Official unsubscribe. If golf daily emails like
@the_fried_egg
can’t cover the Epson Tour this week with 10 LPGA cards on the line and 2 63’s fired in the first round, it’s not worth the daily aggravation.
While my LPGA colleagues are at the Solheim Cup in Spain, I'm spending a quiet Friday night doing laundry and sipping a bourbon in my room at the Country Inn and Suites in El Dorado, AR. As much fun as Spain sounds, there's no place I'd rather be.
#Road2LPGA
#MurphyUSAShootout
Hardest part of running a professional golf tour?
Putting together a schedule that is better than the previous year's version. Bigger purses, better geographic flow for staff and athletes, better venues.
Second hardest - the constant travel issues and missing home (as I'm
Saturday afternoon 4pm. I assume this crew has friends who are sitting in a sports bar sipping beers and watching their favorite team. But here they are, grinding over content ideas and delivering great stuff this week at the Epson Tour Championship. The best of
@epsontour
and
2023
@EpsonTour
Season is a wrap. Really looking forward to '24 and continuing to grow this Tour for an amazing group of Athletes. I think I'll watch this video every day to fire me up and remind what this is all about. Volume Up and enjoy!
Each week
@the_fried_egg
publishes winners on the major tours in their Monday newsletter (which is good btw). What do you all think about them including Epson Tour as well? Seems responsible to cover the PGA Tour and LPGA's qualifying tours equally, right?
#Road2LPGA
Current Epson Tour money list leader
@GabiRuffels
launching up the leaderboard at KPMG. -4 on the day and T7. Should be no shock to anyone tracking her play this year! Maybe the
#road2lpga
ends early for Gabi?
@the_fried_egg
Quick follow-up:
@the_fried_egg
sent a nice note to explain the oversight. I appreciate the outreach and hope they will consistently cover the Epson Tour moving forward.
I also recognize that WE have a lot of work to do as it relates to telling the amazing stories of our
Best part? Seeing athletes achieve their dreams and qualify for the LPGA Tour while seeing your team complete an event that deals with weather challenges, impending darkness, avoiding a Monday finish and allowing "the Truck" to get to the next destination on time. Yesterday I
@hannahbggg
Tell Mr. Bastian that all is forgiven if they put their logo on your sleeve for the next 3 years, offer a companion pass for Fred, and agree to sponsor an
@EpsonTour
event with a $400k purse in ATL. Or just ask him to take you to ANGC for a friendly match.
Say what you want about the US Open setup, conditions, not hard enough, Un-US Open-like, etc. All I know is if someone invites me to play LACC it’s a hard yes.
Rose Zhang wins the ANWA in a Playoff, then goes on to win the Mizuho. The player she beat, Jenny Bae, just won in a 7-hole playoff in only her 2nd event on the
#EpsonTour
. This class of Rookies can flat play.
#Road2LPGA
Scrolling down the leaderboard for Dow event and see
@CKnightGolf33
/
@enszokol
shoot 62 in best ball today. Then I see a bunch of higher scores and realize that was 62 in alternate shot, not best ball. That's going seriously low.
@DowGLBI
Great read on
@epsontour
athlete Gigi Stoll. “As someone who is very confident in who I am, what I believe in and who I love, I just want to be an advocate for everybody who feels like they have a story and wants to share their truth.”
Thank you Gigi!
A great opportunity to see our athletes in action. What I'm most excited about is getting current and former Epson Athletes in the booth to call the action. No overly polished commentary, just fun, authentic insights.
#Road2LPGA
This week at the
@fourwindsinvite
,
@GabiRuffels
dominated the par 3's, playing them (-3) for the week.
Average for the par 3's for the week was +2.478, basically earning 5 1/2 shots on the field for the three rounds.
Additionally, she only made 1 bogey in three rounds on a
Great stories on the LPGA today, starting with Alena Sharp's win at "Champions Fore Change Invitational" today in NC. I can't believe I'm boarding a flight right now and will miss the last 9 holes of the Mizuho Americas Open and a potential first event win for Rose Zhang!
Even though we don't have Monday Q's, you should do this. We'll get Ryan to an Epson Tour event this year and create something worth putting behind a paywall. 😎
I hate asking this shit. Hate it. But also its important for me to be able to keep this going.
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@shanebacon
If playing on Memorial Day is all that is required to get our friends in golf media to mention the Epson Tour in the same breath as the other 5 golf tours you mention, then consider it done.
@99kate_smith
@EpsonTour
I was really pulling for you this week Kate, sorry it didn’t go your way. We have a bunch of amazing athletes on the Epson tour, but none that exhibit grace, humility, and quiet (but confident) strength any more than you. Thanks for sharing your experience publicly and while I
Epson Tour Athlete
@brynncwalker
recently wrote for GGP Women: "Many golfers owe a debt of gratitude to their parents. The sacrifices, hard work and love they put into supporting our dreams are invaluable. I didn’t fully understand this until this point in my career."
So true.
Countries currently represented on the
#EpsonTour
leaderboard top 10: Australia, Mexico, France, South Korea, Slovenia, Canada, Malaysia, United States, Spain, and Isreal.
#Road2LPGA
Congrats to
@EpsonTour
Grad Grace Kim for her Birdie - Birdie finish, then making birdie in the playoff for her first LPGA victory! And great top 10's by Linnea Strom, and current Epson Tour player Siyun Liu! Epson Tour athletes all over the leaderboard this week!
Conflicted NFL fan today. Grew up loving the
@49ers
, but have lived in Jax for 10+ years and really like the team that the
@Jaguars
have built. Is it acceptable to root for both and only pick one if they both make the Super Bowl?
Just turned 50 and recently played in usga fourball qualifier alongside some fine mid-ams in their 20s & 30s. Really makes me curious as to why
@USGA
“senior” golf begins at 55. True there are some that still can compete, but 45 - 54 is no mans land for Amateur golf.
@EpsonTour
@GabiRuffels
Ive heard a lot of chatter this week about who didn’t get an exemption into the (men’s) US Open. I’d love to see more talking about Gabi’s 62-64 start on a golf course that is far from easy. Great stuff.
Big congrats to
@hayleeharford
for her victory this week at the Inspirato Colorado Open! $100k!!! Great to see so many Epson Tour athletes making productive use of the off week!
Fielding a lot of questions re: PGA Tour announcement. My only take-There's now a powerful vehicle (newco) geared to invest in golf. If you create content, make gear that serves golfers, or have an idea that intersects pro golf and fans, time to sharpen that pitch deck.
Someone needs to explain to this averagely intelligent golf industry guy (me) how liv has impacted the field size at Augusta. If a liv player falls out of top 50, aren’t they replaced by someone else? 🤷♂️
@99kate_smith
Thanks Kate, credit goes to the entire Epson Tour family. But know this, we’re just getting started! The future is bright with athletes like you!
#road2lpga
@iamjakeschmidt
We were members for a few years. Their wine became undrinkable. Also, the effort to add wholesale was ill advised. D2C needs large margin to be able to feed the marketing machine and outrace member attrition/churn.