Duration | February 2020 – November 2020 |
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Number of official events | 25 (13 cancelled) |
Most wins | 4: Emily Kristine Pedersen |
Order of Merit | Emily Kristine Pedersen |
Player of the Year | Emily Kristine Pedersen |
Rookie of the Year | Stephanie Kyriacou |
Lowest stroke average | 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).
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]
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.
Major championships |
Regular events |
Team championships |
The following events appear on the schedule, but does not carry ranking points.
Date | Tournament | Host country | Winner(s) | WWGR points | Notes |
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Olympic women's golf competition | Japan | Postponed until 2021 | – | ||
17–19 Nov | Saudi Ladies Team International | Saudi Arabia | Emily Kristine Pedersen (c) Casandra Hall Michele Thomson Matt Selby (a) | – | Team event |
Rank | Player | Country | Points |
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1 | Emily Kristine Pedersen | Denmark | 1,249.35 |
2 | Julia Engström | Sweden | 415.70 |
3 | Stephanie Kyriacou | Australia | 323.78 |
4 | Manon De Roey | Belgium | 317.45 |
5 | Sanna Nuutinen | Finland | 312.56 |
6 | Azahara Muñoz | Spain | 272.96 |
7 | Nuria Iturrioz | Spain | 256.02 |
8 | Georgia Hall | England | 255.37 |
9 | Anne Van Dam | Netherlands | 234.46 |
10 | Laura Fünfstück | Germany | 233.17 |
Source: [10]
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