2018 Ladies European Tour

2018 Ladies European Tour season
DurationFebruary 2018 (2018-02) – November 2018 (2018-11)
Number of official events15
Most wins2: Netherlands Anne van Dam
Order of MeritEngland Georgia Hall
Player of the YearEngland Georgia Hall
Rookie of the YearSweden Julia Engström
Lowest stroke averageSpain Carlota Ciganda
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The 2018 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world, which took place from 1 February to 25 November. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

Schedule

The table below shows the 2018 schedule.[1] The numbers in brackets after the winners' names indicate the career wins on the Ladies European Tour, including that event, and is only shown for members of the tour.

Key
Major championships
Regular events
Team championships
Date Tournament Location Winner WWGR
points 		Notes
4 Feb Oates Victorian Open Australia Australia Minjee Lee (1) 15 Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour
11 Feb ActewAGL Canberra Classic Australia South Korea Jiyai Shin (n/a) 16.5 Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour
25 Feb Australian Ladies Classic Australia France Céline Boutier (2) 8 Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour
4 Mar Women's NSW Open Australia England Meghan MacLaren (1) 6 Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour
10 Mar Investec South African Women's Open South Africa South Africa Ashleigh Buhai (2) 6
22 Apr Lalla Meryem Cup Morocco Sweden Jenny Haglund (1) 6
2 Jun Jabra Ladies Open France France Astrid Vayson de Pradenne (1) 6 Dual-ranking event with the LET Access Series
24 Jun Ladies European Thailand Championship Thailand Thailand Kanyalak Preedasuttijit (1) 6
29 Jul Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open Scotland Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn (3) 46 Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
5 Aug Ricoh Women's British Open England England Georgia Hall (1) 100 Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
9 Sep Lacoste Ladies Open de France France Sweden Caroline Hedwall (6) 8
16 Sep Evian Championship France United States Angela Stanford (n/a) 100 Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
23 Sep Estrella Damm Ladies Open Spain Netherlands Anne van Dam (2) 16
21 Oct Hero Women's Indian Open India Wales Becky Morgan (1) 6
25 Nov Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España Femenino Spain Netherlands Anne van Dam (3) 12

Unofficial events

The following event appeared on the schedule, but did not carry official money.

Date Tournament Location Winners Notes
12 Aug European Golf Team Championships Scotland Women's  Sweden Linda Wessberg & Cajsa Persson Co-sanctioned with the European Tour[2]
Mixed  Iceland Ólafía Þórunn Kristinsdóttir & Valdis Thora Jonsdottir
(with Birgir Hafþórsson & Axel Bóasson)

Order of Merit rankings

Rank Player Country Points
1 Georgia Hall  England 667.73
2 Anne van Dam  Netherlands 518.18
3 Caroline Hedwall  Sweden 453.35
4 Jenny Haglund  Sweden 426.10
5 Sarah Kemp  Australia 354.71
6 Christine Wolf  Austria 281.44
7 Olivia Cowan  Germany 248.15
8 Karolin Lampert  Germany 241.08
9 Klára Spilková  Czech Republic 198.24
10 Céline Boutier  France 193.17

Source:[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Australian swing to kick off 2018 on Ladies European Tour". Ladies European Tour. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  2. ^ "European Golf Team Championships – All You Need To Know". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Order of Merit – 2018 Season". Ladies European Tour. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2018.