With a tie for second at the Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout, Lauren Stephenson has catapulted herself into the top spot in the Epson Tour’s season-long Race for the Card. She moved up one place in the standings with 1633.416 points and is one of five players to have already secured their LPGA Tour cards for the 2025 season.

With a T13 in Arkansas, Four Winds Invitational champion Yahui Zhang dropped a position in the standings, now sitting 109.850 points behind Stephenson. The competition is fierce, with Jessica Porvasnik in third place with 1432.302 points, having earned six top 10s this season.

Fatima Fernandez Cano is currently fourth with 1356.509 points, earning her third Epson Tour victory at the Guardian Championship earlier this month. Rounding out the top five is Brooke Matthews with 1291.895 points, who, with seven top-10 results, has yet to find the winner’s circle this season but became the fifth player to secure their LPGA Tour card after the Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout with one event remaining on the Epson Tour schedule.

Some other significant moves following the Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout are as follows:

Jenny Bae jumped 18 places to seventh in the Race following her win in El Dorado, Ark., and has 1191.847 total points
Hailee Cooper went from 53rd to 34th with 565.520 total points after earning her third top 10 result of the season
Therese Warner jumped 100 spots to 63rd with 257.875 total points after her solid performance at Mystic Creek Golf Club

The Race for the Card is a season-long points competition in which Epson Tour members accumulate points in every official Epson Tour tournament. The ultimate goal is to finish in the top 15 in the point standings to earn LPGA Tour membership for the 2025 season. The point-based system, new on the Epson Tour this season, replaces the money-based system and will award points to those who make the cut weekly.

The 2024 season will also be the first year that Epson Tour athletes will vie for 15 LPGA Tour cards awarded after next week’s season-ending Epson Tour Championship in Indian Wells, Calif.

New No. 1 in the Race for the Card Standings

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