2018 LET Access Series

The 2018 LET Access Series was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from April through November 2018 across Europe. The LET Access Series is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in Europe and is the official developmental tour of the Ladies European Tour.[1]

2018 LET Access Series season
DurationApril 2018 (2018-04) – November 2018 (2018-11)
Number of official events13
Most wins2:
Sweden Julia Engström
Order of MeritSweden Emma Nilsson
2017
2019

The Jabra Ladies Open, held at the Evian Resort Golf Club in France and since 2014 the European qualifying competition for the Evian Championship, became the tour's first dual-ranking event with the LET.

The Order of Merit was won by Emma Nilsson, who in the process also became the first player to secure 4 career titles on the tour.

Tournament results

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The table below shows the 2018 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the LET Access Series up to and including that event.[2]

Dates Tournament Location Prize fund () Winner Notes
6–8 Apr Terre Blanche Ladies Open France 40,000   Marita Engzelius (1)
4–6 May VP Bank Ladies Open Switzerland 40,000   Noemí Jiménez (1)
31 May – 2 Jun Jabra Ladies Open France 120,000   Astrid Vayson de Pradenne (1) Dual-ranking event with the Ladies European Tour
7–9 Jun Viaplay Ladies Finnish Open Finland 40,000   Julia Engström (1)
14–16 Jun AXA Czech Ladies Challenge Czech Republic 35,000   Carmen Alonso (1)
20–22 Jun Lavaux Ladies Championship Switzerland 50,000   Fanny Cnops (1)
28–30 Jun Belfius Ladies Open Belgium 40,000   Emma Nilsson (4)
4–6 Jul Ribeira Sacra Patrimonio de la Humanidad International Ladies Open Spain 35,000   Johanna Gustavsson (2)
9–11 Aug Anna Nordqvist Västerås Open Sweden 35,000   Emie Peronnin (1)
15–17 Aug Bossey Ladies Championship France 50,000   Elia Folch (1)
30 Aug – 1 Sep Turfman Allerum Open Sweden 35,000   Rachael Goodall (1)
13–15 Sep WPGA International Challenge United Kingdom 35,000   Manon De Roey (1)
8–10 Nov Santander Golf Tour LETAS El Prat Spain 35,000   Julia Engström (2)

Order of Merit rankings

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The top five players on the LETAS Order of Merit earn LET membership for the Ladies European Tour. Players finishing in positions 6–20 get to skip the first stage of the qualifying event and automatically progress to the final stage of the Lalla Aicha Tour School.[3]

Rank Player Country Events Points
1 Emma Nilsson   Sweden 11 22,492
2 Noemí Jiménez   Spain 10 19,947
3 Elia Folch   Spain 12 18,387
4 Astrid Vayson de Pradenne   France 8 17,123
5 Cloe Frankish   England 13 14,677
6 Sanna Nuutinen   Finland 12 13,568
7 Emie Peronnin   France 13 12,665
8 Manon De Roey   Belgium 11 12,554
9 Fanny Cnops   Belgium 12 12,120
10 Laura Fuenfstueck   Germany 12 11,599

  Earned membership for the 2019 Ladies European Tour.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "About LET Access Series". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  2. ^ "2018 Tournaments". LET Access Series. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  3. ^ "2018 Order of Merit". LET Access Series. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
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