Epson Classic
Raintree Country Club
Charlotte, N.C.
May 20, 2014
Pre-Tournament News & Notes

FOUR EPSON PLAYERS VISIT THEIR “PIN PALS”: Four Epson players – Mary Narzisi, Laura Kueny, Caroline Powers and Brittany Altomare - took some time out of their schedules on Monday to visit fourth grade classes at a local Charlotte elementary school who they have been corresponding with over the past few months.

“It was amazing being able to pen pal with my fourth grade class for the second year in a row,” Narzisi said. “It’s really fun for us to go In and meet the class we have been corresponding with for the past couple of months and interact with the kids you have been learning about.”

The golfers took time for Q&As with the students and stayed around for pictures and autographs.

“The kids are hilarious and it really is just a great experience being able to give back and have too much fun at the same time,” Narzisi explained.

LAURA WEARN TO THROW OUT FIRST PITCH AT CHARLOTTE KNIGHTS GAME: With the Epson Tour in town for the Epson Classic, Charlotte native Laura Wearn will be throwing out the first pitch at tonight’s Charlotte Knight’s game at 7:05 p.m.

Wearn, a graduate of Charlotte Country Day, has competed in five events on the Symerta Tour in her debut season.

Wearn, whose family owns season tickets to the Knights, will become the latest in a line of Epson players who have thrown out first pitches this season. To date, Epson Tour players have thrown out pitches at three minor league stadiums and one major league ballpark.

BIG BREAK FLORIDA CHAMPION IN FIELD: Epson Tour member Jackie Stoelting, who also has conditional LPGA Tour status, defeated Fiamma Felitch in the finale of Golf Channel’s Big Break Florida on Monday night.

“This is the biggest thing that I’ve ever won in my golf career,” Stoelting said. “It’s still settling in even though it happened seven months ago it’s just starting to feel real now.”

By virtue of winning Big Break Florida, Stoelting will receive a $50,000 cash prize plus an exemption into the 2014 Manulife Financial LPGA Classic, which will be held June 5-8 in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

The Big Break Florida victory comes during Stoelting’s best season on the Epson Tour. She has three top-10 finishes through eight events including a tie for fourth at last week’s Friends of Mission Charity Classic presented by Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort. Stoelting’s best finish this season is a tie for second at the Florida’s Natural Charity Classic.

“It’s been a little crazy. A lot of people have come out to the Epson Tour and followed me and it’s been great,” Stoelting said. “It’s been amazing exposure for my career. It’s been so positive.”

The 27-year-old from Vero Beach, Florida moved to sixth on the Volvik Race for the Card money list after her strong showing in Asheville this past week. She has accumulated $21,780 in on-course earnings. Stoelting is less than $2,000 from matching her earnings from last year when she finished 14th on the money list and less than $6,000 from eclipsing her career high in season earnings.

Stoelting will take over the Epson Tour’s ROAD2LPGA Instagram account on Wednesday, May 21.

KISHI SINHA HAS TIFOSI LOW ROUND: Kishi Sinha shot a 4-under-par 68 on the final day of the Friends of Mission Charity Classic to win the Tifosi Optics Low Round award. She finished in a tie for 11th, her best result of her rookie season on the Epson Tour.

Sinha received a free pair of Tifosi Optics sunglasses for winning the Tifosi Optics Low Round award.

Tifosi Optics is the official sunglasses provider of the Epson Tour.

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