Sophia Schubert, the 2017 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion who recently turned pro, will be one of the headliners this week when the 24th CoBank Colorado Women’s Open is held at Green Valley Ranch Golf Club in northeast Denver.
The event, which runs Wednesday through Friday, featurures a $150,000 purse, with $50,000 going to the champion — or the low pro should an amateur win.
Schubert, a former University of Texas golfer from Oak Ridge, Tenn., competed in the U.S. Women’s Open this year and finished 20th out of 339 players last week in Stage I of LPGA Tour Q-school, earning a spot in Stage II. Also this month, Schubert made her pro debut as she missed the cut in the LPGA Tour’s Indy Women in Tech Championship.
Also scheduled to play at GVR are Colorado State University golfers Katrina Prendergast and Ellen Secor, who teamed up to win the national U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball title in May.
Likewise planning to tee it up for the Women’s Open are former University of Colorado golfers Brittany Fan (who just advanced to Stage II of LPGA Q-school) and Esther Lee; 2016 U.S. Women’s Open qualifier Hannah Wood of Highlands Ranch, who is in her rookie year as a pro; Gabrielle Schipley, who won the 2016 Women’s NCAA Division II individual title at CommonGround Golf Course in Aurora; and 16-year-old pro Karah Sanford, a native of Montrose.
The Colorado Women’s Open is a multi-day pro-am in addition to an individual championship. Admission and parking for the tournament are free.
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