Duration | February 2021 – November 2021 |
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Number of official events | 29 (6 cancelled) |
Most wins | 2 (tie):![]() ![]() ![]() |
Order of Merit | ![]() |
Player of the Year | ![]() |
Rookie of the Year | ![]() |
Lowest stroke average | ![]() |
← 2020 2022 → |
The 2021 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 Australian Swing, the tour's season opening. [1]
The table below shows the 2021 schedule. The season featured a month-long European Swing of the LPGA Tour, starting with the Evian Championship in late July. [2] It also saw the introduction of the Aramco Team Series, four tournaments carrying a $1 million total prize fund each held in London, Sotogrande and New York, concluding in Saudi Arabia in November. [3]
The numbers in brackets after the winners' names indicate the career wins on the Ladies European Tour, including that event, and is only shown for members of the tour.
Major championships |
Regular events |
Team championships |
The following event appears on the schedule, but does not carry ranking points.
Date | Tournament | Host country | Winner(s) | WWGR points | Purse ($) | Notes |
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8–10 Jul | Aramco Team Series – London | England | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | – | 800,000 | Aramco Team Series Team event |
5–7 Aug | Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande [lower-alpha 1] | Spain | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | – | 800,000 | Aramco Team Series Team event |
5–8 Aug | Olympic women's golf competition | Japan | ![]() | 37 | ||
4–6 Sep | Solheim Cup | United States | ![]() | – | – | [10] |
14–16 Oct | Aramco Team Series – New York | United States | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | – | 800,000 | Aramco Team Series Team event |
10–12 Nov | Aramco Team Series – Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | – | 800,000 | Aramco Team Series Team event |
Rank | Player | Country | Points |
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1 | Atthaya Thitikul | ![]() | 3,592 |
2 | Pia Babnik | ![]() | 1,954 |
3 | Stephanie Kyriacou | ![]() | 1,765 |
4 | Sanna Nuutinen | ![]() | 1,657 |
5 | Olivia Cowan | ![]() | 1,587 |
6 | Maja Stark | ![]() | 1,516 |
7 | Marianne Skarpnord | ![]() | 1,305 |
8 | Charley Hull | ![]() | 1,210 |
9 | Anna Nordqvist | ![]() | 1,179 |
10 | Alice Hewson | ![]() | 1,156 |
Source: [11]
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