The Duramed FUTURES Golf Tour has earned the reputation as "the Road to the LPGA". That relationship with the LPGA was formalized in 1999, making the FUTURES Tour "the offical developmental tour of the LPGA" in an agreement that offers direct avenues by which to qualify for the LPGA Tour. Players must have played in a minimum of six tournaments to qualify. The top 5 players on the Tour's money list at the conclusion of the official season earn exempt status for the following year. Starting with the sixth-ranked player at season's end, 10 Tour members who are not already members of the LPGA automatically advance into the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.
More then 280 FUTURES Tour alumna are members of the LPGA Tour and through 2004, they represent a total of 295 LPGA victories, including 31 major championships. FUTURE Tour alumnae include Super Career Grand Slam winner Karrie Webb, Laura Davies, Rosie Jones, Christie Kerr, Meg Mallon, Michelle McGann, Lorena Ochoa, Grace Park, and Dottie Pepper.
Awarding automatic LPGA card exemptions annually to the top earners on the Duramed FUTURES Tour Money List, 32 players currently have "graduated" to the LPGA Tour. Those Duramed FUTURES Tour exempt LPGA Tour card winners are as follows:
- 2007 — Emily Bastel, Allison Fouch, Violeta Retamoza, Mollie Fankhauser, Seo-Jae Lee
- 2006 — Song-Hee Kim, Charlotte Mayorkas, In-Bee Park, Kristy McPherson, Meaghan Francella
- 2005 — Seon-Hwa Lee, Virada Nirapathpongporn, Kyeong Bae, Nicole Castrale, Sun Young Yoo
- 2004 — Jimin Kang, Lindsey Wright, Nicole Perrot, Aram Cho, Malinda Johnson
- 2003 — Stacy Prammanasudh, Soo Young Moon, Candy Hannemann, Ju Kim, Reilley Rankin
- 2002 — Lorena Ochoa, Christina Kim, Miriam Nagl
- 2001 — Beth Bauer, Angela Buzminski, Jung Yeon Lee
- 2000 — Heather Zakhar, Michelle Ellis, Dodie Mazzuca
- 1999 — Grace Park, Marilyn Lovander, Audra Burks
