On October 30th, I officially raised enough to cover my $1,680 entry fee for Ladies European Tour Q-School in Morocco! It’s a small but HUGE step toward making this trip happen, and I couldn’t be more grateful for everyone who has contributed so far! 🥹❤️ But we’re not quite there yet! I’m still working toward my $13,000 goal to cover travel, lodging, caddie fees, and tournament expenses. For any businesses or individuals interested in making a larger contribution, I’d love to discuss sponsorship opportunities, including showcasing your brand on my tournament apparel, hats, and more! One step closer to Morocco… and we’re just getting started! 🇲🇦❤️

Someone recently asked me a really good question… "How many times have you been to Q School?" And the answer is… pretty much every year since I started my professional golf journey. But here's something I think a lot of people outside of professional golf don't realize. Unless you're one of the top players who has secured their LPGA Tour status, there's a good chance you'll find yourself back at Q School every single year. Whether you're starting at the first stage, exempt into the second stage, or fortunate enough to go straight to the final stage… Q School is a recurring reality for so many professional golfers. It's not necessarily a one-and-done thing. You can earn your status one year and find yourself right back fighting for it the next. That's professional golf. And I think that's something worth understanding before looking at someone's career and wondering why they haven't "made it" yet. Because earning your place and keeping your place are two very different things. But when someone asked me that question, it got me thinking about something much bigger than golf. Every single time I've gone back to Q School, I've been a different version of myself. A different mindset. A different chapter of life. A different set of challenges. And some of those challenges had absolutely nothing to do with golf. I think sometimes we look at someone's results without realizing everything that person might be carrying when they step onto the course. And for a long time, I was carrying a lot. So I decided to sit down and share a side of my professional golf journey that I haven't really talked about. The good, the bad, the heartbreak, the lessons… and everything in between. Not to make excuses for the times I haven't advanced, but to share the reality of what chasing a dream can look like when life is happening at the exact same time. Because this story isn't just about golf. It's about learning who you are, losing yourself, finding yourself again, and realizing that sometimes the biggest victories in life never show up on a scoreboard. So… here's the real story behind all those trips to Q School. Watch the video below. 🤍

For some reason I thought that I shared the final thoughts of LPGA Q School with you.... But I didnt! :) so here they are... oh and I have some life/golf updates In the last video. (PSST... you're the first to know;))

I shared this on instagram and it only felt natural to want to share this with you all. I’m sorry it’s long…❤️🥺 A LETTER TO THE PERSON WHO NEEDS TO KNOW THEY’RE GOING TO BE OKAY 🤍 I want to preface this by saying that this is probably going to be a long caption. But if you have a minute, I hope you read it. Because this post isn’t really about LPGA Q-School. Well, it is. But it’s also about so much more than that. I’m headed to Q-School again. And if you’ve followed me for a while, you know this isn’t my first time trying to make it through. I’ve been here before. I’ve had other opportunities, other years, other moments where I thought, maybe this is the year everything comes together. And the last couple of years have been some of the hardest years of my life. I think sometimes when we look back at things that didn’t go the way we wanted, we automatically label them as failures. We tell ourselves we weren’t good enough, we didn’t work hard enough, or we should have done something differently. And maybe there are things I could have done differently. But when I look back at the last couple of years, I don’t see a golfer who simply didn’t perform. I see a person who was going through a really challenging season of life. And I think there’s a difference. Because sometimes you’re trying to compete, perform, build a career, and chase a dream while also trying to figure out how to hold yourself together. And that’s not always something people see. They see the score. They see the result. They see whether you made it through or whether you didn’t. But they don’t always see everything you were carrying when you showed up. I’ve carried a lot over the last few years. And I’m not sharing that because I want anyone to feel sorry for me. I’m sharing it because I think it’s important to be honest about the fact that life doesn’t always move in a straight line. Sometimes you can work incredibly hard and still find yourself in a season you never expected. Sometimes you can love something deeply and still have to question what place it should have in your life. And sometimes the biggest thing you accomplish isn’t what everyone else gets to see. For me, this year has been about proving something to myself. That I can keep going. That I can make changes. That I can take a step back, look at my life, and decide that I want to do things differently. That I can keep showing up for myself, even when I don’t know exactly where this path is going to lead. And honestly, I’m proud of that. I’m proud of the work I’ve put in this year. I’m proud of the person I’ve been working to become. I’m proud that I haven’t allowed the difficult parts of my life to completely take away my ability to dream. But here’s the part that feels different this time. Whether I make it through Q-School, earn Epson Tour status, earn LPGA Tour status, or walk away without status at all, I know that none of those outcomes can take away the work I’ve already done. And I really want to let that sink in. Because for a long time, I think I attached so much of my happiness and my sense of success to whether or not I was going to make it. And of course I want to make it. I want to compete at the highest level. I want to see what I’m capable of. I want to give this dream everything I have. That hasn’t changed. But I’ve also learned that my life is bigger than one result. Bigger than one tournament. Bigger than whether I get the status I’ve been chasing. And maybe that’s something you’re learning in your own life, too. Maybe you’ve spent years working toward something, and you’re starting to realize that you can be proud of yourself before you ever reach the destination. Maybe you’re in a season where you don’t know if the thing you’ve been chasing is still the direction you’re supposed to go. And maybe that’s okay. I don’t know exactly what my future looks like. Maybe golf continues to take me places I haven’t been yet. Maybe my path changes in ways I can’t see right now. Maybe life opens doors that have nothing to do with the things I originally thought I wanted. And for the first time in a long time, I think I’m learning to be okay with not needing to know all of that today. Not because I don’t care. Not because I’ve stopped fighting for the things I want. But because I’ve finally started to understand that I can love the dream and still trust that my life will be meaningful, even if the path changes. That’s a really freeing feeling. And it’s one I wish I could go back and tell the younger version of myself. The little girl who wanted to play professional golf. The girl who thought she had to make it a certain way for her life to turn out okay. I would tell her that she’s going to experience things she never expected. That some years are going to hurt more than she can imagine. That she’s going to question herself. But I would also tell her that she is going to discover a strength she didn’t know she had. And that strength isn’t just about how hard she can fight for a dream. It’s about how willing she is to keep choosing herself, no matter where life takes her. So, here I am. LPGA Q-School again. I’m going to compete. I’m going to work hard. I’m going to give this opportunity everything I have. And I’m going to let myself be proud of the person who made it here. Regardless of what happens next. Because this year has already given me something I can’t put on a leaderboard. It has given me the proof that I can keep going. And that’s enough to make this moment really special. If you’re reading this and you’re in a season where you don’t know what’s next, I hope you know that you don’t have to figure it all out right now. You can work toward something and still be open to a different direction. You can be proud of your progress without having reached your goal. And you can trust that your life has value, even when the outcome you’re hoping for hasn’t happened yet. I’m still chasing this dream. But I’m also learning that I am so much more than the dream. And whatever comes next, I’m grateful that I get to find out. 🤍 Q-SCHOOL BOUND. Let’s go. 🏌️‍♀️

I am so happy to be here another year with the support and love I have from all of you. Thank you for continuing to push me and help me fight to keep this dream alive. You really are the true inspiration behind this crazy dream! Time to rock and roll this week!

There’s something really special about realizing that the things I said I wanted to change a year ago are actually starting to become my reality. It isn’t perfect, and I’m still not exactly where I want to be, but these last couple days have given me a feeling I haven’t had in a long time… the feeling of seeing all the little choices, sacrifices, and moments of not giving up finally come to fruition. And honestly, that feeling is pretty damn amazing. I don’t know what this tournament has in store for me… but this moment is honestly all I need to know… that I haven’t given up on myself.

It’s kind of crazy to think that this is the last WAPT event of the year. I’ve worked my butt off this year. More than anything, I’ve focused on making sure I kept moving forward and didn’t take any steps backward. If you had asked me at the end of last year if I would be feeling the way I do right now, I probably would have told you that you were crazy. Sometimes I think about this path I’m on and wonder what could come from it. Maybe something really wonderful is waiting around the corner. Maybe some of the things I’ve been working toward will finally start to fall into place. But honestly, as much as I want to see where golf takes me, I think the bigger question is: Who am I going to become because of this journey? Because one day, this part of my career will end. Maybe I’ll be playing golf professionally for the rest of my life, or maybe one day golf will look completely different for me. Either way, golf is something I plan to have in my life forever. And when I look back on all of this someday, I hope I can say that this journey made me a better person. A better golfer, friend, daughter, partner, and human. I hope all of the hard days, sacrifices, uncertainty, failures, and little victories shaped me into someone I’m proud to be. To everyone who has contributed to this journey in some way... thank you. Whether you’ve supported me financially, encouraged me, followed along, shared a post, sent me a message, or simply believed in me when I needed it most, you have no idea how much it means. You guys have definitely helped light a fire under my tooshy and continue to propel me into whatever the next adventure is. 😂 I’m also sharing a little travel video just for fun! I originally shared it on TikTok, and I’ve really enjoyed creating more of these little pieces of my life outside of just golf. If you want to see more, follow along on TikTok and Instagram @gabbygolfs_ The second video is from my practice round, where I’m talking a little more about the course and what I’m seeing heading into the tournament. And be on the lookout for the next email. I’m excited to dive a little deeper into how I’m feeling, what this year has meant to me, and what I’m taking with me into whatever comes next. Thank you for being along for the ride. 🤍

This round may not have been my best but I do have the best people surrounding me🥰

Round two in Pendleton was all about making a move. After shooting -1 in the first round, I knew I needed to climb the leaderboard and give myself a chance to play the weekend. All day, I had a number in my head: -6. I knew there was a good chance the cut could fall around -6, which meant I was looking for at least a 5-under round. So the mindset was simple: keep firing. I felt completely different today. I was way more comfortable over the ball, I wasn’t nearly as nervous as I had been in round one 🤦🏽‍♀️, and I felt like I could actually settle into my game and compete. I was cruising. I was doing everything I could to make birdies when the opportunities were there, while continuing to put myself in good positions. I executed a lot of really good golf, and more importantly, I felt like I was trusting myself. Coming down the stretch, I knew every shot mattered. Then I got to 18. By that point, I knew -5 was going to be the cut line. I was already inside it. I had done enough to put myself on the right side of the number. And then I was sitting on the 18th green with an easy two-putt par. There was no reason to force anything. My thought was basically, Just give it a good try. If it goes in, great. If it doesn’t, take the two-putt and move on. So I gave it a chance. And somehow… it fell in. 🫣 Birdie. That little putt moved me to -6 and gave me exactly what I had been chasing all day. The funny thing about golf is that sometimes the biggest moments don’t feel like they should be the biggest moments. It was just a little putt on the 18th green. I wasn’t trying to make some crazy move or force something to happen. I was simply giving myself permission to make it. And it went in. After the nerves of round one, being able to come back the next day and feel more comfortable, execute, and put myself in position to make the cut was something I’m really proud of. Now I get another round. And that’s all I wanted. One more round. Let’s go. ⛳️

Short and sweet for my last day to practice before my tee time at 8:54am on hole one⛳️🥰 Round one was definitely a doozy. I was really nervous on the first tee—so nervous I could barely feel my hands. But once I settled in, I handled the nerves better than I could’ve asked for and I’m genuinely happy with how I played. I was cruising along and feeling really good about my game… until I got to 18. A double to finish wasn’t exactly the ending I was looking for, but honestly, I walked off the course still feeling really good about the day. One bad hole doesn’t erase 17 good ones. Back at it tomorrow. ⛳️💪