Jenny Bae, after a lead, won with 209 (66 70 73, -7) shots the Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout on the Mystic Creek Golf Club course (par 72), in Ed Dorado in Arizona, where Angelica Moresco, the only Italian in the competition, ranked 42nd with 221 (74 74 73, +5).
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Jenny Bae, results
The winner, at her third success on the Epson Tour, lost brilliance in the final round, ending with a score of one shot over par (73, +1, two birdies, three bogeys), but managed to maintain a one-shot advantage over Therese Warner, Hailee Cooper and Lauren Stephenson, second with 210 (-6).
The latter, with this result, has overtaken China's Yahui Zhang at the top of the Race for the Card (order of merit) which at the end of the next race (Epson Tour Championship at Indian Well October 3-6) will award the top 15 in the rankings a 'card' for the LPGA Tour 2025.
A painless overtaking because both already have the coveted document in their pockets. In fifth place with 212 (-4) Madison Young and Canadian Maddie Szeryk and in eighth with 213 (-3) Lindsey McCurdy, Kendra Dalton and South African Kaleigh Telfer.
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Jenny Bae, 23, from Suwanee (Georgia), arrived on the circuit in 2023, the year in which she was runner up at the Augusta National Women's Amateur. Turning pro shortly thereafter, she sealed her first two consecutive titles in August (Hartford HealthCare Womens Championship and Twin Bridges Championship) and her third moved her to seventh in the Race For The Card, securing her spot on the major tour.
The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1978. It is based at Buckinghamshire Golf Club near London in England. Like many UK-based sports organisations it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal structure which enables it to focus on maximising returns to its members through prize money, rather than on making profits for investors.
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The tour is run by a board of directors and a Players' Council. Most of the players on the tour are European, with members from more than 40 countries internationally. The tour operates tournaments across five continents
