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). 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.

Tournament results

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.

DatesTournamentHost countryWinnerNotes
20–22 JanAcer World Cup of GolfSouth Africa Liselotte Neumann
and Annika Sörenstam (n/a)		Team event
Unofficial LPGA Tour event
2–5 FebANZ Ladies MastersAustralia Amy Yang (1)Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour
27–30 AprTenerife Ladies OpenSpain Riikka Hakkarainen (1)
11–14 MayOpen De España FemeninoSpain Lynnette Brooky (4)
18–21 MayLadies Swiss OpenSwitzerland Gwladys Nocera (1)
25–28 MayVediorbis Open de FranceFrance Veronica Zorzi (2)
2–4 JunKLM Ladies OpenNetherlands Stéphanie Arricau (3)
14–17 JunLadies Italian OpenItaly Gwladys Nocera (2)
22–24 JunLadies Open of PortugalPortugal Stéphanie Arricau (4)
13–15 JulLadies Central European OpenHungary Rebecca Hudson (1)
21–23 JulCatalonia Ladies MastersSpain Gwladys Nocera (3)
26–29 JulEvian MastersFrance Karrie Webb (n/a)Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
3–6 AugWeetabix Women's British OpenEngland Sherri Steinhauer (n/a)Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
10–13 AugScandinavian TPC hosted by AnnikaSweden Annika Sörenstam (14)
17–20 AugWales Ladies Championship of EuropeWales Linda Wessberg (1)
25–27 AugSAS MastersNorway Laura Davies (35)
1–3 SepFinnair MastersFinland Virginie Lagoutte (2)
7–10 SepNykredit MastersDenmark Karen Margrethe Juul (1)
14–17 SepAustrian Ladies OpenAustria Sophie Gustafson (12)
6–8 OctBBC Radio Kent Ladies’ English OpenEngland Cecilia Ekelundh (3)
26–29 OctDubai Ladies MastersUnited Arab Emirates Annika Sörenstam (15)

Major championships are shown in bold.

Order of Merit rankings
RankPlayerCountryEarnings
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
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