Duration | February 2018 – November 2018 |
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Number of official events | 15 |
Most wins | 2: Anne van Dam |
Order of Merit | Georgia Hall |
Player of the Year | Georgia Hall |
Rookie of the Year | Julia Engström |
Lowest stroke average | 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).
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.
Major championships |
Regular events |
Team championships |
The following event appeared on the schedule, but did not carry official money.
Date | Tournament | Location | Winners | Notes | ||
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12 Aug | European Golf Team Championships | Scotland | Women's | Sweden | Linda Wessberg & Cajsa Persson | Co-sanctioned with the European Tour [2] |
Mixed | Iceland | Ólafía Þórunn Kristinsdóttir & Valdis Thora Jonsdottir (with Birgir Hafþórsson & Axel Bóasson) |
Rank | Player | Country | Points |
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1 | Georgia Hall | England | 667.73 |
2 | Anne van Dam | Netherlands | 518.18 |
3 | Caroline Hedwall | Sweden | 453.35 |
4 | Jenny Haglund | Sweden | 426.10 |
5 | Sarah Kemp | Australia | 354.71 |
6 | Christine Wolf | Austria | 281.44 |
7 | Olivia Cowan | Germany | 248.15 |
8 | Karolin Lampert | Germany | 241.08 |
9 | Klára Spilková | Czech Republic | 198.24 |
10 | Céline Boutier | France | 193.17 |
Source: [3]
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