2008 Ladies European Tour

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2008 Ladies European Tour season
DurationFebruary 2008 (2008-02) – December 2008 (2008-12)
Number of official events30 (1 cancelled)
Order of Merit Flag of France.svg Gwladys Nocera
Player of the Year Flag of France.svg Gwladys Nocera
Rookie of the Year Flag of England.svg Melissa Reid
Lowest stroke average Flag of Norway.svg Suzann Pettersen
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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).

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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 €391,840, 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. [1]

Key
Major championships
LET majors in bold
Regular events
Team championships
DatesTournamentLocationWinnerPurse (€)Notes
20 Jan Women's World Cup of Golf South Africa Flag of the Philippines.svg Jennifer Rosales
and Dorothy Delasin (n/a)		$1,400,000Team event co-sanctioned by the five main women's tours;
unofficial prize money
3 Feb Women's Australian Open Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karrie Webb (n/a) A$ 400,000Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
10 Feb ANZ Ladies Masters Australia Flag of England.svg Lisa Hall (4) A$ 480,000Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
6 Apr European Ladies Golf Cup Spain Flag of England.svg Trish Johnson
and Rebecca Hudson 		300,000Team event; new in 2008; unofficial prize money
20 Apr Open De España Femenino Spain Flag of Sweden.svg Emma Zackrisson (1)275,000
3 May Ladies Scottish Open Scotland Flag of France.svg Gwladys Nocera (6)200,000
11 May Turkish Ladies Open Turkey Flag of Sweden.svg Lotta Wahlin (1)250,000New tournament
25 May Ladies Swiss Open Switzerland Flag of Norway.svg Suzann Pettersen (3)525,000
1 Jun Ladies German Open Germany Flag of South Korea.svg Amy Yang (2)250,000New tournament
8 Jun Dutch Ladies Open Netherlands Flag of France.svg Gwladys Nocera (7)250,000
15 Jun Ladies Open of Portugal Portugal Flag of France.svg Anne-Lise Caudal (1)200,000
22 Jun Tenerife Ladies Open Spain Flag of England.svg Rebecca Hudson (2)300,000
6 Jul Ladies English Open England Flag of England.svg Rebecca Hudson (3)165,000
13 Jul Ladies Irish Open Ireland Flag of Norway.svg Suzann Pettersen (4)450,000New tournament
20 Jul BMW Ladies Italian Open Italy Flag of Germany.svg Martina Eberl (2)400,000
27 Jul Evian Masters France Flag of Sweden.svg Helen Alfredsson (11)$3,250,000Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
3 Aug Ricoh Women's British Open England Flag of South Korea.svg Jiyai Shin (n/a)$2,100,000Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
10 Aug Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika Sweden Flag of South Korea.svg Amy Yang (3)200,000
17 Aug Wales Ladies Championship of Europe Wales Flag of Sweden.svg Lotta Wahlin (2)450,000
24 Aug SAS Masters Norway Flag of France.svg Gwladys Nocera (8)200,000
31 Aug Finnair Masters Finland Flag of Finland.svg Minea Blomqvist (2)200,000
7 Sep Nykredit Masters Denmark Flag of Germany.svg Martina Eberl (3)200,000
14 Sep Austrian Ladies Open Austria Flag of England.svg Laura Davies (28)250,000
21 Sep Göteborg Masters Sweden Flag of France.svg Gwladys Nocera (9)250,000New tournament
28 Sep Open de France Dames France Flag of Germany.svg Anja Monke (1)350,000
4 Oct Madrid Ladies Masters Spain Flag of France.svg Gwladys Nocera (10)400,000
2 Nov Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open China Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam (17)200,000Co-sanctioned by the Ladies Asian Golf Tour
16 Nov Saint Four Ladies Masters in Jeju South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg Hee-Kyung Seo (n/a)500,000Co-sanctioned by the LPGA of Korea Tour
6 Dec Indian Ladies Masters IndiaCancelled [2]
14 Dec Dubai Ladies Masters United Arab Emirates Flag of Germany.svg Anja Monke (2)500,000

Order of Merit rankings

RankPlayerCountryEarnings (€)
1 Gwladys Nocera Flag of France.svg  France 391,840
2 Helen Alfredsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 320,100
3 Martina Eberl Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 227,296
4 Amy Yang Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 227,179
5 Anja Monke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 184,779
6 Suzann Pettersen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 183,279
7 Lotta Wahlin Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 181,114
8 Paula Martí Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 162,698
9 Lisa Hall Flag of England.svg  England 157,289
10 Rebecca Hudson Flag of England.svg  England 145,276

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Armas announces 2008 Ladies European Tour schedule: Record number of events and prize money". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  2. ↑ "Tournament axed in credit crunch". BBC Sport . 10 November 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
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