2021 Ladies European Tour

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2021 Ladies European Tour season
DurationFebruary 2021 (2021-02) – November 2021 (2021-11)
Number of official events29 (6 cancelled)
Most wins2 (tie):
Flag of Slovenia.svg Pia Babnik
Flag of Sweden.svg Maja Stark
Flag of Thailand.svg Atthaya Thitikul
Order of Merit Flag of Thailand.svg Atthaya Thitikul
Player of the Year Flag of Thailand.svg Atthaya Thitikul
Rookie of the Year Flag of Thailand.svg Atthaya Thitikul
Lowest stroke average Flag of Ireland.svg Leona Maguire
← 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).

Contents

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]

Schedule

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.

Key
Major championships
Regular events
Team championships
DateTournamentLocationWinner WWGR
points		PurseOther
tours [a] 		Notes
21 Feb Australian Ladies Classic Australia Tournament cancelled [1] ALPG
28 Feb New South Wales Women's Open Australia Tournament cancelled [1] ALPG
20 Mar
16 May [b] 		Investec South African Women's Open South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg Lee-Anne Pace (10)6€200,000 SLT
30 May Ladies Italian Open Italy Flag of France.svg Lucie Malchirand (1, a)6€200,000Last played in 2014
5 Jun Jabra Ladies Open France Flag of Slovenia.svg Pia Babnik (1)6€200,000
13 Jun Scandinavian Mixed Sweden Flag of England.svg Alice Hewson (n/c) [c]
low woman		6€1,000,000 EUR [d]
27 Jun Tipsport Czech Ladies Open Czech Republic Flag of Thailand.svg Atthaya Thitikul (3)6€200,000
3 Jul Big Green Egg Open Netherlands Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stephanie Kyriacou (2)6€200,000Last played in 2015
10 Jul Aramco Team Series – London England Flag of Norway.svg Marianne Skarpnord (5)16$200,000 Aramco Team Series Individual event
20 Jun
17 Jul		 Gant Ladies Open Finland Flag of Finland.svg Matilda Castren (1)6€200,000New event
25 Jul Amundi Evian Championship France Flag of Australia (converted).svg Minjee Lee (n/a)100$4,500,000 LPGA [7]
1 Aug ISPS Handa World Invitational Northern Ireland Flag of Thailand.svg Pajaree Anannarukarn (1)18$1,500,000 LPGA
9 Oct
7 Aug		 Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande [e] Spain Flag of the United States.svg Alison Lee (n/a)14$200,000 Aramco Team Series Individual event
15 Aug Trust Golf Women's Scottish Open Scotland Flag of the United States.svg Ryann O'Toole (n/a)37$1,500,000 LPGA
22 Aug AIG Women's Open Scotland Flag of Sweden.svg Anna Nordqvist (4)100$5,800,000 LPGA
29 Aug Didriksons Skaftö Open Sweden Flag of France.svg Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (1)6€220,000New event [8]
5 Sep Creekhouse Ladies Open Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg Maja Stark (1)8€400,000New event [9]
11 Sep VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open Switzerland Flag of Thailand.svg Atthaya Thitikul (4)6€200,000
18 Sep Lacoste Ladies Open de France France Flag of France.svg Céline Boutier (3)6€300,000
3 Oct Hero Women's Indian Open India Tournament cancelled$500,000
18 Jul
3 Oct [b] 		Estrella Damm Ladies Open Spain Flag of Sweden.svg Maja Stark (2)6€250,000
17 Oct Magical Kenya Ladies Open Kenya Tournament cancelled€300,000
29 May
16 Oct		 Aramco Team Series – New York United States Flag of England.svg Charley Hull (3)19.5$200,000 Aramco Team Series Individual event
24 Oct Lalla Meryem Cup Morocco Tournament cancelled
29 Oct Dubai Moonlight Classic United Arab Emirates Flag of England.svg Bronte Law (1)15€260,000
7 Nov Aramco Saudi Ladies International Saudi Arabia Flag of New Zealand.svg Lydia Ko (6)18.5$1,000,000
12 Nov Aramco Team Series – Jeddah Saudi Arabia Flag of Slovenia.svg Pia Babnik (2)16.5$200,000 Aramco Team Series Individual event
TBA Ladies European Thailand Championship Thailand Tournament cancelled€300,000
28 Nov Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España Spain Flag of Spain.svg Carlota Ciganda (5)12€600,000
  1. ↑ ALPG − ALPG Tour, EUR − European Tour, LPGA − LPGA Tour, SLT − Sunshine Ladies Tour.
  2. 1 2 Rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [4] [5] [6]
  3. ↑ Finished tied for third overall; for Order of Merit and World Ranking, she is credited with first-place points as it is based among the women only.
  4. ↑ Field of 78 men and 78 women playing for joint purse from different tees.
  5. ↑ Moved from Singapore.

Unofficial events

The following event appears on the schedule, but does not carry ranking points.

DateTournamentHost countryWinner(s) WWGR
points		Purse ($)Notes
10 Jul Aramco Team Series – London England Flag of Germany.svg Olivia Cowan
Flag of Germany.svg Sarina Schmidt
Flag of India.svg Diksha Dagar
Flag of England.svg Andrew Kelsey (a)		–800,000 Aramco Team Series Team event
9 Oct
7 Aug		 Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande [a] Spain Flag of South Africa.svg Ashleigh Buhai
Flag of South Africa.svg Stacy Bregman
Flag of England.svg Hayley Davis
Flag of Spain.svg Ignacio Morillo (a)		–800,000 Aramco Team Series Team event
8 Aug Olympic women's golf competition Japan Flag of the United States.svg Nelly Korda 37
6 Sep Solheim Cup United States Flag of Europe.svg Europe –– [10]
29 May
16 Oct		 Aramco Team Series – New York United States Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Korda
Flag of Germany.svg Karolin Lampert
Flag of Sweden.svg Lina Boqvist
Flag of the United States.svg Alexandra O'Laughlin (a)		–800,000 Aramco Team Series Team event
12 Nov Aramco Team Series – Jeddah Saudi Arabia Flag of Denmark.svg Emily Kristine Pedersen
Flag of England.svg Hannah Burke
Flag of Finland.svg Krista Bakker
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Ahmed Al Subaey (a)		–800,000 Aramco Team Series Team event
  1. ↑ Moved from Singapore.

Order of Merit rankings

RankPlayerCountryPoints
1 Atthaya Thitikul Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 3,592
2 Pia Babnik Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1,954
3 Stephanie Kyriacou Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1,765
4 Sanna Nuutinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1,657
5 Olivia Cowan Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1,587
6 Maja Stark Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1,516
7 Marianne Skarpnord Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1,305
8 Charley Hull Flag of England.svg  England 1,210
9 Anna Nordqvist Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1,179
10 Alice Hewson Flag of England.svg  England 1,156

Source: [11]

Location of tournaments

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "LET postpones 2021 Australian swing". Irish Golf Desk. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "LPGA Comes Back Stronger Than Ever with 2021 Tour Schedule". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Aramco Team Series and LET Go Global". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  4. ↑ "Investec South African Women's Open". Sunshine Ladies Tour. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "New dates set for 8th Sunshine Ladies Tour season". SuperSport. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  6. ↑ Cutler, Bethan (16 August 2021). "The Estrella Damm Ladies Open Returns To The LET Schedule". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Amundi becomes the title sponsor of The Evian Championship". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "Skaftö Open blir LET-tävling". Svensk Golf. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  9. ↑ "2021 Creekhouse Ladies Open". Creekhouse Management. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "Ryder Cup postponement". SportsPro. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  11. ↑ "Order of Merit – 2021 Season". Ladies European Tour.
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