1987 Ladies European Tour

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1987 Ladies European Tour season
DurationMay 1987 (1987-05) – October 1987 (1987-10)
Number of official events24
Order of Merit Flag of Scotland.svg Dale Reid
1986
1988

The 1987 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place in 1987. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

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Tournaments

The table below shows the 1987 schedule. [1] [2] 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. [3]

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upWinner's
share (£)
Note
2 May Ford Ladies Classic England Flag of Scotland.svg Gillian Stewart (2)289 (−7)Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Corinne Dibnah 4,500 [4]
17 May Letting French Open France Flag of Sweden.svg Liselotte Neumann (4)293 (−7)5 strokes Flag of England.svg Laura Davies 10,500New tournament [5]
24 May British Olivetti Tournament England Flag of Scotland.svg Jane Connachan (4)286 (−6)Playoff Flag of England.svg Trish Johnson 3,750 [5]
31 May Ulster Volkswagen Classic Northern Ireland Flag of Scotland.svg Dale Reid (13)283 (−9)8 strokes Flag of England.svg Beverley New
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Sonja Van Wyk
4,500 [5]
6 Jun McEwan's Wirral Classic England Flag of England.svg Trish Johnson (1)292 (−4)Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karen Lunn 3,750 [5]
14 Jun Belgian Ladies Godiva Open Belgium Flag of France.svg Marie-Laure de Lorenzi (1)285 (−7)2 strokes Flag of England.svg Trish Johnson
Flag of the United States.svg Susan Moon
7,500 [5]
21 Jun Volmac Ladies Open Netherlands Flag of Scotland.svg Dale Reid (14)283 (−5)3 strokes Ulster Banner.svg Maureen Garner 7,500 [6]
28 Jun Portuguese Ladies Open Portugal Flag of Scotland.svg Cathy Panton (13)210 (−9)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Alison Nicholas 3,750 [6]
5 Jul Hennessy Cognac Ladies Cup France Flag of England.svg Kitrina Douglas (4)283 (−5)3 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Nancy Lopez
Flag of Italy.svg Federica Dassù
10,500 [6]
12 Jul La Manga Club Ladies European Open England Flag of Scotland.svg Dale Reid (15)272 (−20)4 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Corinne Dibnah 7,500 [6]
25 Jul Bloor Homes Eastleigh Classic England Flag of England.svg Trish Johnson (2)242 (−22)11 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Corinne Dibnah 4,500 [6]
2 Aug Weetabix Women's British Open England Flag of England.svg Alison Nicholas (1)296 (+4)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Laura Davies
Flag of the United States.svg Muffin Spencer-Devlin
15,000 [7]
9 Aug BMW Ladies' German Open Germany Flag of France.svg Marie-Laure de Lorenzi (2)275 (−13)5 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Dale Reid 9,000 [8]
16 Aug Kristianstad Ladies Open Sweden Cancelled [9]
23 Aug Aspeboda Ladies Open Sweden Cancelled [9]
30 Aug Borås European Masters Sweden Cancelled [9]
6 Sep Bowring Ladies Scottish Open Scotland Flag of Scotland.svg Dale Reid (16)285 (−3)Playoff Flag of England.svg Laura Davies 4,500 [8]
14 Sep Italian Ladies' Open Italy Flag of England.svg Laura Davies (6)285 (−3)1 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Liselotte Neumann 9,000New tournament [8]
26 Sep Laing Ladies Classic England Flag of England.svg Alison Nicholas (2)281 (−11)2 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Corinne Dibnah 4,500 [8]
4 Oct James Capel Guernsey Open Guernsey Flag of Australia (converted).svg Corinne Dibnah (3)275 (−13)10 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Gillian Stewart
Flag of England.svg Vanessa Marvin
4,500 [8]
Hong Kong Bank Jersey Classic Jersey Flag of Sweden.svg Marie Wennersten 148 (+4)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Peggy Conley
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Corinne Dibnah
1,000Unofficial event
25 Oct Woolmark Ladies Match Play Championship England Flag of England.svg Trish Johnson (3)4 and 3 Flag of France.svg Marie-Laure de Lorenzi 6,000Match play event
Qualitair Ladies' Spanish Open Spain Flag of Australia (converted).svg Corinne Dibnah (4)210 (−12)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Susan Moon 4,500

Major championship in bold.

Order of Merit rankings

RankPlayerCountryMoney (£)
1 Dale Reid Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 53,815
2 Laura Davies Flag of England.svg  England 47,151
3 Corinne Dibnah Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 40,474
4 Alison Nicholas Flag of England.svg  England 36,694
5 Trish Johnson Flag of England.svg  England 35,718
6 Marie-Laure de Lorenzi Flag of France.svg  France 33,746
7 Kitrina Douglas Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 32,864
8 Liselotte Neumann Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 26,873
9 Jane Connachan Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 22,588
10 Debbie Dowling Flag of England.svg  England 21,497

Source: [10]

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