The 2011 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from February through December 2011. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).
The tour featured 24 official money events, as well as the Tenerife Ladies Match Play, the European Nations Cup and the Solheim Cup. Ai Miyazato won the Order of Merit with earnings of €363,080, despite only playing in two events. Caroline Hedwall won Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year honours, after finishing third in the Order of Merit and winning four events.
Schedule The table below shows the 2011 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.
Key Major championshipsLET majors in boldRegular eventsTeam championships
DateTournamentHost countryWinnerPurse (€)OthertoursNotes6 Feb ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open Australia Yani Tseng (n/a) ALPG 13 Feb ANZ RACV Ladies Masters Australia Yani Tseng (n/a) ALPG 20 Feb Pegasus New Zealand Women's Open New Zealand Kristie Smith (1) 200,000 ALPG 17 Apr European Nations Cup Spain Anna Nordqvist (2) & Sophie Gustafson (16) 350,000 Team event;Unofficial prize money3 Apr Lalla Meryem Cup Morocco Zuzana Kamasová (1) 325,000 8 May Turkish Airlines Ladies Open Turkey Christel Boeljon (1) 250,000 15 May ISPS Handa Portugal Ladies Open Portugal Ashleigh Simon (2) 300,000 22 May UniCredit Ladies German Open Germany Diana Luna (4) 330,000 29 May Allianz Ladies Slovak Open Slovakia Caroline Hedwall (1) 350,000 5 Jun Deloitte Ladies Open Netherlands Melissa Reid (2) 250,000 19 Jun Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open Switzerland Diana Luna (5) 525,000 3 Jul Finnair Masters Finland Caroline Hedwall (2) 200,000 24 Jul Evian Masters France Ai Miyazato (2) $3,250,000 LPGA 31 Jul Ricoh Women's British Open Scotland Yani Tseng (n/a) $2,500,000 LPGA 7 Aug Ladies Irish Open Ireland Suzann Pettersen (5) 400,000 20 Aug Aberdeen Ladies Scottish Open Scotland Catriona Matthew (4) 220,000 4 Sep UNIQA Ladies Golf Open Austria Caroline Hedwall (3) 200,000 11 Sep Raiffeisenbank Prague Golf Masters Czech Republic Jade Schaeffer (2) 350,000 New tournament18 Sep Open De España Femenino Spain Melissa Reid (3) 350,000 2 Oct Lacoste Ladies Open de France France Felicity Johnson (2) 250,000 9 Oct Sicilian Ladies Italian Open Italy Christina Kim (1) 200,000 Last played in 200923 Oct Sanya Ladies Open China Frances Bondad (1) 200,000 LAGT 30 Oct Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open China Yani Tseng (n/a) 300,000 LAGT 11 Dec Hero Women's Indian Open India Caroline Hedwall (4) 300,000 LAGT 17 Dec Omega Dubai Ladies Masters United Arab Emirates Lexi Thompson (n/a) 500,000
Unofficial events The following events appear on the schedule, but do not carry official money or Order of Merit ranking points.
DateTournamentHost countryWinner(s)Purse (€)OthertoursNotes12 Jun Tenerife Ladies Match Play Spain Becky Brewerton 120,000 Limited field event25 SepSolheim CupIreland Europe –LPGA Notes
Order of Merit rankings RankPlayerCountryEarnings (€)1Ai Miyazato363,0802Melissa Reid286,5783Caroline Hedwall278,5294Diana Luna223,4055Lee-Anne Pace209,4446Sophie Gustafson188,8897Caroline Masson167,1878Christel Boeljon161,1729Suzann Pettersen142,08710In-Kyung Kim141,275 Source:
Location of tournaments
References
External links Official site of the Ladies European Tour Ladies European Tour Information Centre