2008 Ladies European Tour

The 2008 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from January through December 2008. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

The tour featured 28 official money events with prize money totalling more than €10.5 million, as well as the Women's World Cup of Golf and the European Ladies Golf Cup. Gwladys Nocera won the Order of Merit with earnings of €391,839.58, ahead of Helen Alfredsson, who finished second despite only having played in three events. Melissa Reid won Rookie of the Year honours, after finishing 12th in the Order of Merit.

Tournament results

The table below shows the 2008 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
18–20 JanWomen's World Cup of Golf South AfricaPhilippines Jennifer Rosales
and Dorothy Delasin (n/a)		Team event co-sanctioned by the five main women's tours;
unofficial prize money
31 Jan – 3 FebWomen's Australian Open AustraliaAustralia Karrie Webb (n/a)Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
7–10 FebANZ Ladies Masters AustraliaEngland Lisa Hall (4)Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
3–6 AprEuropean Ladies Golf Cup SpainEngland Trish Johnson
and Rebecca Hudson		Team event; new in 2008; unofficial prize money
17–20 AprOpen De España Femenino SpainSweden Emma Zackrisson (1)
1–3 MayLadies Scottish Open ScotlandFrance Gwladys Nocera (6)
8–11 MayTurkish Ladies Open TurkeySweden Lotta Wahlin (1)
22–25 MayLadies Swiss Open  SwitzerlandNorway Suzann Pettersen (3)
29 May – 1 JunLadies German Open GermanySouth Korea Amy Yang (2)
6–8 JunDutch Ladies Open NetherlandsFrance Gwladys Nocera (7)
13–15 JunLadies Open of Portugal PortugalFrance Anne-Lise Caudal (1)
19–22 JunTenerife Ladies Open SpainEngland Rebecca Hudson (2)
4–6 JulLadies English Open EnglandEngland Rebecca Hudson (3)
11–13 JulLadies Irish Open IrelandNorway Suzann Pettersen (4)
17–20 JulBMW Ladies Italian Open ItalyGermany Martina Eberl (2)
24–27 JulEvian Masters FranceSweden Helen Alfredsson (11)Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
31 Jul – 3 AugRicoh Women's British Open EnglandSouth Korea Jiyai Shin (n/a)Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
7–10 AugScandinavian TPC hosted by Annika SwedenSouth Korea Amy Yang (3)
14–17 AugWales Ladies Championship of Europe WalesSweden Lotta Wahlin (2)
22–24 AugSAS Masters NorwayFrance Gwladys Nocera (8)
29–31 AugFinnair Masters FinlandFinland Minea Blomqvist (2)
5–7 SepNykredit Masters DenmarkGermany Martina Eberl (3)
11–14 SepAustrian Ladies Open AustriaEngland Laura Davies (28)
18–21 SepGöteborg Masters SwedenFrance Gwladys Nocera (9)
25–28 SepOpen de France Dames FranceGermany Anja Monke (1)
2–4 OctMadrid Ladies Masters SpainFrance Gwladys Nocera (10)
31 Oct – 2 NovSuzhou Taihu Ladies Open ChinaSweden Annika Sörenstam (17)Co-sanctioned by the Ladies Asian Golf Tour
13–16 NovSaint Four Ladies Masters in Jeju South KoreaSouth Korea Hee-Kyung Seo (n/a)Co-sanctioned by the LPGA of Korea Tour
3–6 DecIndian Ladies Masters Indian/aEvent cancelled[1]
11–14 DecDubai Ladies Masters United Arab EmiratesGermany Anja Monke (2)

Major championships in bold.

Order of Merit rankings

RankPlayerCountryEarnings
1 Gwladys Nocera France€391,840
2 Helen Alfredsson Sweden€320,099.74
3 Martina Eberl Germany€227,296.20
4 Amy Yang South Korea€227,179.38
5 Anja Monke Germany€184,778.93
6 Suzann Pettersen Norway€183,278.68
7 Lotta Wahlin Sweden€181,114.22
8 Paula Martí Spain€162,698.40
9 Lisa Hall England€157,288.84
10 Rebecca Hudson England€145,275.91

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tournament axed in credit crunch". BBC Sport. 10 November 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
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