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. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET). 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.

Tournament results

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.

DatesTournamentHost countryWinnerNotes
19–21 JanWomen's World Cup of Golf South AfricaParaguay Julieta Granada
and Celeste Troche (n/a)		Team event co-sanctioned by the five main women's tours; unofficial prize money
1–4 FebWomen's Australian Open AustraliaAustralia Karrie Webb (n/a)Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
8–11 FebANZ Ladies Masters AustraliaAustralia Karrie Webb (n/a)Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
3–6 MayTenerife Ladies Open SpainAustralia Nikki Garrett (1)
10–13 MayOpen De España Femenino SpainAustralia Nikki Garrett (2)
17–20 MayLadies Swiss Open  SwitzerlandGermany Bettina Hauert (1)
23–26 MayBMW Ladies Italian Open ItalyEngland Trish Johnson (18)
1–3 JunNorthern Ireland Ladies Open Northern IrelandEngland Lisa Hall (2)
8–10 JunKLM Ladies Open NetherlandsFrance Gwladys Nocera (4)
15–17 JunCatalonia Ladies Masters SpainSouth Africa Ashleigh Simon (1)
21–24 JunVediorbis Open de France FranceSweden Linda Wessberg (2)
29 Jun – 1 JulLadies Open of Portugal PortugalFrance Sophie Giquel (1)
6–8 JulLadies English Open EnglandWales Becky Brewerton (1)
25–28 JulEvian Masters FranceUnited States Natalie Gulbis (n/a)Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
2–5 AugRicoh Women's British Open ScotlandMexico Lorena Ochoa (n/a)Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
9–12 AugScandinavian TPC hosted by Annika SwedenScotland Catriona Matthew (2)
16–19 AugWales Ladies Championship of Europe WalesAustralia Joanne Mills (2)
24–26 AugSAS Masters NorwayNorway Suzann Pettersen (2)
31 Aug – 2 SepFinnair Masters FinlandGermany Bettina Hauert (2)
6–9 SepNykredit Masters DenmarkEngland Lisa Hall (3)
14–16 SepSolheim Cup SwedenUnited States United StatesTeam event; no prize money
20–22 SepDe Vere Ladies Scottish Open ScotlandSweden Sophie Gustafson (12)
27–30 SepAustrian Ladies Open AustriaEngland Laura Davies (36)
4–6 OctMadrid Ladies Masters SpainGermany Martina Eberl (1)
5–8 DecEMAAR-MGF Ladies Masters IndiaFrance Gwladys Nocera (5)
13–16 DecDubai Ladies Masters United Arab EmiratesSweden Annika Sörenstam (13)

Major championships are shown in bold.

Order of Merit rankings

RankPlayerCountryEarnings
1 Sophie Gustafson Sweden€222,081.47
2 Bettina Hauert Germany€219,863.10
3 Gwladys Nocera France€207,824.97
4 Trish Johnson England€202,467.75
5 Maria Hjorth Sweden€198,282.54
6 Catriona Matthew Scotland€178,750.61
7 Annika Sörenstam Sweden€170,794.70
8 Linda Wessberg Sweden€158,960.38
9 Martina Eberl Germany€155,473.74
10 Joanne Mills Australia€150,809.20

See also

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