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The 2018 Symetra Tour was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through October 2018 in the United States. The Symetra 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 previously known as the Futures Tour.

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Schedule and results

The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of official money, individual event wins on the Symetra Tour including that event.

DateTournamentLocationWinner WWGR
points
Purse ($)
Mar 18 Florida's Natural Charity Classic Florida Flag of the United States.svg Lauren Kim (1)3125,000
Apr 8 IOA Championship California Ulster Banner.svg Stephanie Meadow (1)4100,000
May 6 IOA Invitational Georgia Flag of the United States.svg Elizabeth Szokol (1)4100,000
May 13 Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Women's Health Classic South Carolina Flag of the United States.svg Vicky Hurst (8)4200,000
May 19 Symetra Classic North Carolina Flag of Sweden.svg Jenny Haglund (1)4175,000
May 26 Valley Forge Invitational Pennsylvania Flag of Sweden.svg Louise Ridderström (1)3100,000
Jun 10 Four Winds Invitational Indiana Flag of the United States.svg Maia Schechter (1)3150,000
Jun 17 Forsyth Classic Illinois Flag of Germany.svg Isi Gabsa (1)3130,000
Jun 24 Island Resort Championship Michigan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ruixin Liu (1)4150,000
Jul 1 Prasco Charity Championship Ohio Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Muni He (1)3100,000
Jul 14 Donald Ross Classic Indiana Flag of the United States.svg Stephanie Kono (1)6200,000
Jul 22 Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic New York Flag of South Korea.svg Seong Eun-jeong (1)4150,000
Jul 29 Fuccillo Kia Classic of NY New York Flag of the United States.svg Kendall Dye (3)3125,000
Aug 12 PHC Classic Wisconsin Flag of the United States.svg Lauren Coughlin (1)4100,000
Aug 19 FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship Michigan Flag of Spain.svg Marta Sanz Barrio (1)4100,000
Sep 2 Sioux Falls GreatLIFE Challenge South Dakota Flag of Sweden.svg Linnea Ström (1)4210,000
Sep 9 Garden City Charity Classic Kansas Flag of the United States.svg Allyssa Ferrell (1)4150,000
Sep 16 Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout Arkansas Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Hye-min (2)4150,000
Sep 23 Guardian Championship Alabama Flag of the United States.svg Kendall Dye (4)4100,000
Sep 30 IOA Golf Classic Florida Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ruixin Liu (2)4150,000
Oct 7 Symetra Tour Championship Florida Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ruixin Liu (3)4225,000

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Leading money winners

The top ten money winners at the end of the season gained fully exempt cards on the LPGA Tour for the 2019 season: [2]

RankPlayerCountryEventsPrize
money ($)
1 Ruixin Liu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 21124,839
2 Dottie Ardina Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 1797,822
3 Pavarisa Yoktuan Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1880,313
4 Elizabeth Szokol Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2076,612
5 Linnea Ström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2070,685
6 Stephanie Meadow Flag of England.svg  England 2170,617
7 Kendall Dye Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1363,579
8 Charlotte Thomas Flag of England.svg  England 2160,952
9 Isi Gabsa Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1960,386
10 Dana Finkelstein Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1860,168

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References

  1. "2018 Symetra Tour Schedule". Symetra Tour. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  2. "Symetra Tour official money" . Retrieved October 8, 2018.