Guardian Championship

Senator Course at Capitol Hill on RTJ Golf Trail | Prattville, Ala. | September 20-22

In the Winner’s Circle with Laura Restrepo

September 22, 2019

Hometown/Resides: Panama City, Panama

Birthdate: February 10, 1994; currently 25 years, 7 months and 12 days

Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished T106 at First Stage of the 2016 LPGA Qualifying Tournament to earn Symetra Tour membership for the 2017 season

Turned Professional/Rookie Year: July 2016

            

VICTORIES

Symetra Tour: First career victory 

LPGA Tour: N/A

PREVIOUS WIN: 2016 Battle of the Bluegrass State during senior season at University of Louisville

VOLVIK RACE FOR THE CARD

With her win, Restrepo jumps to No. 35 in the Volvik Race for the Card with $34,868 in total season earnings.

MONEY

With her win, Restrepo collects a winner’s check of $26,250; she has earned $34,868 this season and $43,883 for her Symetra Tour career (2019 is her third season on the “Road to the LPGA”)

PREVIOUS SYMETRA TOUR AND LPGA TOUR FINISHES

Symetra Tour: T16 at 2018 Symetra Classic and 2019 Forsyth Classic presented by Decatur Park District

LPGA Tour: N/A

2019 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE SYMETRA TOUR

Seventeen events played and seven cuts made; $34,868 with one victory

OF NOTE 

• Restrepo, 25, is a native of Panama City, Panama
• Inducted into the Panama Golf Hall of Fame in 2012
• Three-time All-Conference selection for the University of Louisville
• Four-time collegiate tournament winner including 2013 IU Fall Kickoff, 2013 Cardinal Cup, 2014 Cardinal Kickoff, and 2016 Battle of the Bluegrass State
• Finished T106 at First Stage of the 2016 LPGA Qualifying Tournament to earn Symetra Tour membership for the 2017 season
• Represented her native country at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru
• Stepped into winner’s circle for first time as a professional at 2019 Guardian Championship
• Total of 41 career starts on the Symetra Tour since rookie year 2017 with three top-20 finishes

ABOUT SYMETRA TOUR

The Symetra Tour is the official qualifying tour of the LPGA Tour and enters its 39th competitive season in 2019. With the support of its entitlement partner Symetra, the Tour’s mission is to prepare the world’s best young women professional golfers for a successful career on the LPGA Tour. Since Symetra’s inaugural sponsorship year in 2012, the Symetra Tour has grown from 16 tournaments and $1.7 million in prize money to $4.0 million in prize money awarded over the course of 23 events. With more than 600 alumnae moving on to the LPGA, former Symetra Tour players have won a total of 437 LPGA titles. Follow the Symetra Tour on the web at www.SymetraTour.com, Facebook.com/Road2LPGA, Twitter.com/Road2LPGA, and YouTube.com/Road2LPGA.

ABOUT SYMETRA 

Symetra Life Insurance Company is a subsidiary of Symetra Financial Corporation, a diversified financial services company based in Bellevue, Washington. In business since 1957, Symetra provides employee benefits, annuities and life insurance through a national network of benefit consultants, financial institutions and independent agents and advisors. Symetra began its partnership with the Road to the LPGA in 2010 as the title sponsor of the Symetra Classic. It secured naming rights for the Symetra Tour in November 2011. In addition to its title sponsorship of the Tour, which runs through 2021, Symetra sponsors two events on the tournament schedule—the Symetra Classic and the season-ending Symetra Tour Championship. For more information about Symetra, visit www.symetra.com.