First Glance: 2024 FCA Women’s Championship
(Broken Arrow, OK) – The ANNIKA Women’s All Pro Tour continues with its sixth tournament of the season in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma for the FCA Women’s Championship. The playing field looks to take on another Callaway Race To Stage II week as they compete for the title at The Club at Indian Springs. This will be the fourth year The Club at Indian Springs has welcomed the ANNIKA WAPT.
DATES: May 14 -17, 2024
OFFICIAL NAME: FCA Women’s Championship
HASHTAGS: #ANNIKAWAPT #PathOfThePros
SCHEDULE: Sixth event of the ANNIKA WAPT 2024 season
VENUE: The Club at Indian Springs- River
PAR/YARDS: 72 (36-36), 6,353 yards
PURSE MONEY: Estimated $55,000 (winner claims $10,000)
PAST CHAMPIONS: 2023 Mikayla Fitzpatrick (-6), 2022 Amanda Tan (-1), 2019 Binny Lee (-3)
CUT: After 36 Holes to top 40% of starting field and ties
EPSON EXEMPTIONS : Winner & runner-up earn exemptions into the Epson Tour's Garden City Charity Classic at Buffalo Dunes, June 28-30
FIELD OVERVIEW
SIZE: 82 players
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE:
Monday, May 13th: Pro-Am (8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.)
Tuesday, May 14th: Round 1 (7:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.)
Wednesday, May 15th: Round 2 (7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.)
Thursday, May 16th: Round 3 (7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.)
Friday, May 17th: Final Round (7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.)
Awards ceremony to follow final round
CALLAWAY RACE TO STAGE II STANDINGS GOING INTO WEEK FIVE
After the first five tournaments of the 2024 ANNIKA Women’s All Pro Tour season, the Callaway Race to Stage II standings include a familiar number one.
After claiming the title at the Mackie Construction Pro Golf Classic and placing T15 at the OScar Williams Classic, Nannette Hill (Jupiter, FL) remains in the first spot with 1,163 points. Hill has finished in the top 15 for all tournaments thus far, including T3 for the L’Auberge Lake Charles Championship and a second place finish at the US Restoration Northshore Championship. After her second win of the 2024 season at the Oscar Williams Classic, Hailee Cooper (Montgomery, TX) has moved up to the number two spot with 1,090 points and Alison Muirhead (Scotland) has moved down to the number three spot with 821 points.
Here is a look at the top-10 heading into the Oscar Williams Classic:
Nannette Hill (Jupiter, FL) - 1,163
Hailee Cooper (Montgomery, TX) - 1,090
Alison Muirhead (Scotland) - 821
Siyan Chen (China) - 479
Anna Nordfors (Sweden) - 467
Victoria Gailey (Tigard, OR) - 444
Claire Vermette (St. Petersburg, FL) - 437
Josee Doyon - (Canada) - 436
Elizabeth Wang (San Marino, CA) - 395
Angelina Ye - (China) - 386
NOTES ON THE LIST OF COMPETITORS:
This week’s field is made up of 82 players from 21 countries.
The breakdown of the 102 players per country in the field this week: United States (48), New Zealand (1), India (2), Philippines (2), China (4), Mexico (3), Canada (7), Australia (2), Sweden (2), Colombia (1), Austria (1), Sweden (1), Korea (1), Finland (1), Myanmar (1), Korea (1), Scotland (1), Singapore (1).
Action gets underway at 7:30 A.M. CT all four days of play. A cut will be made after 36-holes to the top 40% of the starting field, including ties. Amateurs are included in the cut number. The field will be repaired before the final two rounds based on score and players will go off in reverse horseshoe with leaders teeing off last. A trophy presentation by the clubhouse will follow the final round of play. Attendance is free to the public.
