Duration | February 2023 – November 26, 2023 |
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Number of official events | 29 |
Most wins | 2 (tie): Aditi Ashok Céline Boutier Alexandra Försterling |
Order of Merit | Trichat Cheenglab |
Player of the Year | Johanna Gustavsson |
Rookie of the Year | Trichat Cheenglab |
Lowest stroke average | Céline Boutier |
← 2022 2024 → |
The 2023 Ladies European Tour is a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The tournaments are sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).
The prize money for the Aramco Saudi Ladies International underwent a significant five-fold increase from US$1m to US$5m, matching the men's Saudi International on the Asian Tour, making the purse the third largest on the LET, offering $750,000 to the tournament champion. [1]
The Lalla Meryem Cup returned to the schedule after a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic.
The table below shows part of the 2023 schedule. [2] [3]
The numbers in brackets after the winners' names indicate the career wins on the Ladies European Tour, including that event, and is only shown for members of the tour.
Major championships |
Regular events |
Flagship events |
Team championships |
The following team events appear on the schedule, but do not carry ranking points.
Date | Tournament | Host country | Winners | Purse ($) | Notes |
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19 Mar | Aramco Team Series – Singapore | Singapore | Christine Wolf (c) Casandra Alexander Eleanor Givens Katsuko Blalock (a) | 500,000 | Aramco Team Series team event |
20 May | Aramco Team Series – Florida | United States | Pauline Roussin (c) Nuria Iturrioz Trish Johnson Michael Bickford (a) | 500,000 | Aramco Team Series team event |
15 Jul | Aramco Team Series – London | England | Georgia Hall (c) Kylie Henry Lea-Anne Bramwell Michael Austick (a) | 500,000 | Aramco Team Series team event |
24 Sep | Solheim Cup | Spain | Europe | – | |
7 Oct | Aramco Team Series – Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Kristýna Napoleaová (c) Laura Fünfstück Magdalena Simmermacher John Hyun (a) | 500,000 | Aramco Team Series team event |
4 Nov | Aramco Team Series – Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | Carlota Ciganda (c) Sára Kousková Alessandra Fanali Lujain Khalil (a) | 500,000 | Aramco Team Series team event |
The top 10 players in the Race to Costa del Sol Rankings.
Rank | Player | Country | Points |
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1 | Trichat Cheenglab | Thailand | 1,967 |
2 | Céline Boutier | France | 1,876 |
3 | Diksha Dagar | India | 1,825 |
4 | Aditi Ashok | India | 1,809 |
5 | Ana Peláez | Spain | 1,759 |
6 | Anne Van Dam | Netherlands | 1,756 |
7 | Johanna Gustavsson | Sweden | 1,679 |
8 | Alexandra Försterling | Germany | 1,588 |
9 | Linn Grant | Sweden | 1,439 |
10 | Klára Spilková | Czech Republic | 1,306 |
Source: [4]
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