2009 Ladies European Tour

2009 Ladies European Tour season
DurationFebruary 2009 (2009-02) – December 2009 (2009-12)
Number of official events21
Order of Merit Sophie Gustafson
Rookie of the Year Anna Nordqvist
2008
2010

The 2009 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from February through December 2009. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).[1]

The tour featured 21 official money events, as well as the Solheim Cup and the European Ladies Golf Cup. Sophie Gustafson won the Order of Merit with earnings of €281,315, ahead of Catriona Matthew. Gustafson participated in only four events, and Matthew only three events. Anna Nordqvist won Rookie of the Year honours, after finishing 13th in the Order of Merit.[2]

Schedule

Key
Major championships
LET majors in bold
Regular events
Team championships
Dates Tournament Host country Winner Notes
8 Feb ANZ Ladies Masters Australia Katherine Hull (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
15 Feb Women's Australian Open Australia Laura Davies (38) Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
26 Apr European Ladies Golf Cup Spain Netherlands
(Christel Boeljon and Marjet van der Graaff)
Team event; unofficial prize money
10 May Turkish Ladies Open Turkey Cancelled
17 May Ladies Swiss Open Switzerland Marianne Skarpnord (1)
24 May Ladies German Open Germany Jade Schaeffer (1)
7 Jun Dutch Ladies Open Netherlands Tania Elósegui (1)
14 Jun Ladies Open of Portugal Portugal Johanna Westerberg (1)
28 Jun Ladies Irish Open Ireland Diana Luna (2)
4 Jul SAS Masters Norway Diana Luna (3)
19 Jul Open De España Femenino Spain Becky Brewerton (2)
26 Jul Evian Masters France Ai Miyazato (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
2 Aug Ricoh Women's British Open England Catriona Matthew (3) Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
9 Aug Wales Ladies Championship of Europe Wales Karen Stupples (2)
16 Aug Göteborg Masters Sweden Cancelled[3]
23 Aug Solheim Cup United States United States Team event; no prize money
30 Aug Finnair Masters Finland Beatriz Recari (1)
13 Sep Austrian Ladies Open Austria Linda Wessberg (3)
20 Sep Open de France Dames France Nicole Gergely (1)
29 Sep Tenerife Ladies Open Spain Felicity Johnson (1)
3 Oct Madrid Ladies Masters Spain Azahara Muñoz (1)
17 Oct Ladies Italian Open Italy Marianne Skarpnord (2)
1 Nov Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open China Bo-Mi Suh (1) Co-sanctioned by the Ladies Asian Golf Tour
8 Nov Daishin Securities Tomato Tour Korean Ladies Masters South Korea Kim Ji-hyun (1) Co-sanctioned by the LPGA of Korea Tour
12 Dec Dubai Ladies Masters United Arab Emirates Kim In-Kyung (n/a)

Order of Merit rankings

Rank Player Country Earnings
1 Sophie Gustafson Sweden €281,315.00
2 Catriona Matthew Scotland €259,871.29
3 Becky Brewerton Wales €221,496.10
4 Marianne Skarpnord Norway €203,350.38
5 Tania Elósegui Spain €193,224.09
6 Diana Luna Italy €185,911.21
7 Melissa Reid England €168,749.67
8 Laura Davies England €152,505.07
9 Gwladys Nocera France €137,730.27
10 Jade Schaeffer France €130,904.86

References

  1. ^ "2009 LET Tour Guide". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Tour Information Centre: 2009 Results". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Göteborg Masters ställs in" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 17 June 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2023.