2012 Ladies European Tour

2012 Ladies European Tour season
DurationFebruary 2012 (2012-02) – December 2012 (2012-12)
Number of official events24
Most wins2 (tie):
Christel Boeljon
Carlota Ciganda
Shanshan Feng
Stacey Keating
Order of Merit Carlota Ciganda
Player of the Year Carlota Ciganda
Rookie of the Year Carlota Ciganda
Lowest stroke average Shanshan Feng
2011
2013

The 2012 Ladies European Tour was the 34th season of the Ladies European Tour (LET), a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world, which took place from February through December 2013.

The tour featured 24 official money events. Carlota Ciganda, a rookie, won the Order of Merit. She was also named Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year.

Changes for 2012

The season was the first since 1983 not to include an event in the Nordic countries. The South African Women's Open was included for the first time, while the Ladies Open of Portugal was dropped from the schedule, having been a fixture since 2002. The Ladies British Masters, not played since 2001, was re-introduced, now with ISPS Handa as title sponsor.

The European Nations Cup was succeeded as team event by the World Ladies Championship.

Schedule

The numbers in brackets after the winners' names indicate the career wins on the Ladies European Tour, including that event, and is only shown for members of the tour.

Key
Major championships
LET majors in bold
Regular events
Team championships
Dates Tournament Host country Winner WWGR
points
Purse
(€)
Notes
5 Feb Gold Coast RACV Australian Ladies Masters Australia Christel Boeljon (2) 15.5 A$500,000 Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
12 Feb ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open Australia Jessica Korda (n/a) 43 $1,100,000 Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
and the LPGA Tour
19 Feb ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open New Zealand Lindsey Wright (n/a) 16 200,000 Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
4 Mar World Ladies Championship China Shanshan Feng (n/a) - individual
Shanshan Feng and Liying Ye - team
16 $500,000
25 Mar Lalla Meryem Cup Morocco Karen Lunn (10) 16 325,000
5 May Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open Scotland Carly Booth (1) 16 £183,000
13 May Turkish Airlines Ladies Open Turkey Christel Boeljon (3) 16 250,000
27 May UniCredit Ladies German Open Germany Anne-Lise Caudal (2) 16 350,000
3 Jun Deloitte Ladies Open Netherlands Carlota Ciganda (1) 15 250,000
10 Jun Allianz Ladies Slovak Open Slovakia Line Vedel (1) 15 225,000
17 Jun Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open Switzerland Carly Booth (2) 15 525,000
24 Jun Raiffeisenbank Prague Golf Masters Czech Republic Melissa Reid (4) 15 250,000
15 Jul South African Women's Open South Africa Caroline Masson (1) 15 260,000
29 Jul Evian Masters France Inbee Park (n/a) 68 $3,250,000 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
5 Aug Ladies Irish Open Ireland Catriona Matthew (5) 18.5 350,000
18 Aug ISPS Handa Ladies British Masters England Lydia Hall (1) 15 £300,000
9 Sep UNIQA Ladies Golf Open Austria Caroline Hedwall (5) 15 200,000
16 Sep Ricoh Women's British Open England Jiyai Shin (n/a) 100 $2,500,000 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
23 Sep Tenerife Open de España Femenino Spain Stacey Keating (1) 15 350,000
7 Oct Lacoste Ladies Open de France France Stacey Keating (2) 15 250,000
28 Oct China Suzhou Taihu Open China Carlota Ciganda (2) 15 350,000 Co-sanctioned by the LAGT
4 Nov Sanya Ladies Open China Cassandra Kirkland (1) 15 250,000 Co-sanctioned by the LAGT
2 Dec Hero Women's Indian Open India Pornanong Phatlum (1) 15 $300,000 Co-sanctioned by the LAGT
8 Dec Omega Dubai Ladies Masters U.A.E. Shanshan Feng (n/a) 18.5 500,000

Order of Merit rankings

Rank Player Country Earnings (€)
1 Carlota Ciganda  Spain 251,290
2 Caroline Masson  Germany 241,831
3 Shanshan Feng  China 202,148
4 Julieta Granada  Paraguay 164,042
5 Carly Booth  Scotland 164,020
6 Stacey Keating  Australia 159,782
7 Lee-Anne Pace  South Africa 159,617
8 Diana Luna  Italy 150,477
9 Laura Davies  England 130,293
10 Trish Johnson  England 124,438

Source:[1]

References

  1. ^ LET Tour Guide 2013. Ladies European Tour. 2013. pp. 159–200. Retrieved 25 September 2023.