First Glance at the 2024 Oscar Williams Classic
(Anna, TX) – The ANNIKA Women’s All Pro Tour continues with its fifth tournament of the season in Anna, Texas for the Oscar Williams Classic. The playing field looks to take on another Callaway Race To Stage II week as they compete for the title at Hurricane Creek Country Club. This will be the sixth year Hurricane Creek Country Club has welcomed the ANNIKA WAPT.
DATES: May 7-10, 2024
OFFICIAL NAME: Oscar Williams Classic
HASHTAGS: #ANNIKAWAPT #PathOfThePros
SCHEDULE: Fifth event of the ANNIKA WAPT 2024 season
VENUE: Hurricane Creek Country Club
PAR/YARDS: 72 (36-36), 6,636 yards
PURSE MONEY: Estimated $55,000 (winner claims $10,000)
PAST CHAMPIONS: 2023 Megan Osland, 2022 Mariel Galdiano, 2021 Grace Kim, 2020 Kristen Gillman, 2019 Brittany Yada
CUT: After 36 Holes to top 40% of starting field and ties
EPSON EXEMPTIONS : Winner & runner-up earn exemptions into the Epson Tour's FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship, June 7-9
FIELD OVERVIEW
SIZE: 102 players
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE:
Sunday, May 5th: Pro-Am (1:00 p.m.)
Sunday, May 5th: Welcome Party (6:00-9:00 p.m.)
Monday, May 6th: Pro-Am (1:00 p.m.)
Tuesday, May 7th: Round 1 (7:30 a.m. - 1:20 p.m.)
Wednesday, May 8th: Round 2 (7:30 a.m.-1:20 p.m.)
Thursday, May 9th: Round 3 (7:30 a.m.)
Friday, May 10th: Final Round (7:30 a.m.)
Awards ceremony to follow final round
CALLAWAY RACE TO STAGE II STANDINGS GOING INTO WEEK FIVE
After the first four tournaments of the 2024 ANNIKA Women’s All Pro Tour season, the Callaway Race to Stage II standings include a new number one.
After claiming the title at the Mackie Construction Pro Golf Classic, Nannette Hill (Jupiter, FL) now stands in the first spot with 1,115 points. Hill has finished in the top 10 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. Alison Muirhead (Scotland) moved down to the second place spot, after missing the cut at the Taco Bell Natchez Classic and Hailee Cooper (Montgomery, TX) has moved to the number three spot with her win at the L’Auberge Lake Charles Championship and a T7 at the Taco Bell Natchez Classic.
Here is a look at the top-10 heading into the Oscar Williams Classic:
Nannette Hill (Jupiter, FL) - 1, 115
Alison Muirhead (Scotland) - 753
Hailee Cooper (Montgomery, TX) - 590
Siyan Chen (China) - 474
Anna Nordfors (Sweden) - 434
Josee Doyon (Canada) - 431
Claire Vermette (St. Petersburg, FL) - 409
Victoria Gailey - (Tigard, OR) - 396
Sophie-Zhang Murphy (Saratoga, CA) - 370
Yucen Han - (China) - 342
NOTES ON THE LIST OF COMPETITORS:
This week’s field is made up of 102 players from 21 countries.
The breakdown of the 102 players per country in the field this week: United States (67), Canada (8), China (5), India (2), Mexico (2), Colombia (2), Taiwan (2), Australia (2), Sweden (2), New Zealand (1), Philippines (1), Austria (1), Finland (1), Myanmar (1), Korea (1), Scotland (1), Thailand (1), Singapore (1), Indonesia (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.
