2018 Ladies European Tour

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2018 Ladies European Tour season
DurationFebruary 2018 (2018-02) – November 2018 (2018-11)
Number of official events15
Most wins2: Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anne van Dam
Order of Merit Flag of England.svg Georgia Hall
Player of the Year Flag of England.svg Georgia Hall
Rookie of the Year Flag of Sweden.svg Julia Engström
Lowest stroke average Flag of Spain.svg Carlota Ciganda
2017
2019

The 2018 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world, which took place from 1 February to 25 November. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

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Schedule

The table below shows the 2018 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
DateTournamentLocationWinner WWGR
points
Notes
4 Feb Oates Victorian Open Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Minjee Lee (1)15Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour
11 Feb ActewAGL Canberra Classic Australia Flag of South Korea.svg Jiyai Shin (n/a)16.5Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour
25 Feb Australian Ladies Classic Australia Flag of France.svg Céline Boutier (2)8Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour
4 Mar Women's NSW Open Australia Flag of England.svg Meghan MacLaren (1)6Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour
10 Mar Investec South African Women's Open South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg Ashleigh Buhai (2)6
22 Apr Lalla Meryem Cup Morocco Flag of Sweden.svg Jenny Haglund (1)6
2 Jun Jabra Ladies Open France Flag of France.svg Astrid Vayson de Pradenne (1)6Dual-ranking event with the LET Access Series
24 Jun Ladies European Thailand Championship Thailand Flag of Thailand.svg Kanyalak Preedasuttijit (1)6
29 Jul Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open Scotland Flag of Thailand.svg Ariya Jutanugarn (3)46Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
5 Aug Ricoh Women's British Open England Flag of England.svg Georgia Hall (1)100Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
9 Sep Lacoste Ladies Open de France France Flag of Sweden.svg Caroline Hedwall (6)8
16 Sep Evian Championship France Flag of the United States.svg Angela Stanford (n/a)100Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
23 Sep Estrella Damm Ladies Open Spain Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anne van Dam (2)16
21 Oct Hero Women's Indian Open India Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Becky Morgan (1)6
25 Nov Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España Femenino Spain Flag of the Netherlands.svg Anne van Dam (3)12

Unofficial events

The following event appeared on the schedule, but did not carry official money.

DateTournamentLocationWinnersNotes
12 Aug European Golf Team Championships Scotland Women's Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Linda Wessberg & Cajsa Persson Co-sanctioned with the European Tour [2]
Mixed Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Ólafía Þórunn Kristinsdóttir & Valdis Thora Jonsdottir
(with Birgir Hafþórsson & Axel Bóasson)

Order of Merit rankings

RankPlayerCountryPoints
1 Georgia Hall Flag of England.svg  England 667.73
2 Anne van Dam Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 518.18
3 Caroline Hedwall Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 453.35
4 Jenny Haglund Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 426.10
5 Sarah Kemp Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 354.71
6 Christine Wolf Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 281.44
7 Olivia Cowan Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 248.15
8 Karolin Lampert Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 241.08
9 Klára Spilková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 198.24
10 Céline Boutier Flag of France.svg  France 193.17

Source: [3]

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