Epson Tour Championship Explained

Epson Tour Championship
Location:Daytona Beach, Florida
Establishment:2008
Course:LPGA International
Par:72
Yardage:6117yd
Tour:Epson Tour
Format:Stroke play
Purse:$250,000
Month Played:October
Current Champion: Auston Kim

The Epson Tour Championship is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the Epson Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. The event was played at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida from 2008 to 2019, except for 2016. In 2008 and 2009 the tournament was played on the Jones Course. Beginning in 2010, it has been played on the Champions Course. The 2016 event was played at Alaqua Country Club in Longwood, Florida due to course conditions at LPGA International caused by Hurricane Matthew.[1] In 2020, the event moved to River Run Country Club in Davidson, North Carolina.[2]

The tournament is a 72-hole event, as are most tour events, and includes pre-tournament pro-am opportunities, in which local amateur golfers can play with the professional golfers from the Tour as a benefit for local charities. For professionals, it is a final chance to get into the top ten on the tour's money list and earn an LPGA Tour card, or at least improve their status for LPGA Tour Qualifying School. The current benefiting charity of the Epson Tour Championship is the Boys & Girls Clubs of Volusia and Flagler Counties.

Winners

Year Date Champion Country Score Purse ($) Winner's
share ($)
Epson Tour Championship
Oct 8 265 (−23) 250,000 37,500
Oct 9 265 (−23) 250,000 37,500
Symetra Tour Championship
Oct 10 266 (−22) 250,000 37,500
Nov 6 278 (−10) 175,000 26,250
Oct 6 271 (−17) 225,000 34,500
Oct 7 269 (−19) 225,000 34,500
Oct 8 203 (−13) 200,000 30,000
Oct 16 266 (−18) 200,000 30,000
Oct 18 274 (−14) 150,000 20,000
Sep 21 278 (−10) 125,000 18,750
Sep 30 275 (−13) 125,000 18,750
Daytona Beach Invitational
Sep 30 205 (−11) 125,000 18,750
Apr 3 207 (−9) 100,000 14,000
Apr 11 204 (−12) 100,000 14,000
iMPACT Invitational
Apr 5 210 (−6) 100,000 14,000
American Systems Invitational
Apr 6 212 (−4) 100,000 14,000

Tournament records

Year Player Score Round Course
2019 62 (−10) 1st Jones Course at LPGA International
2020 66 (−6) 4th River Run Country Club

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Symetra Tour Championship Moving To Longwood Due To Hurricane Matthew . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010141650/http://www.symetratour.com/news/2016-symetra-tour-championship-moves-to-longwood . dead . October 10, 2016 . October 8, 2016 . Symetra Tour.
  2. Web site: Pre-Tournament Notes from the Symetra Tour Championship . https://web.archive.org/web/20201126202136/https://www.symetratour.com/news/2020/symetra-tour-championship-2020-pre-tournament-notes . dead . November 26, 2020 . LPGA . November 2, 2020.