2012 Symetra Tour

The 2012 Symetra Tour (formerly the Futures Tour) was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through September 2012 in the United States. It is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in the United States and the "official developmental tour" of the LPGA Tour. In 2012, its total prize money was $1,755,000.

Leading money winners

The top ten money winners at the end of the season gained fully exempt cards on the LPGA Tour for the 2013 season.^[1] In previous years, only the top five players received fully exempt cards while the next five receiving partial status.

Rank	Player	Country	Events	Prize money ($)
1	Esther Choe	United States	6	55,690
2	Paola Moreno	Colombia	12	50,908
3	Victoria Elizabeth	United States	16	46,565
4	Thidapa Suwannapura	Thailand	13	42,884
5	Daniela Iacobelli	United States	16	41,049
6	Mi Hyang Lee	South Korea	14	40,882
7	Jenny Gleason	United States	11	38,741
8	Julia Boland	Australia	16	38,447
9	Nicole Smith	United States	16	38,004
10	Sara-Maude Juneau	Canada	15	37,632

Source^[2]

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.

Dates	Tournament	Location	Winner
March 23–25	Florida's Natural Charity Classic	Florida	Megan McChrystal (1)
April 20–22	Sara Bay Classic	Florida	Esther Choe (1)
April 27–20	Riviera Nayarit Classic	Mexico	Esther Choe (2)
June 1–3	My Marsh Golf Classic	Indiana	Sara Brown (1)
June 8–10	Ladies Titan Tire Challenge	Iowa	Lauren Doughtie (1)
June 15–17	Tate & Lyle Players Championship	Illinois	Kristie Smith (2)
June 29 – July 1	Island Resort Championship	Michigan	Leah Wigger (2)
July 20–22	Northeast Delta Dental International	New Hampshire	Jenny Gleason (3)
July 27–29	Credit Union Classic	New York	Victoria Elizabeth (1)
August 3–5	The Credit Union Challenge	New York	Jaclyn Sweeney (1)
August 10–12	Four Winds Invitational	Indiana	Julia Boland (1)
August 17–19	Eagle Classic	Virginia	Paola Moreno (2)
August 24–26	Challenge at Musket Ridge	Maryland	Misun Cho (3)
September 14–16	Symetra Classic	North Carolina	Mi Hyang Lee (1)
September 21–23	Vidalia Championship	Georgia	Thidapa Suwannapura (1)
September 28–30	Daytona Beach Invitational	Florida	Daniela Iacobelli (1)

Source^[3]

Awards

Player of the Year, player who leads the money list at the end of the season
- Esther Choe
Gaëlle Truet Rookie of the Year Award, first year player with the highest finish on the official money list
- Mi Hyang Lee
Heather Wilbur Spirit Award, a player who "best exemplifies dedication, courage, perseverance, love of the game and spirit toward achieving goals as a professional golfer."
- Nicole Jeray

References

^ "Ten Symetra Tour Players Graduate to 2013 LPGA Tour". Symetra Tour. September 30, 2012. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
^ "Symetra Tour official money". Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
^ "Symetra Tour – 2012 Tournament Winners". Archived from the original on February 25, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2013.

External links

Official website

[1] "Ten Symetra Tour Players Graduate to 2013 LPGA Tour". Symetra Tour. September 30, 2012. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2013.

[2] "Symetra Tour official money". Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2013.

[3] "Symetra Tour – 2012 Tournament Winners". Archived from the original on February 25, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2013.

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