Gabi Ruffels wins second event of Epson Tour season
Gabi Ruffels – file photo Montana Pritchard PGA of America
US based Victorian, Gabriela Ruffels, has won her second Epson Tour victory of the 2023 season and leads the Race for the Card in which the leading ten players at season’s end will secure LPGA playing rights next season.
Ruffels win in the Garden City Charity Classic in Garden City, Kansas, was set up with an opening round of 62 on Friday followed by a round of 64 on Saturday to open up an eight shot 36 hole lead in the 54 hole event and while the joint runner-up Isabella Fierro produced a nine shot swing with a last round of 62 herself, Ruffels had done enough to win by four.
23 year old Ruffels, a winner and runner-up in the US Amateur Championship during her collegiate career at UCLA, has played well in several majors but has been unable to get her LPGA Tour card to date.
Ruffels finished 15th on the Epson Tour money list last year but appears well and truly assured of advancing to the higher level next year.
Queensland’s Robyn Choi was 21st, Cassie Porter 29th and New Zealand’s Amelia Garvey 35th.
