Symetra Tour has been able to provide us with nine tournaments this year. [News!! – we now have another new venue!] This week’s event in South Bend marks the mid-point of the season! We will have three events in Florida and then two events in North Carolina. (It will be great to be closer to home!) Of additional note, three events will be four-day tournaments. And the season is scheduled to end the first week in November.
September 4-6 at Blackthorn Golf Club in South Bend, IN
132 players | 3 days (cut to the top 60 and ties after round 2)
54 holes | Par 72 | 6,475 yds | $150,000 purse
Tee Times
Day One: 8:40 am EDT from Tee Ten Group 12 with Brittany Marchand (Orangeville, Ontario) and Janie Jackson (Huntsville, AL)
Day Two: 1:20 pm EDT from Tee One Group 33 (same pairing)
Day Three: 8:40 am EDT from Tee One Group 11 with Michaela Finn and Ruixin Liu
Leaderboard (active once play begins)
September 25-27 at Alaqua Country Club in Longwood, FL
108 players | 3 days (cut to the top 60 and ties after round 2)
54 holes | Par 71 | 6,117 yds | $175,000 purse
Tee Times
Day One: 1:43 pm (EDT) Group 35 Tee One with Laura Wearn (Charlotte, NC) and Nannette Hill (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
Day Two: 9:13 am (EDT) Group 18 Tee Ten (same pairings)
Day Three: 9:17 am (EDT) Sophia Schubert and Samantha Wagner
Article from Symetra after the second day of competition included a quote:
Allison Emrey (-6, T5) on building on the momentum from the first round:
“I feel like our group the last two days has really just fed off of each other and yesterday I played well just had one bogey, so I just wanted to carry all that into today. It’s easy to do that with the quick turnaround playing late yesterday and early today.”
October 1-4 at LPGA International – Jones Course in Daytona Beach, FL
144 players | 4 shortened to 3 days (cut to the top 60 and ties after round 2)
72 holes | Par 72 | 6,495 yds | $175,000 purse
Tee Times
Day One: 8:33 AM EDT Group 7 Tee 1
with Lee Lopez (Whittier, CA) and Ji Eun Baik (Cumming, GA)
Day Two: 12:52 PM EDT Group 26 Tee 10
October 15-17 at Mission Inn Resort & Club in Howey-In-The-Hills, FL
84 players | 3 days (cut to the top 60 and ties after round 2)
54 holes | Par 73 | 6,117 yds | $ 125,000 purse
A **NEW** Inaugural Event!
Tee Times
Day One: 9:50 AM EDT Group 21 Tee 1 with Kendra Dalton (Poughquag, NY) and Kristin Coleman (Rolling Hills Estates, CA)
Day Two: 8:33 AM EDT Group 8 Tee 10 (same pairing)
October 28-31 at Pinehurst No. 9 in Pinehurst, NC
84 players | 4 days (cut to the top 60 and ties after round 2)
72 holes | Par 72 | 6643 yds | $200,000 purse
An Inaugural Event!
Tee Times
Day One: 9:36 AM EDT Group 14 Tee 10 with Lauren Coughlin (Charlottesville, VA) and Laura Wearn (Charlotte, NC)
Day Two: 10:36 AM EDT Group 27 Tee 1 (same pairing)
Day Three: 9:36 AM EDT Tee 1 with Lauren Coughlin and Samantha Troyanovich
Day Four: 9:58 AM EDT Tee 1 with Taylor Totland and Karen Chung
Pre-tournament article in a Raleigh’s North State Journal
Quote after Round Three:
Allison Emrey (-1, T6) on her eagle on the par-5 8th:
“It was the perfect number, 77 yards and I hit my 56-degree which goes 75 yards and there was a little down slope there, so it was perfect. It hit a little short and I guess went in.”
Article after Final Round:
EMREY CLAIMS CAREER-BEST RESULT NOT FAR FROM HOMETOWN
Six birdies in the final round of the Carolina Golf Classic presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina helped North Carolina native Allison Emrey (Charlotte, North Carolina) to a Symetra Tour career-best finish of runner-up. Her 2-under par 70 today capped a 3-under overall week at Pinehurst No. 9.
“This course is pretty tough, so I was just trying to hit fairways and greens,” said Emrey, who hit 50 of 56 fairways during the tournament. “Ana was playing great, so I felt like she ran away with it and I was just trying to give myself a chance for second. It feels great. I have been working hard and not quite seen the results yet, so it’s nice to put together a good tournament.”
Emrey now has three top-10 finishes this season on the “Road to the LPGA.” The Wake Forest University alumna moves up to No. 13 on the 2020 Money List.
November 3-6 at River Run Country Club in Davidson, NC
144 players | 4 days (cut to the top 60 and ties after round 2)
72 holes | Par 71 | 6,117 yds | $250,000 purse
Tee Times
Day One: 8:44 AM EST Group 10 Tee 10 with Sierra Sims (Tampa, FL) and Hira Naveed (Perth, Australia)
Day Two: 10:53 AM EST Group 23 Tee 1 (same pairing)
Day Three: 9:25 AM EST Tee 1 with Sophia Schubert and Sophie Hausmann
Day Four: 8:44 AM EST Tee One with Amanda Sambach and Maude-Aimee Lablanc
Before the tournament started, Symetra sat down with my good friend, Laura and me and taped a session of “Me vs Her”.
Quote from Symetra article:
“Coming off my career-best finish on the Symetra Tour, I look forward to picking up right where I left off this week at River Run Country Club for the Symetra Tour Championship,” said Emrey, a 2015 All-ACC selection. “I’m proud to represent my alma mater in the same state I competed collegiately and it will be exciting to rep the Black and Old Gold in the last event of the 2020 season.”