2023 Epson Tour Explained

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.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerWWGR
points
Purse ($)
Mar 5 Agathe Laisné (1) 6 200,000
Mar 19 Gabriela Ruffels (1) 6 335,000
Mar 26 Wang Xinying (1) 4 200,000
Apr 2 Gigi Stoll (1) 5 200,000
Apr 29 Savannah Vilaubi (1) 5 230,000
May 7 Gabriela Ruffels (2) 4 200,000
May 21 Jenny Coleman (1) 4 200,000
May 28 Jeon Ji-won (1) 4 200,000
Jun 4 Alena Sharp (2) 4 200,000
Jun 11 Liu Siyun (1) 4 200,000
Jun 25 Tseng Tsai-ching (1) 4 225,000
Jul 16 Jenny Bae (1) 4 200,000
Jul 23 Jenny Bae (2) 4 200,000
Aug 6 Jeon Ji-won (2) 6 335,000
Aug 12 Gabriela Ruffels (3) 5 200,000
Aug 20 Yin Xiaowen (3) 4 200,000
Aug 27 Ren Yue (1) 4 225,000
Sep 9 Nataliya Guseva (1) 4 375,000
Sep 17 Cydney Clanton (3) 4 200,000
Sep 24 Natasha Andrea Oon (1) 4 225,000
Oct 1 Isabella Fierro (1) 4 200,000
Oct 8 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 13 159,926
2 19 149,670
3 21 119,882
4 18 115,772
5 22 112,342
6 20 109,060
7 22 106,137
8 20 103,913
9 22 103,290
10 22 95,701

Source:[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Epson Tour Sets Total Purses Record for 2023 Season . LPGA Tour . January 5, 2023 . January 12, 2023.
  2. Web site: Meet the 2023 Epson Tour Graduates . Epson Tour . October 8, 2023 . October 12, 2023.
  3. Web site: Epson Tour official money . Epson Tour . October 9, 2023.