1996 Ladies European Tour

1996 Ladies European Tour season
DurationN/A
Number of official events18
Order of MeritEngland Laura Davies
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The 1996 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place in 1996. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

Tournaments

The table below shows the 1996 schedule.[1][2] 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.

Date Tournament Venue Location Winner Score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Note
5 May Women's Welsh Open St Pierre Golf & Country Club Wales England Lisa Hackney (1) 289 1 stroke Spain Laura Navarro
Australia Anne-Marie Knight
11 May Costa Azul Ladies Open Troia and Aroeira GC Portugal Australia Shani Waugh (1) 214 2 strokes France Marie-Laure de Lorenzi
Philippines Mary Grace Estuesta
Sweden Helene Koch
Republic of Ireland Aideen Rogers
9 Jun Ford-Stimorol Danish Open Vejle Golf Club Denmark Australia Nadene Gole (1) 209 2 strokes Australia Rachel Hetherington
Australia Anne-Marie Knight
16 Jun Deesse Ladies' Swiss Open Maison Blanche, Geneva Switzerland Sweden Sophie Gustafson (1) 280 1 stroke England Lisa Hackney
22 Jun Evian Masters Evian Resort Golf Club France England Laura Davies (23) 274 4 strokes Sweden Carin Koch
30 Jun Glashütte Ladies' Austrian Open Colony Club Gutenhof Austria Germany Martina Koch (1) 213 2 strokes New Zealand Lynnette Brooky
7 Jul Hennessy Cup Cologne Germany Sweden Helen Alfredsson (7) 280 Playoff Sweden Liselotte Neumann
England Trish Johnson
28 Jul Guardian Irish Open Citywest GCC, Dublin Ireland England Alison Nicholas (12) 277 8 strokes England Trish Johnson
11 Aug McDonald's WPGA Championship of Europe Gleneagles Scotland Germany Tina Fischer (1) 278 1 stroke Sweden Charlotta Sörenstam
England Trish Johnson
18 Aug Weetabix Women's British Open Woburn Golf and Country Club England United States Emilee Klein (1) 277 7 strokes United States Amy Alcott
United States Penny Hammel		 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
25 Aug Trygg Hansa Ladies' Open Haninge GC, Stockholm Sweden Sweden Annika Sörenstam (3) 279 1 stroke England Joanne Morley
England Alison Nicholas
1 Sep Compaq Open Örebro GC Sweden Italy Federica Dassù (5) 280 Playoff Sweden Helen Alfredsson
Scotland Kathryn Marshall
8 Sep Marks & Spencer European Open Hanbury Manor England England Trish Johnson (9) 274 5 strokes Sweden Pernilla Sterner
Australia Anne-Marie Knight
15 Sep Wilkinson Sword Ladies' English Open The Oxfordshire Golf Club England England Laura Davies (24) 273 4 strokes Sweden Helen Alfredsson
29 Sep Ladies German Open Treudelberg GC, Hamburg Germany England Joanne Morley (1) 281 4 strokes Sweden Maria Hjorth
13 Oct Open de France Dames Le Golf d'Arras France England Trish Johnson (10) 200 10 strokes Spain Raquel Carriedo-Tomás
England Fiona Pike
20 Oct Italian Ladies' Open di Sicilia Il Picciolo GC, Sicily Italy England Laura Davies (25) 282 3 strokes Germany Tina Fischer
England Fiona Pike
2 Nov Open de España Femenino La Manga Spain South Africa Caryn Louw (1) 206 4 strokes Spain Assia Arruti

Major championships in bold.

Order of Merit rankings

Rank Player Money (£)
1 England Laura Davies 110,880
2 Sweden Helen Alfredsson 97,804
3 England Trish Johnson 80,333
4 England Alison Nicholas 69,878
5 England Lisa Hackney 69,550
6 England Joanne Morley 56,254
7 France Marie-Laure de Lorenzi 56,026
8 Germany Tina Fischer 47,585
9 Italy Federica Dassù 40,631
10 Spain Laura Navarro 36,791

Source:[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Past Tournament Winners, Ladies European Tour, GolfToday
  2. ^ Ladies European Tour - 1994 to 1999
  3. ^ "Facit 1996, Fakta från AmEx Tour, Penningligan (Slutställning)" [Season 1996, Facts from AmEx Tour, Money leaders (final standings)]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 12. December 1996. p. 89. Retrieved 28 September 2023.