Megan Gormley and Samantha Wagner Secure Final Two Spots at the ShopRite LPGA powered by Wakefern Via Monday Qualifier
Mia Hammond and Annabelle Pancake-Webb Earn Final Sponsor Invitations; Hammond Earns Sponsor Invite the Same Day as her High School Graduation
Major Champions and Past Champions Set to Compete, Headlined by World No. 7 Charley Hull
Tickets on Sale at www.ShopRiteLPGA.com
GALLOWAY, N.J., May 25, 2026 – Megan Gormley and Samantha Wagner captured the final two spots via a playoff at today’s Monday Qualifier for the 2026 ShopRite LPGA powered by Wakefern, taking place May 29-31 at Seaview Hotel and Golf Club in Galloway, N.J.
Gormley, daughter of Palos Verdes Golf Club Director of Golf Jim Gormley, recently earned her Masters degree in Sports Industry Management from Georgetown University. The former BIG EAST Player of the Year at Georgetown and her father become the latest father-daughter duo who will have competed in both a PGA TOUR event and an LPGA Tour event. Jim Gormley competed in the PGA TOUR’s Los Angeles Open at Riviera Country Club in 2006 and 2009.
Wagner is coming off a season-best T5 finish at the Copper Rock Championship on the Epson Tour and captured her first LPGA Tour win in 2025. Both turned in a 2-under par 69 and earned the final two spots via a three-person sudden death playoff at the Bay Course.
Joining them in the field as a sponsor invitation is graduating high school senior Mia Hammond, who will enroll at Duke University this fall as a member of the Duke women’s golf team, and Epson Tour professional Annabelle Pancake-Webb, who has three top-five finishes on the Epson Tour in 2026.
Hammond, the only amateur golfer to win on the Epson Tour in 2025 (Greater Toledo Classic), intended to play in the Monday Qualifier at Seaview but was unable with her high school graduation postponed and rescheduled for today. Her graduation present from the tournament is a sponsor invitation to compete this week on the LPGA Tour.
Pancake-Webb has made the cut in all seven of her Epson Tour starts this season, highlighted by two runner-up finishes. She has finished T2 and T5 in her two most-recent Epson Tour events in May.
In total, the 144-player field features:
· Eight past champions, including Brittany Lincicome (2011), 2026 European Solheim Cup captain Anna Nordqvist (2015-16), Annie Park (2018), major champions Celine Boutier (2021), Brooke Henderson (2022) and Ashleigh Buhai (2023), Linnea Strom (2024) and defending champion Jennifer Kupcho (2025).
· 12 major champions
· LPGA Tour winner and Philadelphia Cricket Club Teaching Professional Meaghan Francella.
· Former World No. 1 players Sung Hyun Park and Lilia Vu.
· Fan favorites Lizette Salas, who is returning to LPGA competition in 2026 following injury, and LPGA Tour winners Natalie Gulbis and Christina Kim.
· Sponsor invitations: Former Michigan State All-American Brooke Biermann and Epson Tour professionals Gianna Clemente, Rachel Kuehn, Hammond and Pancake/Webb.
For a complete list of tournament entries, click HERE
Atlantic City’s largest sporting event and one of the longest-running events on the LPGA Tour schedule, the ShopRite LPGA powered by Wakefern is returning for its 38th year in 2026. ShopRite is reinforcing its commitment to women’s golf with new and continued event initiatives to support women athletes with the costs often associated with competing on the game’s biggest stage and chasing their dreams on the LPGA Tour.
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