"},"modified":"2004-11-29T21:37:04","modified_gmt":"2004-11-30T02:37:04","slug":"creamer_has_options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/lpga\/creamer_has_options","title":{"rendered":"Creamer Has Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"paula_creamer.jpg\" src=\"\/b\/imgs\/lpga\/paula_creamer_swinging.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"200\" class=\"bordered\" \/>Paula Creamer&#8217;s world is starting to open up, and she has an important decision to make: turn pro or not.<\/p>\n<p>After ending up tied with Michelle Wie in the US Women&#8217;s Open earlier in the year, <a href=\"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/lpga\/paula_creamer_amateur_for_now\/\" title=\"The Sand Trap: Paula Creamer Amateur for Now\">she decided to remain an amateur<\/a> and keep her options open for Q-School.<\/p>\n<p>Now, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pga.com\/news\/tours\/lpga\/notebook112904.cfm\" title=\"PGA.com: LPGA Tour Notebook\" class=\"external external_icon\">she&#8217;s sharing the medalist honors<\/a> at the Futures Tour Q-School with soon-to-be pro Brittany Lincicome. Lincicome has already decided to turn pro, but Creamer is still keeping her options open after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.golfstatresults.com\/\/public\/leaderboards\/team\/static\/team505.html\" title=\"Women's World Amateur Team Championship Final Leaderboard\" class=\"external external_icon\">helping the United States team finish second<\/a> (and personally finish seventh overall) in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usga.org\/news\/2004\/august\/2004_66.html\" title=\"USGA.com: Creamer, others named to Women's World Amateur Team\" class=\"external external_icon\">Women&#8217;s World Amateur Team Championships<\/a> in October.<\/p>\n<p>Just 18-years-old, Creamer is currently in the LPGA qualifying finals, which start Wednesday. If she doesn&#8217;t get her LPGA card however, she still has the option of joining the Futures Tour. Saving that, she could always go to college and remain an amateur. 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