2007 Ladies European Tour

2007 Ladies European Tour season
DurationJanuary 2007 (2007-01) – December 2007 (2007-12)
Number of official events24
Order of MeritSweden Sophie Gustafson
Player of the YearWest Germany Bettina Hauert
Rookie of the YearSweden Louise Stahle
Lowest stroke averageSweden Sophie Gustafson
2006
2008

The 2007 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from January through December 2007.[1] The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).[2]

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, 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.

Key
Major championships
LET majors in bold
Regular events
Team championships
Dates Tournament Location Winner Purse (€) Notes
19–21 Jan Women's World Cup of Golf South Africa Paraguay Julieta Granada
and Celeste Troche (n/a)
$1,400,000 Team event co-sanctioned by the five main women's tours;
unofficial prize money
1–4 Feb Women's Australian Open Australia Australia Karrie Webb (n/a) A$500,000 Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
8–11 Feb ANZ Ladies Masters Australia Australia Karrie Webb (n/a) A$800,000 Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
3–6 May Tenerife Ladies Open Spain Australia Nikki Garrett (1) 275,000
10–13 May Open De España Femenino Spain Australia Nikki Garrett (2) 275,000
17–20 May Ladies Swiss Open Switzerland Germany Bettina Hauert (1) 525,000
23–26 May BMW Ladies Italian Open Italy England Trish Johnson (18) 400,000
1–3 Jun Northern Ireland Ladies Open Northern Ireland England Lisa Hall (2) 200,000
8–10 Jun KLM Ladies Open Netherlands France Gwladys Nocera (4) 180,000
15–17 Jun Catalonia Ladies Masters Spain South Africa Ashleigh Simon (1) 200,000
21–24 Jun Vediorbis Open de France France Sweden Linda Wessberg (2) 340,000
29 Jun – 1 Jul Ladies Open of Portugal Portugal France Sophie Giquel (1) 200,000
6–8 Jul Ladies English Open England Wales Becky Brewerton (1) 165,000
25–28 Jul Evian Masters France United States Natalie Gulbis (n/a) $3,000,000 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
2–5 Aug Ricoh Women's British Open Scotland Mexico Lorena Ochoa (n/a) $2,000,000 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
9–12 Aug Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika Sweden Scotland Catriona Matthew (2) 525,000
16–19 Aug Wales Ladies Championship of Europe Wales Australia Joanne Mills (2) £350,000
24–26 Aug SAS Masters Norway Norway Suzann Pettersen (2) 200,000
31 Aug – 2 Sep Finnair Masters Finland Germany Bettina Hauert (2) 200,000
6–9 Sep Nykredit Masters Denmark England Lisa Hall (3) 200,000
14–16 Sep Solheim Cup Sweden United States United States Team event; no prize money
20–22 Sep De Vere Ladies Scottish Open Scotland Sweden Sophie Gustafson (12) 200,000
27–30 Sep Austrian Ladies Open Austria England Laura Davies (36) 250,000
4–6 Oct Madrid Ladies Masters Spain Germany Martina Eberl (1) 400,000
5–8 Dec EMAAR-MGF Ladies Masters India France Gwladys Nocera (5) 200,000
13–16 Dec Dubai Ladies Masters U.A.E. Sweden Annika Sörenstam (13) 500,000

Order of Merit rankings

Rank Player Country Earnings (€)
1 Sophie Gustafson  Sweden 222,081
2 Bettina Hauert  Germany 219,863
3 Gwladys Nocera  France 207,825
4 Trish Johnson  England 202,468
5 Maria Hjorth  Sweden 198,283
6 Catriona Matthew  Scotland 178,751
7 Annika Sörenstam  Sweden 170,795
8 Linda Wessberg  Sweden 158,960
9 Martina Eberl  Germany 155,474
10 Joanne Mills  Australia 150,809

See also

References

  1. ^ "Event: 2007 Ladies European Tour". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  2. ^ "World Cup kicks off LET Season". gsport. 18 January 2007. Retrieved 10 July 2022.