Epson Tour rookie Megha Ganne is a first-time champion, winning the Wildhorse Ladies Golf Classic Sunday in a playoff over Cholcheva Wongras. Ganne and Wongras finished 19-under after three rounds; after trading birdies on the first playoff hole, the pair replayed the 18th hole again where Ganne came out on top with a par.
The wind that kicked up over the weekend was a shock to Ganne, but she managed to overcome the challenge.
“I didn’t know the wind was going to get bad because I didn’t check the weather, but it was a little bit of a surprise,” Ganne said. “Club choices just got pretty tricky because you’re clubbing down on tee boxes and hitting irons that were 30 yards less than usual… so just getting crafty and relying on some creativity.”
Ganne ended the second round Saturday sitting at fifth place after shooting 63. Previously No. 70 in the Epson Tour’s Race for the Card standings, she is now 15th. Ganne started rising in the ranks after placing sixth in the Hartford Healthcare Women’s Championship. Her other notable finishes this season have been T12 at the Great Lakes Championship and T34 at the Four Winds Invitational.
Ganne had a strong run at Stanford University, where she helped her team win the 2026 NCAA Women’s Golf Championship. She had three individual tournament wins and was a two-time NCAA team champion (2024, 2026).
In 2025, Ganne won the U.S. Women’s Amateur and was an Inkster Award recipient in 2026. The former Cardinal was the top 2026 LCAP (LPGA Collegiate Advancement Pathway) graduate, which granted her status on the Epson Tour.
Before her Stanford days, Ganne qualified for the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open. After the opening round, she was tied for the lead and was tied for third going into the final round. She ended at T14 and took low amateur honors.
Kaleigh Telfer, No. 49 on Race for the Card, broke her season-low round by three shots during the first round of the tournament with a 64.
“I worked really hard over the week off with my putting and I finally saw some putts go in,” Telfer said after a T24 finish.
The Epson Tour continues this week at the Dream First Bank Charity Classic at Buffalo Dunes in Garden City, Kansas.
