March 2022 Ohio Golf Journal

The Donald Ross Classic on the Symetra Tour will become the French Lick Charity Championship and will be contested for the first time on the Pete Dye Course. The ladies will compete for a piece of the largest purse ever on the “Road to the LPGA.” The winner’s check of $50,000 from the total $335,000 purse will be a huge boost to the goal of making it to the LPGA Tour in 2023. French Lick Resort has made a huge commitment to the EPSON Tour and hopefully other sponsors will follow their lead. “French Lick Resort has enjoyed hosting the EPSON Tour, and we are proud to lead the way in elevating this tournament and Tour in support of these aspiring LPGA Tour players,” said Dave Harner, Director of Golf at French Lick Resort. A new event on the EPSONTour will be played just north of the Ohio border in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Ann Arbor’s Road to the LPGA powered by the A2 Sports Commission will be held at Travis Pointe Country Club, the same club that hosted the LPGA Tour’s Volvik Championship from 2016-18. The 2022 season will conclude with the EPSON Tour Championship, October 6-9 in Daytona Beach, at LPGA International. The top 10 in the season-long ‘Race for the Card’ money list will receive LPGA Tour membership for 2023. The top ten will also earn a $10,000 sponsorship as EPSON Tour Ambassadors, to jumpstart their LPGA careers. The EPSON Tour is benefitting from the growth of women’s golf in the United States. Increased sponsor’s interest and larger purses reflect the quality of golf played by these young women. Parents bring your daughters to an EPSON Tour event this summer and get her interested in the game of a lifetime.

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