MESA, Ariz., February 16, 2015 – The Epson Tour, Road to the LPGA, begins the 2015 season this week with the 3rd annual Gateway Classic at Longbow Golf Club from Friday, Feb. 20 through Sunday, Feb. 22.
The top 120 up-and-coming professional golfers will compete for a $100,000 total tournament purse with the winner earning $15,000 and supplanting their position at the top of the first Volvik Race for the Card money list. The top 10 on the year-end money list will earn LPGA Tour membership for the 2016 season.
There will be a cut to the top 70 and ties following second round play on Saturday, Feb. 21.
This is the first of two events in a row on the west coast. Following the Gateway Classic at Longbow Golf Club, players will head to Beaumont, California for the Volvik Championship at Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon from Feb. 27 through March 1.
In 2014, LPGA Tour member and Arizona resident Alena Sharp posted a three-round score of 12-under 204 to win the event. Jaclyn Sweeney, who finished tenth on the Volvik Race for the Card money list in 2013, won the inaugural event at Longbow Golf Club.
Longbow Golf Club is a par-72 and the course will play 6,450 yards.
The top 120 up-and-coming professional golfers will compete for a $100,000 total tournament purse with the winner earning $15,000 and supplanting their position at the top of the first Volvik Race for the Card money list. The top 10 on the year-end money list will earn LPGA Tour membership for the 2016 season.
There will be a cut to the top 70 and ties following second round play on Saturday, Feb. 21.
This is the first of two events in a row on the west coast. Following the Gateway Classic at Longbow Golf Club, players will head to Beaumont, California for the Volvik Championship at Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon from Feb. 27 through March 1.
In 2014, LPGA Tour member and Arizona resident Alena Sharp posted a three-round score of 12-under 204 to win the event. Jaclyn Sweeney, who finished tenth on the Volvik Race for the Card money list in 2013, won the inaugural event at Longbow Golf Club.
Longbow Golf Club is a par-72 and the course will play 6,450 yards.
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