2020 Symetra Tour
The 2020 Symetra Tour was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through October 2020 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.
Schedule and results
A number of tournament were postponed or cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |title=Statement on Upcoming Symetra Tour Schedule and the LPGA Qualifying Tournament |url=https://www.symetratour.com/news/2020/2020-symetra-tour-april-2nd-statement-on-upcoming-schedule |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925033633/https://www.symetratour.com/news/2020/2020-symetra-tour-april-2nd-statement-on-upcoming-schedule |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 25, 2020 |publisher=LPGA |date=April 2, 2020 |accessdate=April 30, 2020}}
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.
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!Date!!Tournament!!Location!!Winner!!WWGR | |||||
| Mar 6–8 | Florida's Natural Charity Classic | Florida | {{flagicon|USA}} Janie Jackson (1) | align=center|4 | align=center|125,000 |
| Windsor Golf Classic | California | Cancelled | align=center|– | align=center|150,000 | |
| Zimmer Biomet Championship | Alabama | Cancelled | align=center|– | align=center|300,000 | |
| The CDPHP Open | New York | Cancelled | align=center|– | align=center|150,000 | |
| Island Resort Championship | Michigan | Cancelled | align=center|– | align=center|200,000 | |
| Prasco Charity Championship | Ohio | Cancelled | align=center|– | align=center| 175,000 | |
| Donald Ross Classic | Indiana | Cancelled | align=center|– | align=center|225,000 | |
| Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic | New York | Cancelled | align=center|– | align=center|175,000 | |
| July 24–26 | FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship | Michigan | {{flagicon|CHN}} Ruixin Liu (4) | align=center|3 | align=center|175,000 |
| PHC Classic | Wisconsin | Cancelled | align=center|– | align=center|125,000 | |
| Garden City Charity Classic | Kansas | Cancelled | align=center|– | align=center|175,000 | |
| Aug 14–16 | Founders Tribute at Longbow | Arizona | {{flagicon|USA}} Sarah White (1) | align=center|3 | align=center|125,000 |
| Aug 21–23{{efn|Tournament rescheduled from Mar 27–29.}} | IOA Championship | California | {{flagicon|ESP}} Fátima Fernández Cano (1) | align=center|3 | align=center|125,000 |
| Circling Raven Championship | Idaho | Cancelled | align=center|– | align=center|200,000 | |
| Copper Rock Championship | Utah | Cancelled | align=center|– | align=center|200,000 | |
| Sep 4–6{{efn|Tournament rescheduled from Jun 12–14.}} | Four Winds Invitational | Indiana | {{flagicon|USA}} Kim Kaufman (3) | align=center|3 | align=center|150,000 |
| Guardian Championship | Alabama | Cancelled | align=center|– | align=center|175,000 | |
| Sep 25–27 | IOA Golf Classic | Florida | {{flagicon|USA}} Laura Wearn (3) | align=center|3 | align=center|175,000 |
| Oct 1–4{{efn|Tournament rescheduled from May 13–15.}} | Symetra Classic | North Carolina | {{flagicon|TPE}} Peiyun Chien (2) | align=center|3 | align=center|175,000 |
| Oct 15–17 | Mission Inn Resort and Club Championship | Florida | {{flagicon|FIN}} Matilda Castren (1) | align=center|3 | align=center|125,000 |
| IOA Invitational | Georgia | Cancelled | align=center|– | align=center|150,000 | |
| Oct 28–31 | Carolina Golf Classic | North Carolina | {{flagicon|SLO}} Ana Belac (1) | align=center|3 | align=center|200,000 |
| Nov 3–6{{efn|Tournament rescheduled from Oct 1–4.}} | Symetra Tour Championship | North Carolina | {{flagicon|SWE}} Frida Kinhult (1) | align=center|3 | align=center|250,000 |
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Leading money winners
Normally, the top ten money winners at the end of the season would have gained fully exempt cards on the LPGA Tour for the 2021 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2019-meet-the-symetra-tour-graduates |title=Meet the Symetra Tour Graduates |publisher=LPGA |date=October 6, 2019}} However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only the top five will gain cards. Those players will also receive entry in the 2020 U.S. Women's Open.{{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}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Rank !! Player !! Country !! Events !! Prize | ||||
| 1 | align=left|Ana Belac | align=left|{{SLO}} | 9 | 49,081 |
| 2 | align=left|Fátima Fernández Cano | align=left|{{ESP}} | 8 | 48,069 |
| 3 | align=left|Kim Kaufman | align=left|{{USA}} | 10 | 44,459 |
| 4 | align=left|Frida Kinhult | align=left|{{SWE}} | 8 | 42,057 |
| 5 | align=left|Janie Jackson | align=left|{{USA}} | 10 | 41,723 |
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.epsontour.com/}}
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