2016 Ladies European Tour

2016 Ladies European Tour season

Duration	February 2016 (2016-02) – December 2016 (2016-12)
Number of official events	21
Most wins	2 (tie): Beth Allen Aditi Ashok Shanshan Feng
Order of Merit	Beth Allen
Player of the Year	Beth Allen
Rookie of the Year	Aditi Ashok
Lowest stroke average	Shanshan Feng
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The 2016 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world, which took place from February through December 2016. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET). ^[1]

Schedule

The table below shows the 2016 schedule. ^[1] 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.

Key

Major championships

Regular events

Team championships

Date	Tournament	Host country	Winner	WWGR points	Purse	Other tours [a]	Notes
14 Feb	ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open	New Zealand	Lydia Ko (5)	16	€200,000	ALPG
21 Feb	ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open	Australia	Haru Nomura (n/a)	26	$1,300,000	ALPG, LPGA
28 Feb	RACV Ladies Masters	Australia	Jiyai Shin (4)	17.5	€250,000	ALPG
13 Mar	World Ladies Championship	China	Lee Jung-min (1)	19	$700,000	KLPGA, CLPGA	Individual event
8 May	Lalla Meryem Cup	Morocco	Nuria Iturrioz (1)	12	€450,000
15 May	Buick Championship	China	Shanshan Feng (6)	16.5	$600,000	CLPGA
19 Jun	Tipsport Golf Masters	Czech Republic	Nanna Koerstz Madsen (1)	8	€250,000
24 Jul	Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open	Scotland	Isabelle Boineau (1)	12	€500,000
31 Jul	Ricoh Women's British Open	England	Ariya Jutanugarn (2)	100	$3,000,000	LPGA
11 Sep	ISPS Handa Ladies European Masters	Germany	I.K. Kim (3)	16	€500,000
18 Sep	Evian Championship	France	Chun In-gee (n/a)	100	$3,250,000	LPGA
25 Sep	Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España Femenino	Spain	Azahara Muñoz (4)	12	€300,000
9 Oct	Lacoste Ladies Open de France	France	Beth Allen (2)	8	€250,000
16 Oct	Xiamen International Ladies Open	China	Anne van Dam (1)	6	€300,000	CLPGA
30 Oct	Sanya Ladies Open	China	Supamas Sangchan (1)	6	€300,000	CLPGA, LAGT
6 Nov	Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open	United Arab Emirates	Beth Allen (3)	12	$550,000		New event
13 Nov	Hero Women's Indian Open	India	Aditi Ashok (1)	10	$400,000	LAGT
26 Nov	Qatar Ladies Open	Qatar	Aditi Ashok (2)	8	€500,000		New event
10 Dec	Omega Dubai Ladies Masters	United Arab Emirates	Shanshan Feng (7)	18	€500,000		Reduced to 54 holes

Unofficial events

The following events appear on the schedule, but do not carry official money or Order of Merit ranking points.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Winners	WWGR points	Purse	Other tours [a]	Notes
13 Mar	World Ladies Championship	China	Lee Jung-min & Ko Jin-young	–	$100,000	KLPGA, CLPGA	Team event
20 Aug	Olympic Women's Golf Competition	Brazil	Inbee Park	34	–
4 Dec	The Queens	Japan	LPGA of Korea Tour	–	€750,000	ALPG, JLPGA, KLPGA	Team match play

Notes

1. ALPG − ALPG Tour, CLPGA − China LPGA Tour, JLPGA − LPGA of Japan Tour, KLPGA − LPGA of Korea Tour, LAGT − Ladies Asian Golf Tour, LPGA − LPGA Tour.

Order of Merit rankings

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings (€)
1	Beth Allen	United States	313,079
2	Aditi Ashok	India	206,665
3	Florentyna Parker	England	175,362
4	Georgia Hall	England	170,940
5	Isabelle Boineau	France	156,116
6	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	Denmark	142,466
7	Emily Kristine Pedersen	Denmark	131,944
8	Caroline Hedwall	Sweden	110,095
9	Camilla Lennarth	Sweden	108,694
10	Nuria Iturrioz	Spain	103,220

Sources: ^{[2] [3]}

See also

• 2016 LPGA Tour
• 2016 LET Access Series

References

1. LET announces 2016 schedule Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine , LET, 13 December 2015
2. "2016 Order of Merit". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
3. "Ladies European Tour 2016". Golf Live. 10 December 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

External links

• Official site of the Ladies European Tour
• Ladies European Tour Information Centre