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The 2017 Symetra Tour was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through October 2017 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. In 2017, total prize money on the Symetra Tour was $2,950,000, down from $3,200,000 in 2016.

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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.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerPurse ($)
Mar 12 Florida's Natural Charity Classic Florida Flag of Jersey.svg Olivia Jordan-Higgins (3)125,000
Mar 26 IOA Championship California Flag of Ecuador.svg Daniela Darquea (1)100,000
Apr 1 Gateway Classic Arizona Flag of New Zealand.svg Liv Cheng (1)100,000
Apr 9 POC MED Golf Classic California Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Hye-min (1)100,000
Apr 23 Sara Bay Classic Florida Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hannah Green (1)110,000
Apr 30 Symetra Classic Georgia Flag of Denmark.svg Nanna Koerstz Madsen (1)150,000
May 14 Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Classic South Carolina Flag of France.svg Céline Boutier (1)200,000
Jun 4 Fuccillo Kia Championship New York Flag of Denmark.svg Nanna Koerstz Madsen (2)125,000
Jun 11 Four Winds Invitational Indiana Flag of the United States.svg Kendall Dye (2)150,000
Jun 18 Decatur-Forsyth Classic Illinois Flag of Thailand.svg Chorphaka Jaengkit (1)130,000
Jun 25 Island Resort Championship Michigan Flag of the United States.svg Emma Talley (1)150,000
Jul 2 Tullymore Classic Michigan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Liu (1)100,000
Jul 9 Donald Ross Centennial Classic Indiana Flag of the United States.svg Erynne Lee (2)200,000
Jul 23 Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic New York Flag of Denmark.svg Nanna Koerstz Madsen (3)150,000
Jul 30 FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship Michigan Flag of the United States.svg Erynne Lee (3)100,000
Aug 6 PHC Classic Wisconsin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brittany Marchand (1)100,000
Sep 3 Sioux Falls GreatLIFE Challenge South Dakota Flag of France.svg Céline Boutier (2)210,000
Sep 10 Garden City Charity Classic Kansas Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Anne-Catherine Tanguay (1)150,000
Sep 17 Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout Arizona Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hannah Green (2)100,000
Sep 24 Guardian Championship Alabama Flag of the United States.svg Lindsey Weaver (1)100,000
Oct 1 IOA Golf Classic Florida Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hannah Green (3)100,000
Oct 8 Symetra Tour Championship Florida Flag of the United States.svg Rachel Rohanna (2)200,000

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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 2018 season. [2]

RankPlayerCountryEventsPrize
money ($)
1 Benyapa Niphatsophon Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 20124,492
2 Hannah Green Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 20113,880
3 Céline Boutier Flag of France.svg  France 20112,044
4 Nanna Koerstz Madsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1293,115
5 Yu Liu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2186,110
6 Erynne Lee Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2280,780
7 Lindsey Weaver Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2276,755
8 Anne-Catherine Tanguay Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2076,663
9 Emma Talley Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2176,556
10 Katelyn Dambaugh Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1263,023

Source [3]

Awards

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References

  1. "2017 Symetra Tour Schedule" (PDF). Symetra Tour. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  2. "Symetra Tour Hands Out Ten LPGA Tour Cards for the 2018 Season". Symetra Tour. October 9, 2017.
  3. "Symetra Tour official money" . Retrieved October 9, 2017.