Circling Raven Championship • Epson ‘Road to the LPGA’ Tour Player Spotlight • Savannah Vilaubi

Circling Raven Golf Club in Worley will host the third Circling Raven Championship in August.

The Epson “Road to the LPGA” Tour event is scheduled to be held annually at Circling Raven through 2023. This year, it will take place the week of Aug. 21-27, and the field of 132 competitors from around the globe will compete for $225,000 in prize money during the tournament, Aug. 25-27.

Tickets are available at cdacasino.com.

Top performers during the Epson Tour (formerly Symetra Tour) season earn their LPGA Tour memberships at season’s end — 23 players who competed in the 2022 Circling Raven Championship earned their ticket to the LPGA this year. The tournament showcases many of the world’s finest golfers striving to reach that pinnacle of women’s professional golf.

The Press will feature one of these players each week leading up to the tournament.

This week’s player is Savannah Vilaubi.

• Vilaubi is a native of Downey, Calif.

• Played as a rookie on the Epson Tour in 2017

• Has recorded seven professional wins, including three Cactus Tour wins, the 2016 & 2019 Texas Women’s Open, and the 2021 Colorado Women’s Open

• Played her collegiate golf at UC Riverside where she was twice named Big West All-Conference second team, and once named Big West All-Conference first team

• Recorded 16 top-10 finishes during her college career

• Played as a rookie on the LPGA Tour in 2022 after earning conditional status through LPGA Q-School

• Claimed her first career Epson Tour victory at the 2023 Copper Rock Championship