Talk about a belated Christmas gift.
Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, Arizona, is putting up $10,000 in a winner-take-all, 18-hole, four-player stroke play exhibition on Sunday.
The four golfers are the top four money winners in 2020 from the Cactus Tour, an Arizona-based mini-tour for up-and-coming women’s professionals.
Brittany Yada won the Cactus Tour money title in 2020. She will face off against Haley Moore, Mina Harigae and Savannah Vilaubi. They will play as a foursome.
Fans are invited to attend. There will be no admission charge and everyone will be required to wear masks and observe social distancing.
The Cactus Tour held 38 events in four states this past summer, giving women pros multiple playing opportunities during the pandemic shutdown for the LPGA and Symetra Tours.
“We are excited to team up with the Cactus Tour for a fourth time in 2020, and welcome four of the top women professional golfers in the region for a season-ending exhibition,” said Bob McNichols, Longbow Golf Club General Manager, said in a statement. “The Cactus Tour made national news for offering professional golfers an opportunity to safely compete during the early days of the pandemic. This is a great opportunity to celebrate what was surely the most successful season in The Cactus Tour history.”
Longbow hosted the Symetra Tour’s Founders Tribute in August. Sarah White birdied the 18th hole to edge Casey Danielson and Sophia Popov by a shot. Popov went on to win the AIG Women’s British Open six days later.
“The Cactus Tour is really looking forward to this day of fun-filled championship golf at one of Arizona’s best courses for competitive golf,” said Mike Brown, Cactus Tour Director. “The Cactus Tour has awarded over $2.5 million to professional women playing in regional competition over the past nine years alone.”
The $10,000 prize would be a big boost for the winner. Yada won five times on the Cactus Tour to earn $25,400. Moore was the 2019 Cactus Tour money winner and finished second in 2020 after making $20,774. Harigae won four times to pocket $12,250, while Vilaubi made $10,900 in prize money.
Harigae holds the Cactus Tour 54-hole record score of -24 after shooting shot 62-63-64 at Longbow Golf Club earlier this year.
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