2007 Ladies European Tour

The 2007 Ladies European Tour was a series of weekly 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] 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 with earnings of €222,081.47, 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.

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

Tournament results edit

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.

Dates Tournament Host country Winner Notes
19–21 Jan Women's World Cup of Golf   South Africa   Julieta Granada
and Celeste Troche (n/a)
Team event co-sanctioned by the five main women's tours; unofficial prize money
1–4 Feb Women's Australian Open   Australia   Karrie Webb (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
8–11 Feb ANZ Ladies Masters   Australia   Karrie Webb (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
3–6 May Tenerife Ladies Open   Spain   Nikki Garrett (1)
10–13 May Open De España Femenino   Spain   Nikki Garrett (2)
17–20 May Ladies Swiss Open   Switzerland   Bettina Hauert (1)
23–26 May BMW Ladies Italian Open   Italy   Trish Johnson (18)
1–3 Jun Northern Ireland Ladies Open   Northern Ireland   Lisa Hall (2)
8–10 Jun KLM Ladies Open   Netherlands   Gwladys Nocera (4)
15–17 Jun Catalonia Ladies Masters   Spain   Ashleigh Simon (1)
21–24 Jun Vediorbis Open de France   France   Linda Wessberg (2)
29 Jun – 1 Jul Ladies Open of Portugal   Portugal   Sophie Giquel (1)
6–8 Jul Ladies English Open   England   Becky Brewerton (1)
25–28 Jul Evian Masters   France   Natalie Gulbis (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
2–5 Aug Ricoh Women's British Open   Scotland   Lorena Ochoa (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
9–12 Aug Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika   Sweden   Catriona Matthew (2)
16–19 Aug Wales Ladies Championship of Europe   Wales   Joanne Mills (2)
24–26 Aug SAS Masters   Norway   Suzann Pettersen (2)
31 Aug – 2 Sep Finnair Masters   Finland   Bettina Hauert (2)
6–9 Sep Nykredit Masters   Denmark   Lisa Hall (3)
14–16 Sep Solheim Cup   Sweden   United States Team event; no prize money
20–22 Sep De Vere Ladies Scottish Open   Scotland   Sophie Gustafson (12)
27–30 Sep Austrian Ladies Open   Austria   Laura Davies (36)
4–6 Oct Madrid Ladies Masters   Spain   Martina Eberl (1)
5–8 Dec EMAAR-MGF Ladies Masters   India   Gwladys Nocera (5)
13–16 Dec Dubai Ladies Masters   United Arab Emirates   Annika Sörenstam (13)

Major championships are shown in bold.

Order of Merit rankings edit

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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Event: 2007 Ladies European Tour". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  2. ^ "World Cup kicks off LET Season". gsport4girls. 18 January 2007. Retrieved 10 July 2022.