The 2018 Symetra Tour was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from March through October 2018 in the United States. The Symetra Tour is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in the United States and is the "official developmental tour" of the LPGA Tour. It was previously known as the Futures Tour.
Schedule and results
[edit]The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of official money, individual event wins on the Symetra Tour including that event.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | WWGR
points | Purse ($) |
| Mar 18 | Florida's Natural Charity Classic | Florida |  Lauren Kim (1) | 3 | 125,000 |
| Apr 8 | IOA Championship | California |  Stephanie Meadow (1) | 4 | 100,000 |
| May 6 | IOA Invitational | Georgia | Elizabeth Szokol (1) | 4 | 100,000 |
| May 13 | Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Women's Health Classic | South Carolina | Vicky Hurst (8) | 4 | 200,000 |
| May 19 | Symetra Classic | North Carolina |  Jenny Haglund (1) | 4 | 175,000 |
| May 26 | Valley Forge Invitational | Pennsylvania | Louise Ridderström (1) | 3 | 100,000 |
| Jun 10 | Four Winds Invitational | Indiana | Maia Schechter (1) | 3 | 150,000 |
| Jun 17 | Forsyth Classic | Illinois |  Isi Gabsa (1) | 3 | 130,000 |
| Jun 24 | Island Resort Championship | Michigan |  Ruixin Liu (1) | 4 | 150,000 |
| Jul 1 | Prasco Charity Championship | Ohio | Muni He (1) | 3 | 100,000 |
| Jul 14 | Donald Ross Classic | Indiana | Stephanie Kono (1) | 6 | 200,000 |
| Jul 22 | Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic | New York |  Seong Eun-jeong (1) | 4 | 150,000 |
| Jul 29 | Fuccillo Kia Classic of NY | New York | Kendall Dye (3) | 3 | 125,000 |
| Aug 12 | PHC Classic | Wisconsin | Lauren Coughlin (1) | 4 | 100,000 |
| Aug 19 | FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship | Michigan |  Marta Sanz Barrio (1) | 4 | 100,000 |
| Sep 2 | Sioux Falls GreatLIFE Challenge | South Dakota | Linnea Ström (1) | 4 | 210,000 |
| Sep 9 | Garden City Charity Classic | Kansas | Allyssa Ferrell (1) | 4 | 150,000 |
| Sep 16 | Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout | Arkansas | Kim Hye-min (2) | 4 | 150,000 |
| Sep 23 | Guardian Championship | Alabama | Kendall Dye (4) | 4 | 100,000 |
| Sep 30 | IOA Golf Classic | Florida | Ruixin Liu (2) | 4 | 150,000 |
| Oct 7 | Symetra Tour Championship | Florida | Ruixin Liu (3) | 4 | 225,000 |
Source[1]
Leading money winners
[edit]The top ten money winners at the end of the season gained fully exempt cards on the LPGA Tour for the 2019 season:[2]
| Rank | Player | Country | Events | Prize
money ($) |
| 1 | Ruixin Liu | China | 21 | 124,839 |
| 2 | Dottie Ardina |  Philippines | 17 | 97,822 |
| 3 | Pavarisa Yoktuan |  Thailand | 18 | 80,313 |
| 4 | Elizabeth Szokol |  United States | 20 | 76,612 |
| 5 | Linnea Ström | Sweden | 20 | 70,685 |
| 6 | Stephanie Meadow |  England | 21 | 70,617 |
| 7 | Kendall Dye | United States | 13 | 63,579 |
| 8 | Charlotte Thomas | England | 21 | 60,952 |
| 9 | Isi Gabsa | Germany | 19 | 60,386 |
| 10 | Dana Finkelstein | United States | 18 | 60,168 |
China
Philippines
Thailand
United States
Sweden
England
Germany