2011 Ladies European Tour

The 2011 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from February through December 2011. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

2011 Ladies European Tour season
DurationFebruary 2011 (2011-02) – December 2011 (2011-12)
Number of official events27
Most wins4:
Sweden Caroline Hedwall
Order of MeritJapan Ai Miyazato
Player of the YearSweden Caroline Hedwall
Rookie of the YearSweden Caroline Hedwall
Lowest stroke averageNorway Suzann Pettersen
2010
2012

The tour featured 24 official money events, as well as the Tenerife Ladies Match Play, the European Nations Cup and the Solheim Cup. Ai Miyazato won the Order of Merit with earnings of €363,080, despite only playing in two events. Caroline Hedwall won Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year honours, after finishing third in the Order of Merit and winning four events.

Schedule

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The table below shows the 2011 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 Notes
6 Feb ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open Australia   Yani Tseng (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
13 Feb ANZ RACV Ladies Masters Australia   Yani Tseng (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
20 Feb Pegasus New Zealand Women's Open New Zealand   Kristie Smith (1) Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
3 Apr Lalla Meryem Cup Morocco   Zuzana Kamasova (1)
17 Apr European Nations Cup Spain   Anna Nordqvist &
Sophie Gustafson
Team event; unofficial prize money
8 May Turkish Airlines Ladies Open Turkey   Christel Boeljon (1)
15 May ISPS Handa Portugal Ladies Open Portugal   Ashleigh Simon (2)
22 May UniCredit Ladies German Open Germany   Diana Luna (4)
29 May Allianz Ladies Slovak Open Slovakia   Caroline Hedwall (1)
5 Jun Deloitte Ladies Open New Zealand   Melissa Reid (2)
12 Jun Tenerife Ladies Match Play Spain   Becky Brewerton Unofficial prize money
19 Jun Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open Switzerland   Diana Luna (5)
3 Jul Finnair Masters Finland   Caroline Hedwall (2)
24 Jul Evian Masters France   Ai Miyazato (2) Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
31 Jul Ricoh Women's British Open Scotland   Yani Tseng (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
7 Aug Ladies Irish Open Ireland   Suzann Pettersen (5)
20 Aug Aberdeen Ladies Scottish Open Scotland   Catriona Matthew (4)
4 Sep UNIQA Ladies Golf Open Austria   Caroline Hedwall (3)
11 Sep Raiffeisenbank Prague Golf Masters Czech Republic   Jade Schaeffer (2)
18 Sep Open De España Femenino Spain   Melissa Reid (3)
25 Sep Solheim Cup Ireland   Europe Team event; no prize money
2 Oct Lacoste Ladies Open de France France   Felicity Johnson (2)
9 Oct Sicilian Ladies Italian Open Italy   Christina Kim (1)
23 Oct Sanya Ladies Open China   Frances Bondad (1) Co-sanctioned by the LAGT
30 Oct Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open China   Yani Tseng (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the LAGT
11 Dec Hero Women's Indian Open India   Caroline Hedwall (4) Co-sanctioned by the LAGT
17 Dec Omega Dubai Ladies Masters United Arab Emirates   Lexi Thompson (n/a)

Order of Merit rankings

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Rank Player Country Earnings (€)
1 Ai Miyazato   Japan 363,080
2 Melissa Reid   England 286,578
3 Caroline Hedwall   Sweden 278,529
4 Diana Luna   Italy 223,405
5 Lee-Anne Pace   South Africa 209,444
6 Sophie Gustafson   Sweden 188,889
7 Caroline Masson   Germany 167,187
8 Christel Boeljon   Netherlands 161,172
9 Suzann Pettersen   Norway 142,087
10 In-Kyung Kim   South Korea 141,275

Source:[1]

References

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  1. ^ LET Tour Guide 2012. Ladies European Tour. 2012. pp. 161–201.
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