2011 Ladies European Tour

2011 Ladies European Tour season
DurationFebruary 2011 (2011-02) – December 2011 (2011-12)
Number of official events27
Most wins4:
Caroline Hedwall
Order of Merit Ai Miyazato
Player of the Year Caroline Hedwall
Rookie of the Year Caroline Hedwall
Lowest stroke average Suzann Pettersen
2010
2012

The 2011 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from February through December 2011. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

The tour featured 24 official money events, as well as the Tenerife Ladies Match Play, the European Nations Cup and the Solheim Cup. Ai Miyazato won the Order of Merit with earnings of €363,080, despite only playing in two events. Caroline Hedwall won Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year honours, after finishing third in the Order of Merit and winning four events.

Schedule

The table below shows the 2011 schedule. 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.

Key
Major championships
LET majors in bold
Regular events
Team championships
Dates Tournament Location Winner Notes
6 Feb ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open Australia Yani Tseng (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
13 Feb ANZ RACV Ladies Masters Australia Yani Tseng (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
20 Feb Pegasus New Zealand Women's Open New Zealand Kristie Smith (1) Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
3 Apr Lalla Meryem Cup Morocco Zuzana Kamasova (1)
17 Apr European Nations Cup Spain Anna Nordqvist &
Sophie Gustafson
Team event; unofficial prize money
8 May Turkish Airlines Ladies Open Turkey Christel Boeljon (1)
15 May ISPS Handa Portugal Ladies Open Portugal Ashleigh Simon (2)
22 May UniCredit Ladies German Open Germany Diana Luna (4)
29 May Allianz Ladies Slovak Open Slovakia Caroline Hedwall (1)
5 Jun Deloitte Ladies Open New Zealand Melissa Reid (2)
12 Jun Tenerife Ladies Match Play Spain Becky Brewerton Unofficial prize money
19 Jun Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open Switzerland Diana Luna (5)
3 Jul Finnair Masters Finland Caroline Hedwall (2)
24 Jul Evian Masters France Ai Miyazato (2) Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
31 Jul Ricoh Women's British Open Scotland Yani Tseng (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
7 Aug Ladies Irish Open Ireland Suzann Pettersen (5)
20 Aug Aberdeen Ladies Scottish Open Scotland Catriona Matthew (4)
4 Sep UNIQA Ladies Golf Open Austria Caroline Hedwall (3)
11 Sep Raiffeisenbank Prague Golf Masters Czech Republic Jade Schaeffer (2)
18 Sep Open De España Femenino Spain Melissa Reid (3)
25 Sep Solheim Cup Ireland Europe Team event; no prize money
2 Oct Lacoste Ladies Open de France France Felicity Johnson (2)
9 Oct Sicilian Ladies Italian Open Italy Christina Kim (1)
23 Oct Sanya Ladies Open China Frances Bondad (1) Co-sanctioned by the LAGT
30 Oct Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open China Yani Tseng (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the LAGT
11 Dec Hero Women's Indian Open India Caroline Hedwall (4) Co-sanctioned by the LAGT
17 Dec Omega Dubai Ladies Masters United Arab Emirates Lexi Thompson (n/a)

Order of Merit rankings

Rank Player Country Earnings (€)
1 Ai Miyazato  Japan 363,080
2 Melissa Reid  England 286,578
3 Caroline Hedwall  Sweden 278,529
4 Diana Luna  Italy 223,405
5 Lee-Anne Pace  South Africa 209,444
6 Sophie Gustafson  Sweden 188,889
7 Caroline Masson  Germany 167,187
8 Christel Boeljon  Netherlands 161,172
9 Suzann Pettersen  Norway 142,087
10 In-Kyung Kim  South Korea 141,275

Source:[1]

References

  1. ^ LET Tour Guide 2012. Ladies European Tour. 2012. pp. 161–201.