2007 Ladies European Tour

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2007 Ladies European Tour season
DurationJanuary 2007 (2007-01) – December 2007 (2007-12)
Number of official events24
Order of Merit Flag of Sweden.svg Sophie Gustafson
Player of the Year Flag of Germany.svg Bettina Hauert
Rookie of the Year Flag of Sweden.svg Louise Stahle
Lowest stroke average Flag of Sweden.svg Sophie Gustafson
2006
2008

The 2007 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from January through December 2007. [1] The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET). [2]

Contents

The tour featured 24 official money events with prize money totalling more than €10.5 million, as well as the Women's World Cup of Golf and the biannual Solheim Cup. Sophie Gustafson won the Order of Merit, while Bettina Hauert was voted Player's Player of the Year. Louise Stahle won Rookie of the Year honours, finishing 23rd in the Order of Merit.

Tournament results

The table below shows the 2007 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
DatesTournamentLocationWinnerPurse (€)Notes
21 Jan Women's World Cup of Golf South Africa Flag of Paraguay.svg Julieta Granada
and Celeste Troche (n/a)
$1,400,000Team event co-sanctioned by the five main women's tours;
unofficial prize money
4 Feb Women's Australian Open Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karrie Webb (n/a) A$ 500,000Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
11 Feb ANZ Ladies Masters Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karrie Webb (n/a) A$ 800,000Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
6 May Tenerife Ladies Open Spain Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nikki Garrett (1)275,000
13 May Open De España Femenino Spain Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nikki Garrett (2)275,000
20 May Ladies Swiss Open Switzerland Flag of Germany.svg Bettina Hauert (1)525,000
26 May BMW Ladies Italian Open Italy Flag of England.svg Trish Johnson (18)400,000
3 Jun Northern Ireland Ladies Open Northern Ireland Flag of England.svg Lisa Hall (2)200,000
10 Jun KLM Ladies Open Netherlands Flag of France.svg Gwladys Nocera (4)180,000
17 Jun Catalonia Ladies Masters Spain Flag of South Africa.svg Ashleigh Simon (1)200,000
24 Jun Vediorbis Open de France France Flag of Sweden.svg Linda Wessberg (2)340,000
1 Jul Ladies Open of Portugal Portugal Flag of France.svg Sophie Giquel (1)200,000
8 Jul Ladies English Open England Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Becky Brewerton (1)165,000
28 Jul Evian Masters France Flag of the United States.svg Natalie Gulbis (n/a)$3,000,000Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
5 Aug Ricoh Women's British Open Scotland Flag of Mexico.svg Lorena Ochoa (n/a)$2,000,000Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
12 Aug Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika Sweden Flag of Scotland.svg Catriona Matthew (2)525,000
19 Aug Wales Ladies Championship of Europe Wales Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joanne Mills (2)£350,000
26 Aug SAS Masters Norway Flag of Norway.svg Suzann Pettersen (2)200,000
2 Sep Finnair Masters Finland Flag of Germany.svg Bettina Hauert (2)200,000
9 Sep Nykredit Masters Denmark Flag of England.svg Lisa Hall (3)200,000
16 Sep Solheim Cup Sweden Flag of the United States.svg United States Team event; no prize money
22 Sep De Vere Ladies Scottish Open Scotland Flag of Sweden.svg Sophie Gustafson (12)200,000
30 Sep Austrian Ladies Open Austria Flag of England.svg Laura Davies (36)250,000
6 Oct Madrid Ladies Masters Spain Flag of Germany.svg Martina Eberl (1)400,000
8 Dec EMAAR-MGF Ladies Masters India Flag of France.svg Gwladys Nocera (5)200,000
16 Dec Dubai Ladies Masters U.A.E. Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam (13)500,000

Order of Merit rankings

RankPlayerCountryEarnings (€)
1 Sophie Gustafson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 222,081
2 Bettina Hauert Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 219,863
3 Gwladys Nocera Flag of France.svg  France 207,825
4 Trish Johnson Flag of England.svg  England 202,468
5 Maria Hjorth Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 198,283
6 Catriona Matthew Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 178,751
7 Annika Sörenstam Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 170,795
8 Linda Wessberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 158,960
9 Martina Eberl Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 155,474
10 Joanne Mills Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 150,809

See also

References

  1. "Event: 2007 Ladies European Tour". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  2. "World Cup kicks off LET Season". gsport. 18 January 2007. Retrieved 10 July 2022.