2006 Ladies European Tour

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2006 Ladies European Tour season
DurationJanuary 2006 (2006-01) – October 2006 (2006-10)
Number of official events21
Order of Merit Flag of England.svg Laura Davies
Player of the Year Flag of France.svg Gwladys Nocera
Rookie of the Year Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nikki Garrett
Lowest stroke average Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam
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The 2006 Ladies European Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from January through October 2006. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET). [1]

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The season featured 21 events with prize money totalling more than €10.6 million. Laura Davies won the Order of Merit with earnings of €471,727 and Gwladys Nocera was Player of the Year.

Tournament results

The table below shows the 2006 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.

Key
Major championships
LET majors in bold
Regular events
Team championships
DatesTournamentHost countryWinnerNotes
22 Jan Acer World Cup of Golf South Africa Flag of Sweden.svg Liselotte Neumann
and Annika Sörenstam (n/a)		Team event
Unofficial LPGA Tour event
5 Feb ANZ Ladies Masters Australia Flag of South Korea.svg Amy Yang (1)Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour
30 Apr Tenerife Ladies Open Spain Flag of Finland.svg Riikka Hakkarainen (1)
14 May Open De España Femenino Spain Flag of New Zealand.svg Lynnette Brooky (4)
21 May Ladies Swiss Open Switzerland Flag of France.svg Gwladys Nocera (1)
28 May Vediorbis Open de France France Flag of Italy.svg Veronica Zorzi (2)
4 Jun KLM Ladies Open Netherlands Flag of France.svg Stéphanie Arricau (3)
17 Jun Ladies Italian Open Italy Flag of France.svg Gwladys Nocera (2)
24 Jun Ladies Open of Portugal Portugal Flag of France.svg Stéphanie Arricau (4)
15 Jul Ladies Central European Open Hungary Flag of England.svg Rebecca Hudson (1)
23 Jul Catalonia Ladies Masters Spain Flag of France.svg Gwladys Nocera (3)
29 Jul Evian Masters France Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karrie Webb (n/a)Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
6 Aug Weetabix Women's British Open England Flag of the United States.svg Sherri Steinhauer (n/a)Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
13 Aug Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam (14)
20 Aug Wales Ladies Championship of Europe Wales Flag of Sweden.svg Linda Wessberg (1)
27 Aug SAS Masters Norway Flag of England.svg Laura Davies (35)
3 Sep Finnair Masters Finland Flag of France.svg Virginie Lagoutte (2)
10 Sep Nykredit Masters Denmark Flag of Denmark.svg Karen Margrethe Juul (1)
17 Sep Austrian Ladies Open Austria Flag of Sweden.svg Sophie Gustafson (12)
8 Oct BBC Radio Kent Ladies’ English Open England Flag of Sweden.svg Cecilia Ekelundh (3)
29 Oct Dubai Ladies Masters United Arab Emirates Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam (15)

Order of Merit rankings

RankPlayerCountryEarnings (€)
1 Laura Davies Flag of England.svg  England 471,727
2 Gwladys Nocera Flag of France.svg  France 415,021
3 Annika Sörenstam Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 225,822
4 Sophie Gustafson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 193,774
5 Veronica Zorzi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 143,881
6 Linda Wessberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 142,414
7 Stéphanie Arricau Flag of France.svg  France 140,377
8 Rebecca Hudson Flag of England.svg  England 123,836
9 Riikka Hakkarainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 112,361
10 Karen Margrethe Juul Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 107,532

See also

References

  1. ↑ "LET announces richest ever schedule for 2006". Ladies European Tour. 30 November 2005. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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