2017 Symetra Tour

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.

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 12Florida's Natural Charity ClassicFloridaJersey Olivia Jordan-Higgins (3)125,000
Mar 26IOA ChampionshipCaliforniaEcuador Daniela Darquea (1)100,000
Apr 1Gateway ClassicArizonaNew Zealand Liv Cheng (1)100,000
Apr 9POC MED Golf ClassicCaliforniaSouth Korea Kim Hye-min (1)100,000
Apr 23Sara Bay ClassicFloridaAustralia Hannah Green (1)110,000
Apr 30Symetra ClassicGeorgiaDenmark Nanna Koerstz Madsen (1)150,000
May 14Self Regional Healthcare Foundation ClassicSouth CarolinaFrance Céline Boutier (1)200,000
Jun 4Fuccillo Kia ChampionshipNew YorkDenmark Nanna Koerstz Madsen (2)125,000
Jun 11Four Winds InvitationalIndianaUnited States Kendall Dye (2)150,000
Jun 18Decatur-Forsyth ClassicIllinoisThailand Chorphaka Jaengkit (1)130,000
Jun 25Island Resort ChampionshipMichiganUnited States Emma Talley (1)150,000
Jul 2Tullymore ClassicMichiganChina Yu Liu (1)100,000
Jul 9Donald Ross Centennial ClassicIndianaUnited States Erynne Lee (2)200,000
Jul 23Danielle Downey Credit Union ClassicNew YorkDenmark Nanna Koerstz Madsen (3)150,000
Jul 30FireKeepers Casino Hotel ChampionshipMichiganUnited States Erynne Lee (3)100,000
Aug 6PHC ClassicWisconsinCanada Brittany Marchand (1)100,000
Sep 3Sioux Falls GreatLIFE ChallengeSouth DakotaFrance Céline Boutier (2)210,000
Sep 10Garden City Charity ClassicKansasCanada Anne-Catherine Tanguay (1)150,000
Sep 17Murphy USA El Dorado ShootoutArizonaAustralia Hannah Green (2)100,000
Sep 24Guardian ChampionshipAlabamaUnited States Lindsey Weaver (1)100,000
Oct 1IOA Golf ClassicFloridaAustralia Hannah Green (3)100,000
Oct 8Symetra Tour ChampionshipFloridaUnited States Rachel Rohanna (2)200,000

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 2018 season.[2]

RankPlayerCountryEventsPrize
money ($)
1Benyapa Niphatsophon Thailand20124,492
2Hannah Green Australia20113,880
3Céline Boutier France20112,044
4Nanna Koerstz Madsen Denmark1293,115
5Yu Liu China2186,110
6Erynne Lee United States2280,780
7Lindsey Weaver United States2276,755
8Anne-Catherine Tanguay Canada2076,663
9Emma Talley United States2176,556
10Katelyn Dambaugh United States1263,023

Source[3]

Awards

  • Player of the Year, player who leads the money list at the end of the season
    • Thailand Benyapa Niphatsophon
  • Gaëlle Truet Rookie of the Year Award, first year player with the highest finish on the official money list
    • Australia Hannah Green
  • Trainor Award, an individual or group that has made a significant contribution to women's golf.
    • Potawatomi Nation tribes that support the Symetra Tour
  • Heather Wilbur Spirit Award, a Symmetry Tour player who "best exemplifies dedication, courage, perseverance, love of the game and spirit toward achieving goals as a professional golfer."
    • United States Laura Wearn

See also

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.
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