Vancouver's Leah John within reach of LPGA Tour card as Epson Tour season winds down

Vancouver’s Leah John isn’t 100 per cent sure what it will take to reach the LPGA Tour, but she knows she’s very close to making it.

John is the highest-ranked Canadian on the Epson Tour, the feeder circuit for the top-flight tour, sitting 19th on the points list heading into the Guardian Championship on Friday. The top 15 players on the Race for the Card rankings earn an LPGA Tour card and there are three events left on the Epson Tour’s schedule.

“It’s always hard to have a precise idea of what you have to do, because a lot of it depends on what the girls ahead of me do,” said John. “It’s points, right? So it’s interesting how it all adds up at the end.

“I definitely need a strong finish. I need top-fives. I need top threes, another win. I need to throw some stuff like that in there. I