2006 Ladies European Tour

The 2006 Ladies European Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from January through October 2006. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).[1] The tour featured 21 events with prize money totalling more than €10.6 million. Laura Davies won the Order of Merit with earnings of €471,727.42.

2006 Ladies European Tour season
DurationJanuary 2006 (2006-01) – October 2006 (2006-10)
Number of official events21
Order of MeritEngland Laura Davies
2005
2007

Tournament results edit

The table below shows the 2006 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.

Dates Tournament Host country Winner Notes
20–22 Jan Acer World Cup of Golf South Africa   Liselotte Neumann
and Annika Sörenstam (n/a)
Team event
Unofficial LPGA Tour event
2–5 Feb ANZ Ladies Masters Australia   Amy Yang (1) Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour
27–30 Apr Tenerife Ladies Open Spain   Riikka Hakkarainen (1)
11–14 May Open De España Femenino Spain   Lynnette Brooky (4)
18–21 May Ladies Swiss Open Switzerland   Gwladys Nocera (1)
25–28 May Vediorbis Open de France France   Veronica Zorzi (2)
2–4 Jun KLM Ladies Open Netherlands   Stéphanie Arricau (3)
14–17 Jun Ladies Italian Open Italy   Gwladys Nocera (2)
22–24 Jun Ladies Open of Portugal Portugal   Stéphanie Arricau (4)
13–15 Jul Ladies Central European Open Hungary   Rebecca Hudson (1)
21–23 Jul Catalonia Ladies Masters Spain   Gwladys Nocera (3)
26–29 Jul Evian Masters France   Karrie Webb (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
3–6 Aug Weetabix Women's British Open England   Sherri Steinhauer (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
10–13 Aug Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika Sweden   Annika Sörenstam (14)
17–20 Aug Wales Ladies Championship of Europe Wales   Linda Wessberg (1)
25–27 Aug SAS Masters Norway   Laura Davies (35)
1–3 Sep Finnair Masters Finland   Virginie Lagoutte (2)
7–10 Sep Nykredit Masters Denmark   Karen Margrethe Juul (1)
14–17 Sep Austrian Ladies Open Austria   Sophie Gustafson (12)
6–8 Oct BBC Radio Kent Ladies’ English Open England   Cecilia Ekelundh (3)
26–29 Oct Dubai Ladies Masters United Arab Emirates   Annika Sörenstam (15)

Major championships are shown in bold.

Order of Merit rankings edit

Rank Player Country Earnings
1 Laura Davies   England €471,727.42
2 Gwladys Nocera   France €415,020.50
3 Annika Sörenstam   Sweden €225,822.07
4 Sophie Gustafson   Sweden €193,773.79
5 Veronica Zorzi   Italy €143,881.00
6 Linda Wessberg   Sweden €142,414.47
7 Stéphanie Arricau   France €140,376.76
8 Rebecca Hudson   England €123,835.84
9 Riikka Hakkarainen   Finland €112,361.19
10 Karen Margrethe Juul   Denmark €107,531.54

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "LET announces richest ever schedule for 2006". Ladies European Tour. 30 November 2005. Retrieved 16 June 2022.