2022 Epson Tour

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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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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 6 Florida's Natural Charity Classic Florida Flag of South Korea.svg Park Kum-Kang (2)5200,000
Mar 20 Carlisle Arizona Women's Golf Classic Arizona Flag of Spain.svg Fátima Fernández Cano (2)6200,000
Mar 27 IOA Championship California Flag of Sweden.svg Linnea Ström (2)5200,000
Apr 3 Casino Del Sol Golf Classic Arizona Flag of the United States.svg Andrea Lee (1)5200,000
Apr 23 Copper Rock Championship Utah Flag of the Philippines.svg Dottie Ardina (1)4200,000
May 1 Garden City Charity Classic at Buffalo Dunes Kansas Flag of the United States.svg Gabriella Then (1)3200,000
May 22 IOA Golf Classic Florida Flag of Australia (converted).svg Grace Kim (1)4200,000
May 29 Inova Mission Inn Resort and Club Championship Florida Flag of the United States.svg Gina Kim (1)4200,000
Jun 12 Carolina Golf Classic North Carolina Flag of the United States.svg Lucy Li (1)3200,000
Jun 18 Ann Arbor's Road to the LPGA Michigan Flag of Finland.svg Kiira Riihijärvi (1)4200,000
Jun 26 Island Resort Championship Michigan Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Ssu-Chia Cheng (2)3200,000
Jul 10 Twin Bridges Championship New York Flag of the United States.svg Lucy Li (2)3200,000
Jul 31 FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship Michigan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yin Xiaowen (1)4200,000
Aug 7 French Lick Charity Championship Indiana Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yin Xiaowen (2)6335,000
Aug 14 Four Winds Invitational Indiana Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Liu (1)5200,000
Aug 28 Circling Raven Championship Idaho Flag of the United States.svg Jillian Hollis (3)4200,000
Sep 4 Wildhorse Ladies Golf Classic Oregon Flag of the United States.svg Daniela Iacobelli (4)5200,000
Sep 18 Guardian Championship Alabama Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Maria Torres (1)4200,000
Sep 25 Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout Arkansas Flag of the United States.svg Britney Yada (1)4225,000
Oct 2 Tuscaloosa Toyota Classic Alabama Flag of Norway.svg Celine Borge (1)5200,000
Oct 9 Epson Tour Championship Florida Flag of Thailand.svg Jaravee Boonchant (1)5250,000

    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 2023 season. [2]

    RankPlayerCountryEventsPrize
    money ($)
    1 Linnea Ström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 17119,190
    2 Yin Xiaowen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 15118,860
    3 Lucy Li Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 11110,111
    4 Kiira Riihijärvi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1990,483
    5 Grace Kim Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1989,720
    6 Celine Borge Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2189,710
    7 Gabriella Then Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1786,578
    8 Gina Kim Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1382,133
    9 Yan Liu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2180,139
    10 Jang Hyo-joon Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1978,611

    Source: [3]

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    References

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    2. "Meet the 2022 Epson Tour Graduates". Epson Tour. October 9, 2022. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
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