GROUP ONE | RD1: 8:25 AM CT | RD2: 12:55 PM CT

Ana Belac

Belac, currently sits eighth in the Race for the Card standings, enters the week off a runner-up finish at the Tuscaloosa Toyota Classic after holding the 36-hole lead. The Slovenian is making her first appearances at the Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout and is coming off 12 straight made cuts on the Epson Tour, not missing a single cut all season. The 27-year-old has one win on the Epson Tour, taking home the trophy at the 2020 Carolina Golf Classic. Belac also competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics for Slovenia, marking a huge milestone in her professional career. She is one good result away from securing her spot back on the LPGA Tour for the 2025 season.

Kim Kaufman

Kaufman is a three-time winner on the Epson Tour, with her last victory coming at the 2020 Four Winds Invitational. This season, she has been knocking on the door for win No. 4, finishing runner-up twice in 2024. The veteran has spent the majority of her career on the LPGA Tour and is currently in a position to earn her card back for the 2025 season, sitting at No. 12 in the Race for the Card with two events remaining. Kaufman had a T13 finish at Mystic Creek Golf Club in 2023, and with a similar result, it would put her one step closer to the LPGA Tour.

Brooke Matthews

Matthews, the Arkansas native, is on a roll. Her recent form, with no finish outside the top 20 in her last four starts and two top 5 finishes, is nothing short of spectacular. This has propelled her to No. 5 in the Race for the Card rankings, just behind Fatima Fernandez Cano. With the potential to be the next player to clinch her card for the 2025 season, Matthews is on the brink of an exciting milestone, and to achieve it in her home state would be the cherry on top of a thrilling 2024 season.

GROUP TWO | RD1: 12:33 PM CT | RD2: 8:03 AM CT

KumKang Park

Park started off the 2024 season hot, collecting both of her top 10 finishes in 2024 during her first four starts. Since then, the 23-year-old has been struggling to get back into contention but has still managed to make cuts and keep her name in the top 30 in the Race for the Card. Park is a two-time Epson Tour champion, with her most recent win coming at the 2022 Florida’s Natural Charity Classic. Her other win was at Mystic Creek Golf Club when she took home the trophy at the sixth playing of the Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout. If Park were to win again, she would be the first player to win the Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout twice while also moving her into contention to earn her LPGA Tour card.

Jenny Bae

After graduating from the University of Georgia in 2023, Bae stormed onto the professional scene. The now-Epson Tour sophomore won her second and third starts on the Epson Tour, going back-to-back at the Hartford HealthCare Women’s Championship and the Twin Bridges Championship. Bae is still on the hunt for win number three on Tour and is rounding back into form towards the end of her 2024 season. The 23-year-old has two top-10 finishes in her last two starts, moving into the top 35 in the Race for the Card standings.

Riley Smyth

Smyth has had a unique season compared to the majority of her competitors. The Florida native started the season with little status on the Epson Tour, finally making her first start at the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship, the eighth event of the season. She took advantage right away, making the cut and finishing T35, good enough to bump her status up slightly. Her season flipped a few weeks later after a top-10 finish at the Dream First Bank Charity Classic, setting her up to compete in the stretch of events. Smyth again took advantage of her opportunities, collecting three more top-10 results in her next five starts and moving to No. 38 in the points standings. If she keeps her form through the next two events, she could find herself at Final Stage of LPGA Q-Series after not being sure how many events she would get into on Tour this season.

Featured Groups: 2024 Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout

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