Ruffels consolidates top spot on Epson Tour
Gabi Ruffels – file photo courtesy of PGA of America
The 2023 LPGA Tour has seen the emergence of two of Australia’s most promising young players in Grace Kim and Stephanie Kyriacou and in 2024 another will join the ranks when Victorian Gabi Ruffels takes up full membership.
Ruffels was already assured of graduating via the LPGA Tour’s feeder tour, the Epson Tour, even before this week’s event in Indiana but her third win of the season would appear to have locked in the top spot on the Epson Tour money list, and with the top ten moving on the LPGA Tour next season Ruffels is about to graduate to the next level.
Another seven tournaments remain on the Epson Tour schedule but Ruffels would appear to have a lock on the top spot and even if she was unable to retain that position she is guaranteed of graduating to the level her significant game has always promised.
Already the owner of four top twenty finishes in major events in women’s golf when she has had the opportunity, the former US Amateur Champion and runner-up has proven she has the game to handle the next level when she gets there.
Queensland’s Robyn Choi has produced four top tens in her last six starts (including an 8th place this week) to move to 16th position on the money list and opened up the door for herself to graduate at season’s end.
