MISSION

The Epson Tour is the official qualifying tour of the LPGA Tour and enters its 45th competitive season in 2025. With the support of its umbrella partner Seiko Epson Corporation, the Tour’s mission is to prepare the world’s best young women professional golfers for a successful career on the LPGA Tour. Since Epson’s inaugural sponsorship year in 2022, the Epson Tour has grown from 16 tournaments and $1.7 million in prize money to over $5 million in prize money awarded over the course of 20 tournaments.

LPGA ALIGNMENT

The Epson Tour has been known as the “Road to the LPGA” since 1999, when it was originally given the designation as the LPGA’s official development tour. The LPGA acquired the Epson Tour in 2007, at which point it became the official qualifying tour of the LPGA. A total of 207 athletes have graduated from the Epson Tour to the LPGA since 1999.

More than 600 Epson Tour alumnae have earned LPGA membership
Through 2024, Epson Tour alumnae own a total of 496 LPGA victories (2019 – 8, 2020 – 4, 2021 – 9, 2022 – 11, 2023 – 16, 2024 – 18).
Out of the 15 players to receive their LPGA tour card in 2024, nine different countries were represented
Since 2021, seven majors have been won by former Epson Tour Players
Tour graduate Nelly Korda (2016) won the 2020 Olympic gold medal in Tokyo and has won 15 LPGA Tour events since her rookie season in 2017, including two major championships
Tour graduate Inbee Park (2006) won the 2016 Olympic gold medal in the return of golf to the Olympics in Rio
Tour graduate Lilia Vu (2021) has five LPGA Tour victories, including two majors during her 2023 season where she also won Player of the Year honors
Tour alum Karrie Webb is a member of the LPGA and World Golf Halls of Fame and was a two-time LPGA Tour winner in 2011, at the HSBC Women’s Champions and the inaugural LPGA Founders Cup
Stacy Lewis, an Epson Tour alum, followed up her first career major win at the 2011 Kraft Nabisco Championship and U.S. Solheim Cup Team selection with 4 wins and 16 top-10 finishes in 2012 en route to earning Player of the Year

TOUR FACTS

The Epson Tour is the most established women’s developmental tour in the world, entering the 45th year of structured competition in 2025.

In January 2022, the Tour signed a multi-year agreement with national title sponsor Epson and will operate as the Epson Tour.
The Tour’s 2024 schedule included 19 tournaments with over $5 million in purses
The richest individual tournament purse of $400,000 was handed out in Scottsdale, Arizona in 2024 at the Carlisle Arizona Women’s Golf Classic

MEET THE COMMISSIONER

Mollie Marcoux Samaan is the ninth commissioner of the LPGA. Marcoux Samaan assumed the leadership role at the LPGA on May 25th, 2021. As a values-centered leader, she’s known for her skills in collaboration, managing through complexity and building a winning team culture. In every role, she’s had an outstanding record of performance in navigating change, forging lasting partnerships, and seeing – and seizing – new opportunities.

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MEET THE CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER

Jody Brothers was named Chief Business and Operating Officer of the Epson Tour, effective January 9, 2023. Brothers oversees the development of the Epson Tour's strategic plan, budget, sales, marketing, owned events, corporate sponsorships and tournament partner relationships, while also identifying new tournament opportunities.

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