Great Lakes Championship Winner Riley Smyth Graduates To LPGA

Among the fifteen players to “graduate” from the Epson Tour to the LPGA this season was the winner of the inaugural Great Lakes Championship at The Highlands, Riley Smyth.

(pictured above: Riley Smyth finishing on the eighteenth hole at The Heather course at Boyne’s “The Highlands”)

Smyth finished seventh on the Epson Tour this season. Here are a few highlights of this rising LPGA player.

2025 Epson Tour Wins: 2
2025 Epson Tour Season Earnings: $117,177
Epson Tour Career Earnings: $169,293
Smyth will be an LPGA Tour rookie in 2026
Earned five top-10 finishes in 2025, including two wins
o Wins: Central Florida Championship, Great Lakes Championship at the Highlands presented by Johnnie Walker
Played on the Epson Tour since 2023
o Has earned 10 career top-10 results, including her two wins
Played five years of collegiate golf at the University of Virginia
Was the recipient of the 2022-2023 William C. Eacho Women’s Golf Scholarship Endowment

Smyth on securing her LPGA Tour Card: “I am really looking forward to getting out to some new courses out there, but most importantly, just seeing how my game stacks up against the best in the world. It is the dream to be playing out there (LPGA Tour) and to be able to compete against the best.”