Circling Raven Championship: Symetra Spotlight: Sophie Hausmann

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

The Symetra “Road to the LPGA” Tour event, scheduled to be held annually at Circling Raven through 2023, will take place the week of Aug. 23-29, and the field of 156 competitors will compete for $200,000 in prize money during the tournament, Aug. 27-29.

Tickets are available at cdacasino.com.

Top performers during the Symetra Tour season earn their LPGA Tour memberships at season’s end, and the Circling Raven Championship will showcase 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 Sophie Hausmann, who played college golf at the University of Idaho.

Sophie Hausmann

• Hausmann is a native of  Nottuln, Germany 

• Won the 2016 German International Ladies Amateur Championship 

• Qualified for the 2018 U.S. Women’s Open Championship as an amateur 

• Two-time Big Sky Conference Player of the Year for the University of Idaho 

• Represented native country at 2016 and 2018 World Amateur Team Championship 

• Four-time All-Big Sky first team selection and a two-time medalist for the Vandals 

• Competed in the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur (ANWA) in April 2019 

• Finished T41 at Stage II of the 2019 LPGA Qualifying Tournament to first earn Symetra Tour Membership as a 2020 rookie 

• Made six cuts in 10 starts in 2020, with four top-20 finishes including a season best of T9 at the Founders Tribute at Longbow Golf Club  

• Picked up her first career victory on the Symetra Tour in March at the 2021 IOA Championship presented by Morongo Casino Resort and Spa