2012 Symetra Tour

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The 2012 Symetra Tour (formerly the Futures Tour) was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through September 2012 in the United States. It is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in the United States and the "official developmental tour" of the LPGA Tour. In 2012, its total prize money was $1,755,000.

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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 2013 season. [1] In previous years, only the top five players received fully exempt cards while the next five receiving partial status.

RankPlayerCountryEventsPrize
money ($)
1 Esther Choe Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 655,690
2 Paola Moreno Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1250,908
3 Victoria Elizabeth Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1646,565
4 Thidapa Suwannapura Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1342,884
5 Daniela Iacobelli Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1641,049
6 Mi Hyang Lee Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1440,882
7 Jenny Gleason Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1138,741
8 Julia Boland Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1638,447
9 Nicole Smith Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1638,004
10 Sara-Maude Juneau Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1537,632

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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.

DatesTournamentLocationWinner
March 23–25 Florida's Natural Charity Classic Florida Flag of the United States.svg Megan McChrystal (1)
April 20–22 Sara Bay Classic Florida Flag of the United States.svg Esther Choe (1)
April 27–20 Riviera Nayarit Classic Mexico Flag of the United States.svg Esther Choe (2)
June 1–3 My Marsh Golf Classic Indiana Flag of the United States.svg Sara Brown (1)
June 8–10 Ladies Titan Tire Challenge Iowa Flag of the United States.svg Lauren Doughtie (1)
June 15–17 Tate & Lyle Players Championship Illinois Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kristie Smith (2)
June 29 – July 1 Island Resort Championship Michigan Flag of the United States.svg Leah Wigger (2)
July 20–22 Northeast Delta Dental International New Hampshire Flag of the United States.svg Jenny Gleason (3)
July 27–29 Credit Union Classic New York Flag of the United States.svg Victoria Elizabeth (1)
August 3–5 The Credit Union Challenge New York Flag of the United States.svg Jaclyn Sweeney (1)
August 10–12 Four Winds Invitational Indiana Flag of Australia (converted).svg Julia Boland (1)
August 17–19 Eagle Classic Virginia Flag of Colombia.svg Paola Moreno (2)
August 24–26 Challenge at Musket Ridge Maryland Flag of South Korea.svg Misun Cho (3)
September 14–16 Symetra Classic North Carolina Flag of South Korea.svg Mi Hyang Lee (1)
September 21–23 Vidalia Championship Georgia Flag of Thailand.svg Thidapa Suwannapura (1)
September 28–30 Daytona Beach Invitational Florida Flag of the United States.svg Daniela Iacobelli (1)

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Awards

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References

  1. ↑ "Ten Symetra Tour Players Graduate to 2013 LPGA Tour". Symetra Tour. September 30, 2012. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Symetra Tour official money". Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Symetra Tour – 2012 Tournament Winners". Archived from the original on February 25, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
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