2021 Ladies European Tour

2021 Ladies European Tour season
DurationFebruary 2021 (2021-02) – November 2021 (2021-11)
Number of official events29 (6 cancelled)
Most wins2 (tie):
Pia Babnik
Maja Stark
Atthaya Thitikul
Order of Merit Atthaya Thitikul
Player of the Year Atthaya Thitikul
Rookie of the Year Atthaya Thitikul
Lowest stroke average Leona Maguire
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The 2021 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

The season was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic with many tournaments either being postponed or cancelled. Among the cancellations was the Australian Swing, the tour's season opening.[1]

Schedule

The table below shows the 2021 schedule. The season featured a month-long European Swing of the LPGA Tour, starting with the Evian Championship in late July.[2] It also saw the introduction of the Aramco Team Series, four tournaments carrying a $1 million total prize fund each held in London, Sotogrande and New York, concluding in Saudi Arabia in November.[3]

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
Regular events
Team championships
Date Tournament Location Winner WWGR
points 		Purse Notes
21 Feb Australian Ladies Classic Australia Tournament cancelled[1] Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour
28 Feb New South Wales Women's Open Australia Tournament cancelled[1] Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour
20 Mar
16 May[a] 		Investec South African Women's Open South Africa Lee-Anne Pace (10) 6 €200,000 Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Ladies Tour
30 May Ladies Italian Open Italy Lucie Malchirand (1, a) 6 €200,000 Last played in 2014
5 Jun Jabra Ladies Open France Pia Babnik (1) 6 €200,000
13 Jun Scandinavian Mixed Sweden Alice Hewson (n/c)[b]
low woman 		6 €1,000,000 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour with field of
78 men and 78 women playing from different tees[c]
27 Jun Tipsport Czech Ladies Open Czech Republic Atthaya Thitikul (3) 6 €200,000
3 Jul Big Green Egg Open Netherlands Stephanie Kyriacou (2) 6 €200,000 Last played in 2015
10 Jul Aramco Team Series – London England Marianne Skarpnord (5) 16 $200,000 Aramco Team Series Individual event
20 Jun
17 Jul 		Gant Ladies Open Finland Matilda Castren (1) 6 €200,000 New event
25 Jul Amundi Evian Championship France Minjee Lee (n/a) 100 $4,500,000 Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour[7]
1 Aug ISPS Handa World Invitational Northern Ireland Pajaree Anannarukarn (1) 18 $1,500,000 Women's event co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
9 Oct
7 Aug 		Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande[d] Spain Alison Lee (n/a) 14 $200,000 Aramco Team Series Individual event
15 Aug Trust Golf Women's Scottish Open Scotland Ryann O'Toole (n/a) 37 $1,500,000 Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
22 Aug AIG Women's Open England Anna Nordqvist (4) 100 $5,800,000 Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
29 Aug Didriksons Skaftö Open Sweden Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (1) 6 €220,000 New event[8]
5 Sep Creekhouse Ladies Open Sweden Maja Stark (1) 8 €400,000 New event[9]
11 Sep VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open Switzerland Atthaya Thitikul (4) 6 €200,000
18 Sep Lacoste Ladies Open de France France Céline Boutier (3) 6 €300,000
3 Oct Hero Women's Indian Open India Tournament cancelled $500,000
18 Jul
3 Oct[a] 		Estrella Damm Ladies Open Spain Maja Stark (2) 6 €250,000
17 Oct Magical Kenya Ladies Open Kenya Tournament cancelled €300,000
29 May
16 Oct 		Aramco Team Series – New York United States Charley Hull (3) 19.5 $200,000 Aramco Team Series Individual event
24 Oct Lalla Meryem Cup Morocco Tournament cancelled
29 Oct Dubai Moonlight Classic United Arab Emirates Bronte Law (1) 15 €260,000
7 Nov Aramco Saudi Ladies International Saudi Arabia Lydia Ko (6) 18.5 $1,000,000
12 Nov Aramco Team Series – Jeddah Saudi Arabia Pia Babnik (2) 16.5 $200,000 Aramco Team Series Individual event
TBA Ladies European Thailand Championship Thailand Tournament cancelled €300,000
28 Nov Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España Spain Carlota Ciganda (5) 12 €600,000
  1. ^ a b Rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5][6]
  2. ^ Finished tied for third overall; for Order of Merit and World Ranking, she is credited with first-place points as it is based among the women only.
  3. ^ Tour ranking and world ranking points based on finish among ladies' field only.
  4. ^ Moved from Singapore.

Unofficial events

The following event appears on the schedule, but does not carry ranking points.

Date Tournament Host country Winner(s) WWGR
points 		Purse ($) Notes
10 Jul Aramco Team Series – London England Olivia Cowan
Sarina Schmidt
Diksha Dagar
Andrew Kelsey (a) 		– 800,000 Aramco Team Series Team event
9 Oct
7 Aug 		Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande[a] Spain Ashleigh Buhai
Stacy Bregman
Hayley Davis
Ignacio Morillo (a) 		– 800,000 Aramco Team Series Team event
8 Aug Olympic women's golf competition Japan Nelly Korda 37
6 Sep Solheim Cup United States Europe – – [10]
29 May
16 Oct 		Aramco Team Series – New York United States Jessica Korda
Karolin Lampert
Lina Boqvist
Alexandra O'Laughlin (a) 		– 800,000 Aramco Team Series Team event
12 Nov Aramco Team Series – Jeddah Saudi Arabia Emily Kristine Pedersen
Hannah Burke
Krista Bakker
Ahmed Al Subaey (a) 		– 800,000 Aramco Team Series Team event
  1. ^ Moved from Singapore.

Order of Merit rankings

Rank Player Country Points
1 Atthaya Thitikul Thailand 3,592
2 Pia Babnik Slovenia 1,954
3 Stephanie Kyriacou Australia 1,765
4 Sanna Nuutinen Finland 1,657
5 Olivia Cowan Germany 1,587
6 Maja Stark Sweden 1,516
7 Marianne Skarpnord Norway 1,305
8 Charley Hull England 1,210
9 Anna Nordqvist Sweden 1,179
10 Alice Hewson England 1,156

Source:[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "LET postpones 2021 Australian swing". Irish Golf Desk. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. ^ "LPGA Comes Back Stronger Than Ever with 2021 Tour Schedule". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Aramco Team Series and LET Go Global". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Investec South African Women's Open". Sunshine Ladies Tour. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  5. ^ "New dates set for 8th Sunshine Ladies Tour season". SuperSport. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  6. ^ Cutler, Bethan (16 August 2021). "The Estrella Damm Ladies Open Returns To The LET Schedule". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Amundi becomes the title sponsor of The Evian Championship". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Skaftö Open blir LET-tävling". Svensk Golf. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  9. ^ "2021 Creekhouse Ladies Open". Creekhouse Management. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Ryder Cup postponement". SportsPro. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Order of Merit – 2021 Season". Ladies European Tour.
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