GROUP ONE | RD1: 8:03 AM MDT | RD2: 12:53 MDT
Dottie Ardina
Ardina has found plenty of success on the Epson Tour since her rookie year in 2014, amassing 26 top-10 finishes, including two during her 2024 season in just three starts. The 30-year-old also picked up her first victory two years ago at the 2022 Copper Rock Championship, finishing at 5-under for the tournament in difficult, windy conditions. Ardina has also added a top-10 finish on the LPGA Tour to her resume at the 2023 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, finishing T10.
Haylee Harford
Harford has started her 2024 campaign steadily, making every cut this season, but has still yet to find that second gear that helped her take home the 2023 Inspirato Colorado Women’s Open and the $100,000 first-place check that comes along with the win. Out of the six cuts this season, the Ohio native’s best finish is T15 at the IOA Classic presented by LPT Realty. The consistent golf has Harford at No. 46 in the Race for the Card standings but is just one good week away from skyrocketing up the standings and into the top 15. She is a name to watch out for come Saturday afternoon.
Sophie Hausmann
Hausmann returned to the Epson Tour after her season was cut short in 2023 due to a stress fracture in her left foot. Before the injury, the German recorded three top-10 finishes in 16 starts, only missing four cuts in that same span. Hausmann has made it into the winner’s circle on the Epson Tour as well, winning the 2021 IOA Championship presented by Morongo Casino Resort and Spa, the same tournament where she had her best finish of the season in 2024, securing a T3 placing. She is entering the week missing the last two cuts but has made the cut every time she has teed it up at the Copper Rock Championship, with hopes the trend continues this week.
GROUP TWO | RD1: 12:20 PM MDT | RD2: 7:30 AM MDT
Jennifer Chang
Chang made her first start on the Epson Tour at the 2024 Florida’s Natural Charity Classic, despite turning professional in 2020. The 24-year-old has been a regular on the LPGA Tour since her rookie season, collecting two top-10 finishes in that time, one of which was a T10 finish at the 2022 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. In her first five starts on the Epson Tour, Chang has made three cuts and had a season’s best finish of T8 at the Florida’s Natural Charity Classic.
Rachel Rohanna
Rohanna began her professional career on the Epson Tour in 2013 and has compiled an impressive resume over her 11-year career. She has 20 career top-10 finishes on the Official Qualifying Tour of the LPGA, with two victories at the 2015 Guardian Retirement Championship at Sara Bay and the 2017 Epson Tour Championship. The Pennsylvania native also qualified for the 2024 U.S. Women’s Open at Lancaster Country Club in her home state. The Copper Rock Championship is the last start before Rohanna takes on the toughest test in women’s golf, so a strong finish this week will go a long way in building confidence heading into the U.S. Women’s Open.
Cynthia Lu
Like her playing partner Jennifer Chang, Lu had her best finish of the season so far at the Florida’s Natural Charity Classic, finishing T22. The University of Oregon alum missed the next three cuts on tour before finally finding her groove again at the Casino Del Sol Golf Classic, making the cut, and then making the cut again the next week at the Carlisle Arizona Women’s Golf Classic. Lu is in her sophomore season on the Epson Tour and recorded two top-10 finishes in her rookie season, with a career-best T4 finish at the Wildhorse Ladies Golf Classic.
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