2020 Ladies European Tour

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2020 Ladies European Tour season
DurationFebruary 2020 (2020-02) – November 2020 (2020-11)
Number of official events25 (13 cancelled)
Most wins4:
Flag of Denmark.svg Emily Kristine Pedersen
Order of Merit Flag of Denmark.svg Emily Kristine Pedersen
Player of the Year Flag of Denmark.svg Emily Kristine Pedersen
Rookie of the Year Flag of New Zealand.svg Stephanie Kyriacou
Lowest stroke average Flag of Denmark.svg Emily Kristine Pedersen
2019
2021

The 2020 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

Contents

The season was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic with many tournaments either being postponed or cancelled. Among the cancellations was The Evian Championship, one of the LPGA Tour's five major championships. [1]

Schedule

The table below shows part of the 2020 schedule. [2] 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
20–23 Feb Australian Ladies Classic Bonville Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stephanie Kyriacou (n/a,a)10Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour
27 Feb – 1 Mar Women's NSW Open Australia Flag of Sweden.svg Julia Engström (1)6Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour
12–14 Mar Investec South African Women's Open South Africa Flag of England.svg Alice Hewson (1)6
14–17 May La Reserva de Sotogrande Invitational Spain Postponed
29–31 May Mithra Belgian Ladies Open Belgium Cancelled [3]
4–7 Jun Lalla Meryem Cup Morocco Postponed [4]
11–14 Jun Scandinavian Mixed Sweden Cancelled [4] Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
18–20 Jun
(7-9 May)
Jabra Ladies Open France Postponed
2–5 Jul Dutch Ladies Open Netherlands Cancelled
16–19 Jul Estrella Damm Mediterranean Ladies Open Spain Postponed
6–9 Aug
(23–26 Jul)
Evian Championship France Cancelled [1] Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
6–9 Aug ISPS Handa World Invitational Northern Ireland Cancelled [5] New event
13–16 Aug Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open Scotland Flag of the United States.svg Stacy Lewis (n/a)34Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
20–23 Aug AIG Women's British Open England Flag of Germany.svg Sophia Popov (1)100Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
28–30 Aug Tipsport Czech Ladies Open Czech Republic Flag of Denmark.svg Emily Kristine Pedersen (2)6
3–6 Sep Creekhouse Ladies Open Sweden Cancelled [6] New event
10–12 Sep VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open Switzerland Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Amy Boulden (1)6
17–19 Sep Lacoste Ladies Open de France France Flag of Sweden.svg Julia Engström (2)6
24–27 Sep Ladies European Thailand Championship Thailand Cancelled
1–4 Oct Hero Women's Indian Open India Cancelled [7]
4–6 Nov Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic United Arab Emirates Flag of Australia (converted).svg Minjee Lee (2)16.5
12–15 Nov Magical Kenya Ladies Open Kenya Cancelled
12–15 Nov [lower-alpha 1]
(8–11 Oct)
(19–22 Mar)
Aramco Saudi Ladies International Saudi Arabia Flag of Denmark.svg Emily Kristine Pedersen (3)14New event
17–19 Nov Saudi Ladies Team International Saudi Arabia Flag of Denmark.svg Emily Kristine Pedersen (4)14New event
26–29 Nov Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España Spain Flag of Denmark.svg Emily Kristine Pedersen (5)6
  1. Rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] [9]

Unofficial events

The following events appear on the schedule, but does not carry ranking points.

DateTournamentHost countryWinner(s) WWGR
points
Notes
5–8 Aug Olympic women's golf competition Japan Postponed until 2021
17–19 Nov Saudi Ladies Team International Saudi Arabia Flag of Denmark.svg Emily Kristine Pedersen (c)
Flag of South Africa.svg Casandra Hall
Flag of Scotland.svg Michele Thomson
Flag of England.svg Matt Selby (a)
Team event

Order of Merit rankings

RankPlayerCountryPoints
1 Emily Kristine Pedersen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1,249.35
2 Julia Engström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 415.70
3 Stephanie Kyriacou Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 323.78
4 Manon De Roey Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 317.45
5 Sanna Nuutinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 312.56
6 Azahara Muñoz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 272.96
7 Nuria Iturrioz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 256.02
8 Georgia Hall Flag of England.svg  England 255.37
9 Anne Van Dam Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 234.46
10 Laura Fünfstück Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 233.17

Source: [10]

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