2021 Symetra Tour

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The 2021 Symetra Tour was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through October 2021 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. This was the last season of the tour sponsored by Symetra. [1]

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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 21 Carlisle Arizona Women's Golf Classic Arizona Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ruixin Liu (5)6200,000
Mar 28 IOA Championship California Flag of Germany.svg Sophie Hausmann (1)6150,000
Apr 18 Casino Del Sol Golf Classic Arizona Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ruixin Liu (6)4200,000
Apr 24 Copper Rock Championship Utah Flag of the United States.svg Bailey Tardy (1)4200,000
May 2 Garden City Charity Classic Kansas Flag of the United States.svg Lilia Vu (1)3175,000
May 16 Symetra Classic North Carolina Flag of the United States.svg Casey Danielson (1)4175,000
May 23 IOA Golf Classic Florida Flag of the United States.svg Allison Emrey (1)3175,000
May 30 Mission Inn Resort and Club Championship Florida Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Min Lee (3)4200,000
Jun 13 Island Resort Championship Michigan Flag of Switzerland.svg Morgane Métraux (1)3200,000
Jun 27 Prasco Charity Championship Ohio Flag of England.svg Meghan MacLaren (1)3175,000
Jul 10 Donald Ross Classic Indiana Flag of the United States.svg Casey Danielson (2)6250,000
Jul 18 Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic New York Flag of France.svg Emma Broze (1)3175,000
Jul 25 Twin Bridges Championship New York Flag of the United States.svg Lilia Vu (2)3175,000
Aug 8 FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship Michigan Flag of Mexico.svg Fernanda Lira (1)3175,000
Aug 15 Four Winds Invitational Indiana Flag of the United States.svg Lilia Vu (3)4200,000
Aug 29 Circling Raven Championship Idaho Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Peiyun Chien (3)3200,000
Sep 19 Guardian Championship Alabama Flag of the United States.svg Janie Jackson (2)3175,000
Sep 26 Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout Arkansas Flag of South Korea.svg Park Kum-kang (1)3150,000
Oct 3 Carolina Golf Classic North Carolina Flag of the United States.svg Sophia Schubert (1)3200,000
Oct 10 Symetra Tour Championship Florida Flag of Thailand.svg Prima Thammaraks (1)3250,000

    Source [2]

    Leading money winners

    The top ten money winners at the end of the season gained fully exempt cards on the LPGA Tour for the 2022 season. [3]

    RankPlayerCountryEventsPrize
    money ($)
    1 Lilia Vu Flag of the United States.svg  United States 18162,292
    2 Fátima Fernández Cano Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 20119,180
    3 Casey Danielson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 19114,534
    4 Sophia Schubert Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20101,163
    5 Ruixin Liu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1495,281
    6 Maude-Aimee Leblanc Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1794,188
    7 Amanda Doherty Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1990,921
    8 Allison Emrey Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2082,644
    9 Morgane Métraux Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 1875,771
    10 Rachel Rohanna Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1975,608

    Source: [4]

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