Circling Raven Championship • Notebook

ROOKIES APLENTY IN THE GEM STATE

Numerous professionals in their first year on the Symetra Tour have made the trek to Worley, as 27 rookies are in the field and eager for the 16th event of the Symetra Tour season. Among them is Haylee Harford (Leavittsburg, Ohio), who is currently No. 15 in the Race for the Card with five top-10 finishes this season.

“It’s crazy that the last few events are already here. I’m feeling confident about the position I’m in and how much I’ve grown throughout the year,” said Harford. “I’m looking forward to finishing strong.”

RACE FOR THE CARD UPDATE

The Symetra Tour annually awards LPGA Tour membership to the top players on the Race for the Card money list. With 15 tournaments in the books, the top-10 underwent some shifting after the Four Winds Invitational. Eight members from the group are in Idaho, including Morgan Metraux (Laussane, Switzerland), currently ranked No. 7. “I’m excited about the position I’m in, but I’m trying to keep my mind off the rankings and play as freely as possible. Being in the top-10 this close to the end of the season is a great feeling but it can be added pressure, so I take every event one week at a time. It’s not always easy but if I can do that, I think I’ll be in a good position coming into the Tour Championship,” Metraux said. “This week, I’m just really excited to play this great course in a new state on Tour.”

From 1999-2002, the official qualifying tour of the LPGA handed out three cards. Then from 2003-2007, that number increased to five before 10 were distributed starting in 2008. Since the inaugural year, a total of 162 players have graduated to the big stage.

The Symetra Tour is the official qualifying tour of the LPGA Tour and enters its 41st competitive season in 2021. Tickets are available at cdacasino.com. FIRST ROUND TEE TIMES SET

Group 1 (Tee 1) — Leslie Cloots, Becca Huffer, Rebecca Lee-Bentham, 7 a.m. Group 2 (Tee 10) — Janet Mao, Jessica Welch, Michelle Piyapattra, 7:05 a.m. Group 3 (Tee 1) — Valerie Tanguay, Natalie Sheary, Mia Landegren, 7:11 a.m. Group 4 (Tee 10) — Riley Rennell, Laura Gonzalez Escallon, Carley Cox, 7:16 a.m.

Group 5 (Tee 1) — Nannette Hill, Stephanie Na, Lisa Petterson, 7:22 a.m.

Group 6 (Tee 10) — TJ Kliebphipat, Amanda Hollandsworth, August Kim, 7:27 a.m.

Group 7 (Tee 1) — Laura Restrepo, Elvin Ardvisson, Kum-Kang Park, 7:33 a.m.

Group 8 (Tee 10) — Sophia Schubert, Rachel Rohanna, Julie Aime, 7:38 a.m. Group 9 (Tee 1) — Clariss Guce, Brittany Marchand, Frida Kinhult, 7:44 a.m. Group 10 (Tee 10) — Allie White, Yaeeun Hong, Linnea Johnson, 7:49 a.m.

Group 11 (Tee 1) — Fatima Fernandez Cano, Karen Chung, Sierra L. Brooks, 7:55 a.m.

Group 12 (Tee 10) — Min A Yoon, Peiyn Chien, Laetitia Beck, 8 a.m. Group 13 (Tee 1) — Demi Runas, Casey Danielson, Haylee Rae Harford, 8:0 a.m.

Group 14 (Tee 10) — Marta Sanz Barrio, Lucy Li, Maddie McCrary, 8:11 a.m.

Group 15 (Tee 1) — Cheyenne Woods, Sarah Hoffman, Cindy Ha, 8:17 a.m.

Group 16 (Tee 10) — Selena Constabile, Samantha Troyanovich, Julienne Soo, 8:22 a.m.

Group 17 (Tee 1) — Jaclyn Lee, Allie Knight, Veronica Feibert, 8:17 a.m.

Group 18 (Tee 10) — Amy Eneroth, Gabby Lemieux, Kim Kaufman, 8:33 a.m. Group 19 (Tee 1) — Kira Rihijarvi, Haley Moore, Min Seo Kwak, 8:39 a.m.

Group 20 (Tee 10) — Kristin Coleman, Samantha Richdale, Sierra Sims, 8:44 a.m.

Group 21 (Tee 1) — Amy Lee, Lori Beth Adams, Brittany Fan, 8:50 a.m.

Group 22 (Tee 10) — Britney Yaka, Cara Gorlei, Ji Eun Baik, 8:55 a.m.

Group 23 (Tee 1) — Moa Foke, Delfina Acosta, Kathleen Scavo, noon Group 24 (Tee 10) — Katharine Patrick, Alejandra Llaneza, Lindsey McCurdy, 12:05 p.m.

Group 25 (Tee 1) — Louise Ridderstrom, Shasta Averhardt, Emilee Hoffman, 12:11 p.m.

Group 26 (Tee 10) — Louise Stahle, Lakareber Abe, Anna Appert Lund, 12:16 p.m.

Group 27 (Tee 1) — Catherine O’Donnell, Alazne Unizar Zapata, Natalie Srinivasan, 12:22 p.m.

Group 28 (Tee 10) — Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras, Maria Parra, Milagros Chaves, 12:27 p.m.

Group 29 (Tee 1) — Meghan MacLaren, Daniela Iacobelli, Hexi Yuan, 12:33 p.m.

Group 30 (Tee 10) — Lilla Vu, Sophie Hausmann, Gigi Stoll, 12:38 p.m.

Group 31 (Tee 1) — Amanda Doherty, Isi Gabsa, Celine Borge, 12:44 p.m.

Group 32 (Tee 10) — Prima Tammarakas, Dewi Weber, Allison Emrey, 12:49 p.m.

Group 33 (Tee 1) — Morgane Metraux, Savannah Vilaubi, Bailey Tardy, 12:55 p.m.

Group 34 (Tee 10) — Samantha Wagner, Fernanda Lira, Lauren Coughlin, 1 p.m.

Group 35 (Tee 1) — Laura Warn, Emma Broze, Robyn Choi, 1:06 p.m.

Group 36 (Tee 10) — Min-G Kim, Kendra Dalton, Beth Wu, 1:11 p.m.

Group 37 (Tee 1) — Sarah White, Olivia Benzin, Katie Yoo, 1:17 p.m.

Group 38 (Tee 10) — Liz Nagel, Macy Hubbard, Bianca Pagdanganan, 1:22 p.m.

Group 39 (Tee 1) — Vicky Hurst, Elizabeth Schultz, Janie Jackson, 1:28 p.m.

Group 40 (Tee 10) — Dorsey Addicks, Alivia Reynolds, Ally Song Stephens, 1:33 p.m.

Group 41 (Tee 1) — Soo Jin Lee, Emliy Penttila, Anna Redding, 1:39 p.m.

Group 42 (Tee 10) — Anita Uwadia, Nishtha Madan, Karolina Vickova, 1:44 p.m.

Group 43 (Tee 1) — Roberta Liti, Jessy Tang, Nicole Autrique, 1:50 p.m.

Group 44 (Tee 10) — Kelly Whaley, Jean Reynolds, Julianne De Puerto Alvarez, 1:55 p.m.