1989 Ladies European Tour

1989 Ladies European Tour season
DurationApril 1989 (1989-04) – November 1989 (1989-11)
Number of official events21
Order of Merit Marie-Laure Taya
1988
1990

The 1989 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place in 1989. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

Tournaments

The table below shows the 1989 schedule.[1][2] The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the Ladies European Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for members of the tour.[3]

Dates Tournament Location Winner Score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (£)
Note
16 Apr Rome Classic Italy Sofia Grönberg (1) 210 (−6) 1 strokes Marie-Laure Taya 9,750
30 Apr Ford Ladies' Classic England Marie-Laure Taya (10) 286 (−10) 8 strokes Gillian Stewart 7,500
28 May Hennessy Ladies Cup France Marie-Laure Taya (11) 279 (−9) 2 strokes Corinne Dibnah
Jody Rosenthal
12,000
11 Jun BMW Ladies Classic Germany Marie-Laure Taya (12) 277 (−11) 1 stroke Dennise Hutton 10,500 New tournament
18 Jun Open de France Dames France Suzanne Strudwick (1) 285 (−3) Playoff Marie-Laure Taya 9,000
2 Jul St Moritz Classic Switzerland Kitrina Douglas (5) 286 (−2) Playoff Suzanne Strudwick 10,500
9 Jul TEC Players Championship England Anna Oxenstierna (1) 286 (−6) 2 strokes Laurette Maritz 11,250
16 Jul Bloor Homes Eastleigh Classic England Debbie Dowling (6) 261 (−3) Playoff Rae Hast
Melissa McNamara
Cathy Panton
9,000
30 Jul Lufthansa Ladies' German Open Germany Alison Nicholas (6) 269 (−19) 5 strokes Patricia Gonzales 12,000
6 Aug Weetabix Women's British Open England Jane Geddes (1) 274 (−14) 2 strokes Florence Descampe 18,000
20 Aug Danish Ladies Open Denmark Tania Abitbol (1) 285 (−3) Playoff Marie-Laure Taya 9,750
27 Aug Gisvaled Ladies Open Sweden Alison Nicholas (7) 288 (E) 2 strokes Liselotte Neumann 9,750
3 Sep Variety Club Celebrity Classic England Corinne Dibnah (7) 279 (−9) 1 strokes Peggy Conley 6,500
10 Sep Godiva Ladies European Masters Belgium Kitrina Douglas (6) 287 (−5) Playoff Marie-Laure Taya 16,500
17 Sep Ladies European Open England Jane Connachan (5) 279 (−13) 3 strokes Gillian Stewart 10,500
2 Oct Ladies Italian Open Italy Xonia Wunsch-Ruiz (1) 278 (−10) 2 strokes Jane Connachan 12,000
15 Oct Laing Ladies Charity Classic England Laura Davies (10) 276 (−16) 3 strokes Jane Connachan
Corinne Dibnah
Susan Moon
Dale Reid
9,000
22 Oct Woolmark Ladies Match Play Championship Spain Dennise Hutton (1) 2 up Maureen Garner 12,000 Match play event
29 Oct AGF Biarritz Ladies Open France Dennise Hutton (2) 274 (−2) Playoff Peggy Conley 9,000
3 Nov Qualitair Classic Spain Alison Nicholas (8) 213 (−3) 2 strokes Peggy Conley
Sofia Grönberg
7,500
12 Nov Benson & Hedges Trophy Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez &
Xonia Wunsch-Ruiz
281 (−7) 2 strokes Carl Mason &
Gillian Stewart
11,700
each
Mixed-team event
(unofficial)[4]

Major championships in bold.

Order of Merit rankings

Rank Player Prize money (£)
1 Marie-Laure Taya 77,534
2 Alison Nicholas 56,527
3 Kitrina Douglas 48,534
4 Suzanne Strudwick 41,966
5 Dennise Hutton 41,541
6 Jane Connachan 38,227
7 Peggy Conley 36,876
8 Corinne Dibnah 35,622
9 Laurette Maritz 33,978
10 Gillian Stewart 31,700

Source:[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Tour Guide 2010. Ladies European Tour. 2010. p. 192.
  2. ^ Past Tournament Winners, Ladies European Tour, GolfToday
  3. ^ "Top Golf Tournaments 1989 - Women Europe | Tour Results - Winners | Where2Golf". www.where2golf.com. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  4. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1990). World of Professional Golf 1990. Sackville. p. 488. ISBN 0948615389.
  5. ^ "Facit -89, Europa-touren, damer, Penningligan" [Season 1989, European Tour, Ladies, Money leaders]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 12. December 1989. p. 67. Retrieved 21 September 2023.