2023 Epson Tour

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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.

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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.

DateTournamentLocationWinner WWGR
points
Purse ($)
Mar 5 Florida's Natural Charity Classic Florida Flag of France.svg Agathe Laisné (1)6200,000
Mar 19 Carlisle Arizona Women's Golf Classic Arizona Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gabriela Ruffels (1)6335,000
Mar 26 IOA Championship California Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Xinying (1)4200,000
Apr 2 Casino Del Sol Golf Classic Arizona Flag of the United States.svg Gigi Stoll (1)5200,000
Apr 29 Copper Rock Championship Utah Flag of the United States.svg Savannah Vilaubi (1)5230,000
May 7 Garden City Charity Classic at Buffalo Dunes Kansas Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gabriela Ruffels (2)4200,000
May 21 IOA Golf Classic Florida Flag of the United States.svg Jenny Coleman (1)4200,000
May 28 Inova Mission Inn Resort & Club Championship Florida Flag of South Korea.svg Jeon Ji-won (1)4200,000
Jun 4 Champions Fore Change Invitational North Carolina Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alena Sharp (2)4200,000
Jun 11 FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship Michigan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Siyun (1)4200,000
Jun 25 Island Resort Championship Michigan Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Tseng Tsai-ching (1)4225,000
Jul 16 Hartford HealthCare Women's Championship Connecticut Flag of the United States.svg Jenny Bae (1)4200,000
Jul 23 Twin Bridges Championship New York Flag of the United States.svg Jenny Bae (2)4200,000
Aug 6 French Lick Charity Championship Indiana Flag of South Korea.svg Jeon Ji-won (2)6335,000
Aug 12 Four Winds Invitational Florida Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gabriela Ruffels (3)5200,000
Aug 20 Wildhorse Ladies Golf Classic Oregon Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yin Xiaowen (3)4200,000
Aug 27 Circling Raven Championship Idaho Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ren Yue (1)4225,000
Sep 9 Black Desert Resort Championship Utah Flag of Russia.svg Nataliya Guseva (1)4375,000
Sep 17 Guardian Championship Alabama Flag of the United States.svg Cydney Clanton (3)4200,000
Sep 24 Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout Arkansas Flag of Malaysia.svg Natasha Andrea Oon (1)4225,000
Oct 1 Tuscaloosa Toyota Classic Alabama Flag of Mexico.svg Isabella Fierro (1)4200,000
Oct 8 Epson Tour Championship Florida Flag of the United States.svg Auston Kim (1)4250,000

    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]

    RankPlayerCountryEventsPrize
    money ($)
    1 Gabriela Ruffels Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 13159,926
    2 Natasha Andrea Oon Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 19149,670
    3 Auston Kim Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21119,882
    4 Jeon Ji-won Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 18115,772
    5 Kang Min-ji Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 22112,342
    6 Agathe Laisné Flag of France.svg  France 20109,060
    7 Jenny Coleman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22106,137
    8 Roberta Liti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 20103,913
    9 Isabella Fierro Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 22103,290
    10 Kristen Gillman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2295,701

    Source: [3]

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