2010 Ladies European Tour

The 2010 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from February through December 2010. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

2010 Ladies European Tour season
DurationFebruary 2010 (2010-02) – December 2010 (2010-12)
Number of official events25
Most wins5 (tie):
England Laura Davies
South Africa Lee-Anne Pace
Order of MeritSouth Africa Lee-Anne Pace
Player of the YearSouth Africa Lee-Anne Pace
Rookie of the YearSouth Korea In-Kyung Kim
Lowest stroke averageNorway Suzann Pettersen
2009
2011

The tour featured 25 official money events, as well as the European Nations Cup. Lee-Anne Pace won the Order of Merit with earnings of €339,517.77, ahead of Laura Davies. In-Kyung Kim won Rookie of the Year honours, after finishing 4th in the Order of Merit.

Schedule edit

The table below shows the 2010 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 Host country Winner Notes
25–28 Feb New Zealand Women's Open   New Zealand   Laura Davies (40) Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
4–7 Mar ANZ Ladies Masters   Australia   Karrie Webb (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
11–14 Mar Women's Australian Open   Australia   Yani Tseng (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
18–20 Mar Lalla Meryem Cup   Morocco   Anja Monke (3)
22–25 Apr European Nations Cup   Spain   Anna Nordqvist
and Sophie Gustafson
Team event; unofficial prize money
7–9 May Turkish Airlines Ladies Open   Turkey   Melissa Reid (1)
13–16 May UniCredit Ladies German Open   Germany   Laura Davies (41)
27–30 May Allianz Ladies Slovak Open   Slovakia   María Hernández (1)
4–6 Jun ABN AMRO Ladies Open   Netherlands   Florentyna Parker (1)
17–20 Jun Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open   Switzerland   Lee-Anne Pace (1)
25–27 Jun Ladies Open of Portugal   Portugal   Karen Lunn (9)
1–4 Jul Tenerife Ladies Open   Spain   Trish Johnson (16)
22–25 Jul Evian Masters   France   Jiyai Shin (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
29 Jul – 1 Aug Ricoh Women's British Open   England   Yani Tseng (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
6–8 Aug AIB Ladies Irish Open   Ireland   Sophie Gustafson (14)
12–15 Aug S4C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe   Wales   Lee-Anne Pace (2)
18–20 Aug Ladies Scottish Open   Scotland   Virginie Lagoutte-Clément (3)
27–29 Aug Finnair Masters   Finland   Lee-Anne Pace (3)
3–5 Sep UNIQA Ladies Golf Open   Austria   Laura Davies (42)
9–12 Sep Open de France Feminin   France   Trish Johnson (17)
16–19 Sep Open De España Femenino   Spain   Laura Davies (43)
22–24 Oct Sanya Ladies Open   China   Lee-Anne Pace (4) Co-sanctioned by the LAGT
29–31 Oct Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open   China   Lee-Anne Pace (5) Co-sanctioned by the LAGT
4–7 Nov Daishin Securities-Tomato M Korea-European Ladies Masters   South Korea   Kim Hyun-ji (2) Co-sanctioned by the KLPGA Tour
11–13 Nov Hero Honda Women's Indian Open   India   Laura Davies (44) Co-sanctioned by the LAGT
8–11 Dec Omega Dubai Ladies Masters   United Arab Emirates   Iben Tinning (6)

Order of Merit rankings edit

Rank Player Country Earnings
1 Lee-Anne Pace   South Africa €339,517.77
2 Laura Davies   England €311,573.48
3 Melissa Reid   England €270,871.59
4 In-Kyung Kim   South Korea €193,154.69
5 Iben Tinning   Denmark €163,562.50
6 Virginie Lagoutte-Clément   France €153,526.09
7 Suzann Pettersen   Norway €149,489.66
8 Florentyna Parker   England €145,240.36
9 Trish Johnson   England €139,924.93
10 Vikki Laing   Scotland €126,733.57

Source:[1]

References edit

  1. ^ LET Tour Guide 2011. Ladies European Tour. 2011. pp. 143–188. Retrieved 26 September 2023.

External links edit