2008 Ladies European Tour

The 2008 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from January through December 2008. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

The tour featured 28 official money events with prize money totalling more than €10.5 million, as well as the Women's World Cup of Golf and the European Ladies Golf Cup. Gwladys Nocera won the Order of Merit with earnings of €391,839.58, ahead of Helen Alfredsson, who finished second despite only having played in three events. Melissa Reid won Rookie of the Year honours, after finishing 12th in the Order of Merit.

Tournament results

The table below shows the 2008 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.

DatesTournamentHost countryWinnerNotes
18–20 JanWomen's World Cup of Golf South AfricaPhilippines Jennifer Rosales
and Dorothy Delasin (n/a) 		Team event co-sanctioned by the five main women's tours;
unofficial prize money
31 Jan – 3 FebWomen's Australian Open AustraliaAustralia Karrie Webb (n/a)Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
7–10 FebANZ Ladies Masters AustraliaEngland Lisa Hall (4)Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
3–6 AprEuropean Ladies Golf Cup SpainEngland Trish Johnson
and Rebecca Hudson		Team event; new in 2008; unofficial prize money
17–20 AprOpen De España Femenino Spain Sweden Emma Zackrisson (1)
1–3 May Ladies Scottish Open  Scotland France Gwladys Nocera (6)
8–11 May Turkish Ladies Open  Turkey Sweden Lotta Wahlin (1)
22–25 May Ladies Swiss Open   Switzerland Norway Suzann Pettersen (3)
29 May – 1 Jun Ladies German Open  Germany South Korea Amy Yang (2)
6–8 Jun Dutch Ladies Open  Netherlands France Gwladys Nocera (7)
13–15 Jun Ladies Open of Portugal  Portugal France Anne-Lise Caudal (1)
19–22 JunTenerife Ladies Open Spain England Rebecca Hudson (2)
4–6 JulLadies English Open England England Rebecca Hudson (3)
11–13 JulLadies Irish Open Ireland Norway Suzann Pettersen (4)
17–20 JulBMW Ladies Italian Open Italy Germany Martina Eberl (2)
24–27 JulEvian Masters France Sweden Helen Alfredsson (11) Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
31 Jul – 3 AugRicoh Women's British Open  England South Korea Ji-Yai Shin (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
7–10 AugScandinavian TPC hosted by Annika Sweden South Korea Amy Yang (3)
14–17 AugWales Ladies Championship of Europe Wales Sweden Lotta Wahlin (2)
22–24 AugSAS Masters Norway France Gwladys Nocera (8)
29–31 AugFinnair Masters Finland Finland Minea Blomqvist (2)
5–7 Sep Nykredit Masters  Denmark Germany Martina Eberl (3)
11–14 Sep Austrian Ladies Open  Austria England Laura Davies (28)
18–21 Sep Göteborg Masters  Sweden France Gwladys Nocera (9)
25–28 Sep Open de France Dames  France Germany Anja Monke (1)
2–4 Oct Madrid Ladies Masters  Spain France Gwladys Nocera (10)
31 Oct – 2 Nov Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open  China Sweden Annika Sörenstam (17) Co-sanctioned by the Ladies Asian Golf Tour
13–16 Nov Saint Four Ladies Masters in Jeju  South Korea South Korea Hee-Kyung Seo (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the LPGA of Korea Tour
3–6 DecIndian Ladies Masters India n/a Event cancelled[1]
11–14 DecDubai Ladies Masters United Arab Emirates Germany Anja Monke (2)

Major championships in bold.

Order of Merit rankings

RankPlayerCountryEarnings
1 Gwladys Nocera France€391,840
2 Helen Alfredsson Sweden€320,099.74
3 Martina Eberl Germany€227,296.20
4 Amy Yang South Korea€227,179.38
5 Anja Monke Germany€184,778.93
6 Suzann Pettersen Norway€183,278.68
7 Lotta Wahlin Sweden€181,114.22
8 Paula Martí Spain€162,698.40
9 Lisa Hall England€157,288.84
10 Rebecca Hudson England€145,275.91

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tournament axed in credit crunch". BBC Sport. 10 November 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2008.

External links

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