Summar Roachell received a sponsor's exemption into the Symetra Tour's El Dorado Shootout the past two years.
After spending a roller-coaster fall trying to play her way onto the grandest stage of women's professional golf, Roachell, 24, is back in El Dorado this weekend with full-fledged status on the Symetra Tour, having missed earning her LPGA Tour card in the final qualifier.
WHERE Mystic Creek Golf Club, El Dorado (Par 72, 6,509 yards)
PURSE $150,000
ARKANSAS CONNECTIONS Brenda Gonzalez (Central Arkansas), Summar Roachell (Conway, Arkansas Razorbacks), Julia Roth (Central Arkansas), Maria Fernanda Lira Solis (Central Arkansas), Megan Vaughn (UALR), Sarah Wright (Fayetteville, Henderson State)
Roachell, a four-time Class 7A state champion at Conway, won $558 for finishing in 58th place in last year's Shootout in September after missing the cut in the 2017 event.