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The '''Symetra Tour Championship''' is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the [[Symetra Tour]], the [[LPGA]]'s developmental tour. The event has been played since 2008 at [[LPGA International]] in [[Daytona Beach, Florida]]. In 2008 and 2009 the tournament was played on the Legends Course. Beginning in 2010, it has been played on the Champions Course.
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{{Infobox golf tournament
| name = Epson Tour Championship
| image =
| location = [[Daytona Beach, Florida]]
| establishment = 2008
| course = [[LPGA International]]
| par = 72
| yardage = {{convert|6117|yd|m}}
| tour = [[Epson Tour]]
| format = [[Stroke play]]
| purse = [[United States dollar|$]]250,000
| month_played = October
| final_year =
| aggregate =
| to-par =
| current_champion = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Auston Kim]]
}}
The '''Epson Tour Championship''' is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the [[Epson Tour]], the [[LPGA]]'s developmental tour. The event was played at [[LPGA International]] in [[Daytona Beach, Florida]] from 2008 to 2019, except for 2016. In 2008 and 2009 the tournament was played on the Jones Course. Beginning in 2010, it has been played on the Champions Course. The 2016 event was played at Alaqua Country Club in [[Longwood, Florida]] due to course conditions at LPGA International caused by [[Hurricane Matthew]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.symetratour.com/news/2016-symetra-tour-championship-moves-to-longwood |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010141650/http://www.symetratour.com/news/2016-symetra-tour-championship-moves-to-longwood |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 10, 2016 |title=Symetra Tour Championship Moving To Longwood Due To Hurricane Matthew |date=October 8, 2016 |publisher=Symetra Tour}}</ref> In 2020, the event moved to River Run Country Club in [[Davidson, North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.symetratour.com/news/2020/symetra-tour-championship-2020-pre-tournament-notes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126202136/https://www.symetratour.com/news/2020/symetra-tour-championship-2020-pre-tournament-notes |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 26, 2020 |title=Pre-Tournament Notes from the Symetra Tour Championship |publisher=LPGA |date=November 2, 2020}}</ref>


The tournament is a 54-hole event, as are most Symetra Tour tournaments, and includes pre-tournament pro-am opportunities, in which local amateur golfers can play with the professional golfers from the Tour as a benefit for local charities. For professionals, it is a final chance to get into the top ten on the Symetra Tour's money list and earn an LPGA Tour card, or at least improve their status for LPGA Tour Qualifying School. The current benefiting charity of the Symetra Tour Championship is the Boys & Girls Clubs of Volusia and Flagler Counties.
The tournament is a 72-hole event, as are most tour events, and includes pre-tournament pro-am opportunities, in which local amateur golfers can play with the professional golfers from the Tour as a benefit for local charities. For professionals, it is a final chance to get into the top fifteen on the tour's money list and earn an LPGA Tour card, or at least improve their status for LPGA Tour Qualifying School. The current benefiting charity of the Epson Tour Championship is the Boys & Girls Clubs of Volusia and Flagler Counties.

Tournament names through the years:
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*2008: '''American Systems Invitational'''
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*2009: '''iMPACT Invitational'''
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*2010–2012: '''Daytona Beach Invitational'''
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*2013: '''Symetra Tour Championship'''


==Winners==
==Winners==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Year || Dates || Champion || Country || Score || Purse ($) || Winner's<br>share ($)
!Year || Date || Champion || Country || Score || Purse ($) || Winner's<br>share ($)
|-
|-
!colspan=9|Epson Tour Championship
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|[[2015 Symetra Tour|2015]] || Oct 15–18 || [[Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong]] || {{THA}} || 274 (−14) || align=center|150,000 || align=center|20,000
|-
|-
|[[2014 Symetra Tour|2014]] || Sep 18–21 || [[Marita Engzelius]] || {{NOR}} || 278 (−10) || align=center|125,000 || align=center|18,750
|[[2023 Epson Tour|2023]] || Oct 8 || [[Auston Kim]] || {{USA}} || 265 (−23) || align=center|250,000 || align=center|37,500
|-
|-
|[[2013 Symetra Tour|2013]] || Sep 26–30 || [[Megan McCrystal]] || {{USA}} || 275 (−13) || align=center|125,000 || align=center|18,750
|[[2022 Epson Tour|2022]] || Oct 9 || [[Jaravee Boonchant]] || {{THA}} || 265 (−23) || align=center|250,000 || align=center|37,500
|-
|-
⚫
!colspan=9|Symetra Tour Championship
⚫
|[[2012 Symetra Tour|2012]] || Sep 28–30 || [[Daniela Iacobelli]] || {{USA}} || 205 (−11) || align=center|125,000 || align=center|18,750
|-
|-
|[[2011 LPGA Futures Tour|2011]] || Apr 1–3 || [[Haru Nomura]] || {{JPN}} || 207 (−9) || align=center|100,000 || align=center|14,000
|[[2021 Symetra Tour|2021]] || Oct 10 || [[Prima Thammaraks]] || {{THA}} || 266 (−22) || align=center|250,000 || align=center|37,500
|-
|-
|[[2010 Duramed FUTURES Tour|2010]] || Apr 9–11 || [[Kristie Smith]] || {{AUS}} || 204 (−12) || align=center|100,000 || align=center|14,000
|[[2020 Symetra Tour|2020]] || Nov 6 || [[Frida Kinhult]] || {{SWE}} || 278 (−10) || align=center|175,000 || align=center|26,250
|-
|-
|[[2009 Duramed FUTURES Tour|2009]] || Apr 3–5 || [[Misun Cho]] || {{KOR}} || 210 (−6) || align=center|100,000 || align=center|14,000
|[[2019 Symetra Tour|2019]] || Oct 6 || [[Laura Wearn]] || {{USA}} || 271 (−17) || align=center|225,000 || align=center|34,500
|-
|-
|[[2008 Duramed FUTURES Tour|2008]] || Apr 4–6 || [[Leah Wigger]] || {{USA}} || 212 (−4) || align=center|100,000 || align=center|14,000
|[[2018 Symetra Tour|2018]] || Oct 7 || [[Ruixin Liu]] || {{CHN}} || 269 (−19) || align=center|225,000 || align=center|34,500
|-
|[[2017 Symetra Tour|2017]] || Oct 8 || [[ Rachel Rohanna]] || {{USA}} || 203 (−13) || align=center|200,000 || align=center|30,000
|-
|[[2016 Symetra Tour|2016]] || Oct 16 || [[Nicole Broch Larsen]] || {{DNK}} || 266 (−18) || align=center|200,000 || align=center|30,000
|-
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|[[2015 Symetra Tour|2015]] || Oct 18 || [[Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong]] || {{THA}} || 274 (−14) || align=center|150,000 || align=center|20,000
|-
|[[2014 Symetra Tour|2014]] || Sep 21 || [[Marita Engzelius]] || {{NOR}} || 278 (−10) || align=center|125,000 || align=center|18,750
|-
|[[2013 Symetra Tour|2013]] || Sep 30 || [[Megan McCrystal]] || {{USA}} || 275 (−13) || align=center|125,000 || align=center|18,750
|-
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!colspan=9|Daytona Beach Invitational
|-
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|[[2012 Symetra Tour|2012]] || Sep 30 || [[Daniela Iacobelli]] || {{USA}} || 205 (−11) || align=center|125,000 || align=center|18,750
|-
|[[2011 LPGA Futures Tour|2011]] || Apr 3 || [[Haru Nomura]] || {{JPN}} || 207 (−9) || align=center|100,000 || align=center|14,000
|-
|[[2010 Duramed Futures Tour|2010]] || Apr 11 || [[Kristie Smith]] || {{AUS}} || 204 (−12) || align=center|100,000 || align=center|14,000
|-
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!colspan=9|iMPACT Invitational
|-
|[[2009 Duramed Futures Tour|2009]] || Apr 5 || [[Misun Cho]] || {{KOR}} || 210 (−6) || align=center|100,000 || align=center|14,000
|-
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!colspan=9|American Systems Invitational
|-
|[[2008 Duramed Futures Tour|2008]] || Apr 6 || [[Leah Wigger]] || {{USA}} || 212 (−4) || align=center|100,000 || align=center|14,000
|}
|}


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!Year || Player || Score || Round || Course
!Year || Player || Score || Round || Course
|-
|-
|2013 || [[P.K. Kongkraphan]] || 65 (−7) || align=center|3rd || Jones Course at LPGA International
|2019 || [[Pavarisa Yoktuan]] || 62 (−10) || align=center|1st || Jones Course at LPGA International
|-
|2020 || [[Demi Runas]] || 66 (−6) || align=center|4th || River Run Country Club
|}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.symetratour.com/golf/tournaments/symetra/symetra-tour-championship.aspx Coverage on Symetra Tour's official site]
*[https://www.epsontour.com/tournaments/epson-tour-championship/overview Coverage on Epson Tour's official site]


[[Category:Symetra Tour events]]
[[Category:Epson Tour events]]
[[Category:Golf in Florida]]
[[Category:Golf tournaments in Florida]]
[[Category:Golf tournaments in North Carolina]]
[[Category:Women's sports in Florida]]
[[Category:Women's sports in North Carolina]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2008]]
[[Category:2008 establishments in Florida]]

Latest revision as of 16:45, 1 October 2024

Epson Tour Championship
Tournament information
LocationDaytona Beach, Florida
Established2008
Course(s)LPGA International
Par72
Length6,117 yards (5,593 m)
Tour(s)Epson Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund$250,000
Month playedOctober
Current champion
United States Auston Kim

The Epson Tour Championship is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the Epson Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. The event was played at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida from 2008 to 2019, except for 2016. In 2008 and 2009 the tournament was played on the Jones Course. Beginning in 2010, it has been played on the Champions Course. The 2016 event was played at Alaqua Country Club in Longwood, Florida due to course conditions at LPGA International caused by Hurricane Matthew.[1] In 2020, the event moved to River Run Country Club in Davidson, North Carolina.[2]

The tournament is a 72-hole event, as are most tour events, and includes pre-tournament pro-am opportunities, in which local amateur golfers can play with the professional golfers from the Tour as a benefit for local charities. For professionals, it is a final chance to get into the top fifteen on the tour's money list and earn an LPGA Tour card, or at least improve their status for LPGA Tour Qualifying School. The current benefiting charity of the Epson Tour Championship is the Boys & Girls Clubs of Volusia and Flagler Counties.

Winners

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Year Date Champion Country Score Purse ($) Winner's
share ($)
Epson Tour Championship
2023 Oct 8 Auston Kim  United States 265 (−23) 250,000 37,500
2022 Oct 9 Jaravee Boonchant  Thailand 265 (−23) 250,000 37,500
Symetra Tour Championship
2021 Oct 10 Prima Thammaraks  Thailand 266 (−22) 250,000 37,500
2020 Nov 6 Frida Kinhult  Sweden 278 (−10) 175,000 26,250
2019 Oct 6 Laura Wearn  United States 271 (−17) 225,000 34,500
2018 Oct 7 Ruixin Liu  China 269 (−19) 225,000 34,500
2017 Oct 8 Rachel Rohanna  United States 203 (−13) 200,000 30,000
2016 Oct 16 Nicole Broch Larsen  Denmark 266 (−18) 200,000 30,000
2015 Oct 18 Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong  Thailand 274 (−14) 150,000 20,000
2014 Sep 21 Marita Engzelius  Norway 278 (−10) 125,000 18,750
2013 Sep 30 Megan McCrystal  United States 275 (−13) 125,000 18,750
Daytona Beach Invitational
2012 Sep 30 Daniela Iacobelli  United States 205 (−11) 125,000 18,750
2011 Apr 3 Haru Nomura  Japan 207 (−9) 100,000 14,000
2010 Apr 11 Kristie Smith  Australia 204 (−12) 100,000 14,000
iMPACT Invitational
2009 Apr 5 Misun Cho  South Korea 210 (−6) 100,000 14,000
American Systems Invitational
2008 Apr 6 Leah Wigger  United States 212 (−4) 100,000 14,000

Tournament records

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Year Player Score Round Course
2019 Pavarisa Yoktuan 62 (−10) 1st Jones Course at LPGA International
2020 Demi Runas 66 (−6) 4th River Run Country Club

References

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  1. ^ "Symetra Tour Championship Moving To Longwood Due To Hurricane Matthew". Symetra Tour. October 8, 2016. Archived from the original on October 10, 2016.
  2. ^ "Pre-Tournament Notes from the Symetra Tour Championship". LPGA. November 2, 2020. Archived from the original on November 26, 2020.
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