The 2023 Epson Tour was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through October 2023 in the United States. The Epson Tour is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in the United States and is the "official developmental tour" of the LPGA Tour. It was most recently known as the Symetra Tour.
Changes for 2023
The number of tournaments were expanded from 21 to 22. Inaugural events are Hartford HealthCare Women's Championship and Black Desert Resort Championship, while the Ann Arbor's Road to the LPGA was removed from the schedule after only one installment.
The Carolina Golf Classic in North Carolina changed name to Champions Fore Change Invitational.
Schedule and results
The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of official money, individual event wins on the Epson Tour including that event.
Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | WWGR points | Purse ($) |
Mar 5 | Florida's Natural Charity Classic | Florida | Agathe Laisné (1) | 6 | 200,000 |
Mar 19 | Carlisle Arizona Women's Golf Classic | Arizona | Gabriela Ruffels (1) | 6 | 335,000 |
Mar 26 | IOA Championship | California | Wang Xinying (1) | 4 | 200,000 |
Apr 2 | Casino Del Sol Golf Classic | Arizona | Gigi Stoll (1) | 5 | 200,000 |
Apr 29 | Copper Rock Championship | Utah | Savannah Vilaubi (1) | 5 | 230,000 |
May 7 | Garden City Charity Classic at Buffalo Dunes | Kansas | Gabriela Ruffels (2) | 4 | 200,000 |
May 21 | IOA Golf Classic | Florida | Jenny Coleman (1) | 4 | 200,000 |
May 28 | Inova Mission Inn Resort & Club Championship | Florida | Jeon Ji-won (1) | 4 | 200,000 |
Jun 4 | Champions Fore Change Invitational | North Carolina | Alena Sharp (2) | 4 | 200,000 |
Jun 11 | FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship | Michigan | Liu Siyun (1) | 4 | 200,000 |
Jun 25 | Island Resort Championship | Michigan | Tseng Tsai-ching (1) | 4 | 225,000 |
Jul 16 | Hartford HealthCare Women's Championship | Connecticut | Jenny Bae (1) | 4 | 200,000 |
Jul 23 | Twin Bridges Championship | New York | Jenny Bae (2) | 4 | 200,000 |
Aug 6 | French Lick Charity Championship | Indiana | Jeon Ji-won (2) | 6 | 335,000 |
Aug 12 | Four Winds Invitational | Florida | Gabriela Ruffels (3) | 5 | 200,000 |
Aug 20 | Wildhorse Ladies Golf Classic | Oregon | Yin Xiaowen (3) | 4 | 200,000 |
Aug 27 | Circling Raven Championship | Idaho | Ren Yue (1) | 4 | 225,000 |
Sep 9 | Black Desert Resort Championship | Utah | Nataliya Guseva (1) | 4 | 375,000 |
Sep 17 | Guardian Championship | Alabama | Cydney Clanton (3) | 4 | 200,000 |
Sep 24 | Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout | Arkansas | Natasha Andrea Oon (1) | 4 | 225,000 |
Oct 1 | Tuscaloosa Toyota Classic | Alabama | Isabella Fierro (1) | 4 | 200,000 |
Oct 8 | Epson Tour Championship | Florida | Auston Kim (1) | 4 | 250,000 |
Source:[1]
Leading money winners
The top ten money winners at the end of the season gained fully exempt cards on the LPGA Tour for the 2024 season.[2]
Rank | Player | Country | Events | Prize money ($) |
1 | Gabriela Ruffels | Australia | 13 | 159,926 |
2 | Natasha Andrea Oon | Malaysia | 19 | 149,670 |
3 | Auston Kim | United States | 21 | 119,882 |
4 | Jeon Ji-won | South Korea | 18 | 115,772 |
5 | Kang Min-ji | South Korea | 22 | 112,342 |
6 | Agathe Laisné | France | 20 | 109,060 |
7 | Jenny Coleman | United States | 22 | 106,137 |
8 | Roberta Liti | Italy | 20 | 103,913 |
9 | Isabella Fierro | Mexico | 22 | 103,290 |
10 | Kristen Gillman | United States | 22 | 95,701 |
Source:[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Epson Tour Sets Total Purses Record for 2023 Season". LPGA Tour. January 5, 2023. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
- ^ "Meet the 2023 Epson Tour Graduates". Epson Tour. October 8, 2023. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
- ^ "Epson Tour official money". Epson Tour. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
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