Erica Shepherd - Another Lefty Winner

Erica Shepherd is one of only a few golfers from Indiana to win a USGA event.  In her case it was the 2017 United States Girls Junior title.  She was second-ever female left-handed USGA champion!  (The first was also from Indiana that being Julia Potter - now Potter-Bobb - who won the 2013 and 2016 Women's Mid-Amateur.  Then came a college career at Duke University where she was a two-time All-American.  Her professional career has not been very successful until now.
 
Last week Shepherd became the first left-handed winner on the Epson Tour from which the top 15 point getters get status on the LPGA Tour.  Her win at the Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout got her an important 500 points moving her up to 21st position.  There is only one more event on the Epson Tour schedule and that is the Epson Tour Championship at Indian Wells in California.  That event is being conducted Thursday October 2 through Sunday October 5.

I had an opportunity to meet Shepherd a couple of years ago at the Indiana Golf Hall of Fame induction for Leigh Ann Hardin.  We sat at the same table.  She had just graduated from Duke and was starting her professional career.  Shepherd gained some new fans that night including myself.  Hopefully she can finish in the top five this week to move up in the points ranking to get her LPGA Tour card.  She would be a great addition to the tour.