Duration | February 2013 – December 2013 |
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Number of official events | 23 |
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Order of Merit | ![]() |
Player of the Year | ![]() |
Rookie of the Year | ![]() |
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The 2013 Ladies European Tour was the 35th season of the Ladies European Tour (LET), a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world, which took place from February through December 2013.
The tour scheduled a total of 23 events, including the return of the Ladies Italian Open, which hadn't been on the tour since 2009. It also features the bi-annual Europe vs. USA Solheim Cup, which will rotate its turn to the United States for 2013. Also added to the tour is the Helsingborg Open in Sweden.
Leaving the tour for 2013 were the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open (Switzerland), the Ladies Irish Open (Ireland), and the UNIQA Ladies Golf Open (Austria).
The tour chronologically moved some of the events. Moving upwards on the calendar ware the South African Women's Open by three months, and the Open de España Femenino by three months. Moving back on the calendar ware the Honma Pilsen Golf Masters by two months, The Evian Championship by two months, and the Ladies Scottish Open by three months.
The table below shows the 2013 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names indicate the career wins on the Ladies European Tour, including that event, and is only shown for members of the tour.
Major championships |
Regular events |
Team championships |
Rank | Player | Country | Earnings (€) |
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1 | Suzann Pettersen | ![]() | 518,449 |
2 | Lee-Anne Pace | ![]() | 250,927 |
3 | Lexi Thompson | ![]() | 228,794 |
4 | Gwladys Nocera | ![]() | 221,288 |
5 | Carlota Ciganda | ![]() | 173,329 |
6 | Charley Hull | ![]() | 135,994 |
7 | Holly Clyburn | ![]() | 116,101 |
8 | Beatriz Recari | ![]() | 114,936 |
9 | Shanshan Feng | ![]() | 106,166 |
10 | Valentine Derrey | ![]() | 97,685 |
Source: [1]
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