2005 Ladies European Tour

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2005 Ladies European Tour season
DurationFebruary 2005 (2005-02) – September 2005 (2005-09)
Number of official events21
Order of Merit Flag of Denmark.svg Iben Tinning
Player of the Year Flag of Denmark.svg Iben Tinning
Rookie of the Year Flag of Spain.svg Elisa Serramià
Lowest stroke average Flag of England.svg Laura Davies
2004
2006

The 2005 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from January through December 2005. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

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Tournaments

The table below shows the 2005 schedule. [1] 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.

DateNameVenueLocationWinnerPrize fundPrize fund (€)Notes
5 Feb Samsung Ladies Masters Laguna National Golf & Country Club Singapore Flag of South Korea.svg Song Bo-bae (n/a)$200,000150,590Team event co-sanctioned by the five main women's tours
Unofficial prize money
13 Feb Women's World Cup of Golf The Links, Fancourt Resort South Africa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Ai Miyazato & Rui Kitada
$1,000,000752,950Team event
Unofficial prize money
27 Feb ANZ Ladies Masters RACV Royal Pines Resort Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karrie Webb (7)$800,000499,216Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
3 Apr Thailand Ladies Open Alpine Golf & Sports Club Thailand Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shani Waugh (3)$330,000248,474
10 Apr Tenerife Ladies Open Costa Adeje GC Spain Flag of France.svg Ludivine Kreutz (2)242,000€242,000
15 May Open de España Femenino Panorámica Club de Golf Spain Flag of Denmark.svg Iben Tinning (3)€275,000275,000
29 May Siemens Austrian Ladies Open Golfclub Fohrenwald Austria Flag of Italy.svg Federica Piovano (1)€250,000250,000
5 Jun BMW Ladies Italian Open Parco de' Medici Italy Flag of Denmark.svg Iben Tinning (4)€300,000300,000
12 Jun Vediorbis Open de France Dames Golf d'Arras France Flag of Italy.svg Veronica Zorzi (1)€300,000300,000
26 Jun Algarve Ladies Open of Portugal Gramacho Pestana Golf Resort Portugal Flag of Sweden.svg Cecilia Ekelundh (2)€300,000300,000
10 Jul Ladies English Open Chart Hills Golf Club, Biddenden England Flag of Sweden.svg Maria Hjorth (2)€165,000165,000
16 Jul Ladies Central European Open Old Lake Golf Club Hungary Flag of France.svg Ludivine Kreutz (3)€165,000165,000
23 Jul Evian Masters Evian Resort Golf Club France Flag of the United States.svg Paula Creamer (n/a)$2,500,0001,882,375Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
31 Jul Weetabix Women's British Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club England Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Jeong (n/a)$1,800,0001,499,571Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
7 Aug Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika Barsebäck Golf & Country Club Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam (13)€495,000495,000
14 Aug Wales Ladies Championship of Europe Machynys Peninsula Golf Country Club, Llanelli Wales Flag of England.svg Kirsty Taylor (1)£350,000510,650
28 Aug Finnair Masters Helsinki Golf Club Finland Flag of Denmark.svg Lisa Holm Sorensen (1)€200,000200,000
4 Sep Nykredit Masters Kokkedal Golfklub Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg Iben Tinning (5)€200,000200,000
11 Sep Solheim Cup Crooked Stick Golf Club United States Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Team event; no prize moneyCo-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
18 Sep KLM Ladies Open Kennemer Golf & Country Club Netherlands Flag of France.svg Virginie Lagoutte (1)€165,000165,000
24 Sep Catalonia Ladies Masters Golf Platja de Pals Spain Flag of France.svg Karine Icher (5)€190,000190,000

Major championships in bold.

Order of Merit rankings

RankPlayerEarnings ()Tournaments
1 Flag of Denmark.svg Iben Tinning 204,67215
n/a Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam 180,6393
n/a Flag of Sweden.svg Sophie Gustafson 168,8253
2 Flag of France.svg Gwladys Nocera 164,73918
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Maria Hjorth 158,5248
4 Flag of Sweden.svg Cecilia Ekelundh 154,89319
5 Flag of Italy.svg Veronica Zorzi 154,18414
6 Flag of France.svg Ludivine Kreutz 147,21118
7 Flag of England.svg Kirsty Taylor 129,96417
8 Flag of England.svg Laura Davies 124,6617
9 Flag of France.svg Karine Icher 123,7907
n/a Flag of Sweden.svg Carin Koch 121,1053
n/a Flag of Sweden.svg Liselotte Neumann 119,2813
10 Flag of England.svg Trish Johnson 116,19014

Note: Participation in a minimum of six tournaments was required to be counted for the Order of Merit.

Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

See also

References

  1. Ladies European Tour: 2005 Tournaments
  2. "Yearly Money Leaders on the Ladies European Tour". golfcompedium.com. Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
  3. "Röd och vit dynamit" [Red and white dynamite]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 11. November 2005. p. 112. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  4. LET Tour Guide 2013. Ladies European Tour. 2013. p. 139.
  5. "Ladies European Tour Information centre, Order of Merit 2005". Ladies European Tour. 2005. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  6. Middleton, Claire (21 December 2005). "Sorenstam clean-up is par for the course". The Telegraph. Retrieved 9 October 2023.