Leah John couldn't stop calling friends and family members, screaming.

The Vancouver native was working her phone non-stop after qualifying for the LPGA Tour on Tuesday through the final qualifying tournament of the top-flight women's golf circuit's Q-Series. Veteran player Maude-Aimee Leblanc of Sherbrooke, Que., also earned a card through the qualifying process, joining Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., on the LPGA Tour for 2026.

"One of the best days of my life," said John on Wednesday as she travelled back home. "But at the same time, it will take a couple of days to settle into the fact of it and really accept it and feel like I can hold that for myself."

The 25-year-old John played on the second-tier Epson Tour in 2024 and 2025, winning this year's Four Winds Invitational. S

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