Epson Tour Money List and Schedule In 2023

Schedule for the upcoming Epson Tour events:

Florida’s Natural Charity Classic commenced the 2023 Epson Tour on March 5, igniting a hunger that will burn bright until its grand finale on October 8th with the Epson Tour Championship.

After concluding 9 out of the 22 events this season, there are still 13 tournaments remaining in the Tour. Starting on June 9, the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship will take place at the golf course of Battle Creek Country Club, Michigan.

Some contests that have been on the tour’s schedule for a long time are the Twin Bridges Championship, which has been held for 39 years.

Similarly, Florida’s Natural Charity Classic has been organized for 14 years, the Four Winds Invitational, the Island Resort Championship for 12 years, and the IOA Championship for 11 years.

Epson Tour prize structures are:

• Florida’s Natural Charity Classic – $200,000
• Carlisle Arizona Women’s Golf Classic – $335,000
• IOA Championship – $200,000
• Casino Del Sol Golf Classic – $200,000
• Copper Rock Championship – $230,000
• Garden City Charity Classic at Buffalo Dunes – $200,000
• IOA Golf Classic – $200,000
• Inova Mission Inn & Club Championship – $200,000
• Champions Fore Change Invitational – $200,000
• FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship – $200,000
• Island Resort Championship – $225,000
• Hartford HealthCare Women’s Championship – $200,000
• Twin Bridges Championship – $200,000
• French Lick Charity Championship – $335,000
• Four Winds Invitational – $200,000
• Wildhorse Ladies Golf Classic – $200,000
• Circling Raven Championship – $225,000
• Black Desert Resort Championship – $375,000
• Guardian Championship – $200,000
• Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout – $225,000
• Tuscaloosa Toyota Classic – $200,000
• Epson Tour Championship – $250,000

The 2023 Tour set an all-time record for the highest prize purse ever awarded in the competition’s history. The tournament has raised the bar for excellence with a remarkable sum of over $4.915 million up for grabs. The average purse for each event stands at $223,000.

Moreover, this year’s tour showcases a total of 22 exciting tournaments. The Black Desert Resort Championship, set to take place at Soldier Hollow Golf Club – Gold Course in Salt Lake City, UT, takes the lead in terms of prize money, offering a generous purse of $375,000.

While a select few tournaments offer substantial rewards over $300K, most of the events provide a still impressive $200,000 in prize money.

Additionally, in each event, the winner gets the 15% of the total purse money. For example, the Australian golfer Gabriela Ruffels who clinched the 2023 Carlisle Arizona Women’s Golf Classic in May, received 50,250 out of 335,000 rewards.

Players to watch on the Epson Tour in the 2023 campaign are:

• Gabriela Ruffels [AUS]
• Agathe Laisne [FRA]
• Gigi Stoll [USA]
• Miranda Wang [CHN]
• Natasha Andrea Oon [MAL]
• Savannah Vilaubi [USA]
• Jenny Coleman [USA]
• Alena Sharp [CAN]
• Roberta Liti [ITA]
• Jiwon Jeon [JAP]

Agathe Laisne of France won the first tournament of the 2023 Symetra Tour at Florida’s Natural Charity Classic. In a Par 5 tourney, Laisne completed with four strokes in the playoff ahead of Kiira Riihijarvi and Jillian Hollis.

The 23-year-old Gabriela Ruffels has been phenomenal this season with two wins already. She registered her first professional win in the 2023 Epson Tour at Carlisle Arizona Women’s Golf Classic.

Then two months later on May 7, Gabriela grabbed her second professional Tour victory at the Garden City Charity Classic in Kansas.

On the other hand, Gigi Stoll who sits comfortably in second place on this season’s Money List secured her win at the Casino Del Sol Golf Classic on April 2.

Besides, Savannah Vilaubi emerged as the champion of the 2023 Epson Tour Copper Rock. She outplayed Jenny Coleman and Therese Warner in the playoff to secure a well-deserved victory.

Chinese professional golfer Miranda Wang dominated the IOA Championship this season. Wang finished on top of the leaderboard with a total score of 204, which is 12 strokes under par, and won a prize of $30,000.

Malaysian golfer Natasha Andrea Oon who came second at the IOA Championship currently holds a third position in the official money list ahead of IOA Golf Classic winner Jenny Coleman and Champions Fore Change Invitational winner Alena Sharp.

Epson Tour full leaderboard based on Tee times:

Tournament: FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship

Course: Battle Creek Country Club, Michigan

*All times are in Eastern Standard Time.

7:30 AM | 1st Tee

• Maria Bohorquez
• Pranavi Urs
• Ashley Lau

7:30 AM | 10th Tee

• Nannette Hill
• Kate Johnston
• Hyeji Yang

7:41 AM | 1st Tee

• Monika Poomcharoen
• Jo-Hua Hung
• Alexa Melton

7:41 AM | 10th Tee

• Emily Mahar
• Shuangshuang Fan
• Joy Chou

The 1st tee and the 10th tee represent the starting points for a round of golf. Tee 1 is typically located at the front of the course, while Tee 10 is located at the back of the course.

Maria Bohorquez will start her round by teeing off early at 7:30 AM from the 1st tee at the 2023 FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship and then proceed to play the holes in order. 

Meanwhile, Nannette Hill, Kate Johnston, and Hyeji Yang will be at the 10th tee, where they will use the back nine holes.