The 2025 Guardian Championship marks the first event in the final stretch of tournaments before the Epson Tour’s highly anticipated Tour Championship. For the eighth year, players will tee it up on RTJ Golf Trail at Capitol Hill’s Senator Course in Prattville, Ala., with the margins in the Race for the Card closer than ever.

The top-15 is as tight as it's ever been, with very few players shifting up or down in the standings as the Epson Tour enters a pivotal end to the season:

Yana Wilson – 1,945.077 pts
Melanie Green – 1,890.254 pts
Gina Kim – 1,823.100 pts
Erika Hara – 1,822.318 pts
Briana Chacon – 1,661.583 pts
Riley Smyth – 1,573.175 pts
Laetitia Beck – 1,428.917 pts
Minji Kang – 1,400.643 pts
Sophia Schubert – 1,356.897 pts
Hailee Cooper – 1,285.212 pts
Michelle Zhang – 939.333 pts
Carla Tejedo Mulet – 853.962 pts
Samantha Wagner – 847.125 pts
Laney Frye – 838.876 pts
Amari Avery – 766.071 pts

Daniela Iacobelli had the biggest move of the week, jumping 49 spots to No. 33 in the Race for the Card rankings after capturing a T2 finish at the Dream First Bank Charity Classic. Iacobelli shot 9-under for the tournament and almost forced a playoff for the second year in a row in Garden City, Kansas. The Epson Tour veteran has struggled this season, only making seven cuts in 12 starts, and is looking forward to continuing her momentum at the Guardian Championship after two weeks off.

Brooke Rivers also moved up five places after carding a second-round 65 at the Dream First Bank Charity Classic. The Epson Tour rookie now has four top-10 finishes in her young professional career, and finds herself sitting at No. 26 in the Race for the Card. Another strong finish this week can give her a good chance to potentially climb the ranks and earn her LPGA Tour card for the 2026 season.

Yana Wilson claimed her position at the top of the podium of the Race for the Card leaderboard following an impressive win in Garden City, Kansas. This is the rookie’s first time at the top of the standings this season after she claimed her ninth professional top-10 and second Epson Tour win to officially clinch her LPGA Tour card for the 2026 season. Wilson had a difficult start to her final round, making a triple bogey on the par-5 fourth hole, but saw the hard work in her mental game pay off the rest of the day. The Nevada native made eight birdies in her final 14 holes to secure her second win by two shots, looking to continue her momentum as she heads to Prattville, Ala., for one of the last few events of the season.

Another standout performer heading into the Guardian Championship is rookie Megan Schofill, climbing two spots to No. 17 in the Race for the Card after the Dream First Bank Charity Classic. The Auburn University graduate is looking forward to her first professional event back in her alma mater state and is seeking a top finish to jump the final two spots she needs to reach the coveted top-15 in the Race for the Card standings. Schofill is entering this week looking for her third consecutive cut in a row as she prepares to compete in Prattville, Alabama.

Yana Wilson Climbs to No. 1 in Race for the Card Standings

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