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She survived the cut only once in 18 tournaments last season as an LPGA Tour rookie, failing to earn enough dough to renew her card.

Instead, she’ll tee it up on the second-tier Symetra Tour, the women’s equivalent of the Web.com Tour. The schedule cranks up with four tournaments in May, including a stop this week in Greenwood, S.C.

“It was definitely an eye-opener,” Ha said, reflecting on her rookie season at the highest level. “Obviously, when you’re on the LPGA Tour full-time and you’re not making any cuts, it’s really easy to get down on yourself and there were a lot of times where I was just like, ‘Wow, this is really, really hard.’ But you just have to keep pushing forward.

“You’re put into these situations for a reason. The universe and God doesn’t just give you more than you can handle, so I took it as a learning experience and I’m ready to play well this year and hopefully get my card back at the end of the year.”

On that Thursday at the Meijer LPGA Classic last June, Ha proved — to herself, among others — that she can rack up birdies with the best of ’em.

She needed only 29 strokes to complete her opening nine, briefly sizzling into the top slot on the tournament leaderboard.

She eventually signed for a score of 7-under 64, one back of Brooke Henderson’s lead after that first lap and sharing second with Lexi Thompson and others. That’s darn good company.

The following day, with the camera crews tracking her progress, Ha struggled to a 9-over 80 and missed another cut. (Henderson eventually collected the trophy, one of a half-dozen career victories already for the 20-year-old superstar from Smiths Falls, Ont.)