1996 Ladies European Tour

1996 Ladies European Tour season
DurationN/A
Number of official events18
Order of Merit Laura Davies
1995
1997

The 1996 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place in 1996. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

Tournaments

The table below shows the 1996 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.

Date Tournament Venue Location Winner Score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Note
5 May Women's Welsh Open St Pierre Golf & Country Club Wales Lisa Hackney (1) 289 1 stroke Laura Navarro
Anne-Marie Knight
11 May Costa Azul Ladies Open Troia and Aroeira GC Portugal Shani Waugh (1) 214 2 strokes Marie-Laure de Lorenzi
Mary Grace Estuesta
Helene Koch
Aideen Rogers
9 Jun Ford-Stimorol Danish Open Vejle Golf Club Denmark Nadene Gole (1) 209 2 strokes Rachel Hetherington
Anne-Marie Knight
16 Jun Deesse Ladies' Swiss Open Maison Blanche, Geneva Switzerland Sophie Gustafson (1) 280 1 stroke Lisa Hackney
22 Jun Evian Masters Evian Resort Golf Club France Laura Davies (23) 274 4 strokes Carin Koch
30 Jun Glashütte Ladies' Austrian Open Colony Club Gutenhof Austria Martina Koch (1) 213 2 strokes Lynnette Brooky
7 Jul Hennessy Cup Cologne Germany Helen Alfredsson (7) 280 Playoff Liselotte Neumann
Trish Johnson
28 Jul Guardian Irish Open Citywest GCC, Dublin Ireland Alison Nicholas (12) 277 8 strokes Trish Johnson
11 Aug McDonald's WPGA Championship of Europe Gleneagles Scotland Tina Fischer (1) 278 1 stroke Charlotta Sörenstam
Trish Johnson
18 Aug Weetabix Women's British Open Woburn Golf and Country Club England Emilee Klein (1) 277 7 strokes Amy Alcott
Penny Hammel
Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
25 Aug Trygg Hansa Ladies' Open Haninge GC, Stockholm Sweden Annika Sörenstam (3) 279 1 stroke Joanne Morley
Alison Nicholas
1 Sep Compaq Open Örebro GC Sweden Federica Dassù (5) 280 Playoff Helen Alfredsson
Kathryn Marshall
8 Sep Marks & Spencer European Open Hanbury Manor England Trish Johnson (9) 274 5 strokes Pernilla Sterner
Anne-Marie Knight
15 Sep Wilkinson Sword Ladies' English Open The Oxfordshire Golf Club England Laura Davies (24) 273 4 strokes Helen Alfredsson
29 Sep Ladies German Open Treudelberg GC, Hamburg Germany Joanne Morley (1) 281 4 strokes Maria Hjorth
13 Oct Open de France Dames Le Golf d'Arras France Trish Johnson (10) 200 10 strokes Raquel Carriedo-Tomás
Fiona Pike
20 Oct Italian Ladies' Open di Sicilia Il Picciolo GC, Sicily Italy Laura Davies (25) 282 3 strokes Tina Fischer
Fiona Pike
2 Nov Open de España Femenino La Manga Spain Caryn Louw (1) 206 4 strokes Assia Arruti

Major championships in bold.

Order of Merit rankings

Rank Player Money (£)
1 Laura Davies 110,880
2 Helen Alfredsson 97,804
3 Trish Johnson 80,333
4 Alison Nicholas 69,878
5 Lisa Hackney 69,550
6 Joanne Morley 56,254
7 Marie-Laure de Lorenzi 56,026
8 Tina Fischer 47,585
9 Federica Dassù 40,631
10 Laura Navarro 36,791

Source:[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Past Tournament Winners, Ladies European Tour, GolfToday
  2. ^ Ladies European Tour - 1994 to 1999
  3. ^ "Facit 1996, Fakta från AmEx Tour, Penningligan (Slutställning)" [Season 1996, Facts from AmEx Tour, Money leaders (final standings)]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 12. December 1996. p. 89. Retrieved 28 September 2023.