2007 Ladies European Tour

The 2007 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from January through December 2007.[1] The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).[2]

2007 Ladies European Tour season
DurationJanuary 2007 (2007-01) – December 2007 (2007-12)
Number of official events24
Order of MeritSweden Sophie Gustafson
Player of the YearWest Germany Bettina Hauert
Rookie of the YearSweden Louise Stahle
Lowest stroke averageSweden Sophie Gustafson
2006
2008

The tour featured 24 official money events with prize money totalling more than €10.5 million, as well as the Women's World Cup of Golf and the biannual Solheim Cup. Sophie Gustafson won the Order of Merit, while Bettina Hauert was voted Player's Player of the Year. Louise Stahle won Rookie of the Year honours, finishing 23rd in the Order of Merit.

Tournament results

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The table below shows the 2007 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the Ladies European Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for members of the tour.

Key
Major championships
LET majors in bold
Regular events
Team championships
Dates Tournament Location Winner Purse (€) Notes
21 Jan Women's World Cup of Golf South Africa   Julieta Granada
and Celeste Troche (n/a)
$1,400,000 Team event co-sanctioned by the five main women's tours;
unofficial prize money
4 Feb Women's Australian Open Australia   Karrie Webb (n/a) A$500,000 Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
11 Feb ANZ Ladies Masters Australia   Karrie Webb (n/a) A$800,000 Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
6 May Tenerife Ladies Open Spain   Nikki Garrett (1) 275,000
13 May Open De España Femenino Spain   Nikki Garrett (2) 275,000
20 May Ladies Swiss Open Switzerland   Bettina Hauert (1) 525,000
26 May BMW Ladies Italian Open Italy   Trish Johnson (18) 400,000
3 Jun Northern Ireland Ladies Open Northern Ireland   Lisa Hall (2) 200,000
10 Jun KLM Ladies Open Netherlands   Gwladys Nocera (4) 180,000
17 Jun Catalonia Ladies Masters Spain   Ashleigh Simon (1) 200,000
24 Jun Vediorbis Open de France France   Linda Wessberg (2) 340,000
1 Jul Ladies Open of Portugal Portugal   Sophie Giquel (1) 200,000
8 Jul Ladies English Open England   Becky Brewerton (1) 165,000
28 Jul Evian Masters France   Natalie Gulbis (n/a) $3,000,000 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
5 Aug Ricoh Women's British Open Scotland   Lorena Ochoa (n/a) $2,000,000 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
12 Aug Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika Sweden   Catriona Matthew (2) 525,000
19 Aug Wales Ladies Championship of Europe Wales   Joanne Mills (2) £350,000
26 Aug SAS Masters Norway   Suzann Pettersen (2) 200,000
2 Sep Finnair Masters Finland   Bettina Hauert (2) 200,000
9 Sep Nykredit Masters Denmark   Lisa Hall (3) 200,000
16 Sep Solheim Cup Sweden   United States Team event; no prize money
22 Sep De Vere Ladies Scottish Open Scotland   Sophie Gustafson (12) 200,000
30 Sep Austrian Ladies Open Austria   Laura Davies (36) 250,000
6 Oct Madrid Ladies Masters Spain   Martina Eberl (1) 400,000
8 Dec EMAAR-MGF Ladies Masters India   Gwladys Nocera (5) 200,000
16 Dec Dubai Ladies Masters U.A.E.   Annika Sörenstam (13) 500,000

Order of Merit rankings

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Rank Player Country Earnings (€)
1 Sophie Gustafson   Sweden 222,081
2 Bettina Hauert   Germany 219,863
3 Gwladys Nocera   France 207,825
4 Trish Johnson   England 202,468
5 Maria Hjorth   Sweden 198,283
6 Catriona Matthew   Scotland 178,751
7 Annika Sörenstam   Sweden 170,795
8 Linda Wessberg   Sweden 158,960
9 Martina Eberl   Germany 155,474
10 Joanne Mills   Australia 150,809

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Event: 2007 Ladies European Tour". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  2. ^ "World Cup kicks off LET Season". gsport. 18 January 2007. Retrieved 10 July 2022.