The 2024 Epson Tour is a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through October 2024 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.
The number of tournaments were reduced from 22 to 20 while total prize money was increased to $5 million. Inaugural events are Atlantic Beach Classic and Otter Creek Championship, while the French Lick Charity Championship, Circling Raven Championship, Inova Mission Inn Resort & Club Championship and Champions Fore Change Invitational were removed from the schedule.
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.
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The top 15 money winners at the end of the season, up from 10 in 2023, will gain fully exempt cards on the LPGA Tour for the 2025 season. [2]
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite women professional golfers from around the world.
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The 2022 Epson Tour is a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through October 2022 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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The 2023 LPGA Tour was the 74th edition of the LPGA Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The season began at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, in Orlando, Florida on January 19, and officially ended on November 19, at the Tiburón Golf Club in the CME Group Tour Championship at Naples, Florida, not counting the unofficial December 10 Grant Thornton Invitational. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).
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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