2003 Ladies European Tour

2003 Ladies European Tour season
Duration	February 2003 – September 2003
Number of official events	15
Order of Merit	Sophie Gustafson
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The 2003 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from January through December 2003. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

Tournaments edit

The table below shows the 2003 schedule.^[1] 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	Name	Venue	Location	Winner	Prize fund	Prize fund (€)	Notes
20–23 Feb	ANZ Ladies Masters	RACV Royal Pines Resort	Australia	Laura Davies (35)	$800,000	€460,064	Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
27–2 Mar	AAMI Women's Australian Open	Terrey Hills Golf & Country Club	Australia	Mhairi McKay (n/a)	$500,000	€287,540	Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
1–4 May	Tenerife Ladies Open	Golf Las Americas	Spain	Elisabeth Esterl (1)	€200,000	€200,000
15–18 May	La Perla Ladies Italian Open	UNA Poggio Dei Medici Golf Resort	Italy	Ludivine Kreutz (1)	€190,000	€190,000
23–25 May	Lancia Ladies Open of Portugal	Aroeira Golf Club	Portugal	Alison Munt (3)	€165,000	€165,000
29 May – 1 Jun	Open de España Femenino	Campo de Golf de Salamanca	Spain	Federica Dassù (6)	€250,000	€250,000
13–15 Jun	Ladies Irish Open	Killarney Golf & Fishing Club	Ireland	Sophie Gustafson (9)	€165,000	€165,000
19–22 Jun	Arras Open de France Dames	Golf d'Arras	France	Lynnette Brooky (3)	€275,000	€275,000
23–26 Jul	Evian Masters	Evian Masters Golf Club	France	Juli Inkster (n/a)	$2,100,000	$2,100,000	Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
31 Jul – 3 Aug	Weetabix Women's British Open	Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club	England	Annika Sörenstam (10)	£1,050,000	€1,670,445	Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
7–10 Aug	HP Open	Royal Drottningholm Golf Club	Sweden	Sophie Gustafson (10)	£325,000	€517,042
14–17 Aug	BT Ladies Open	Warrenpoint Golf Club	Northern Ireland	Sophie Gustafson (11)	£150,000	€238,635
22–24 Aug	Wales WPGA Championship of Europe	Royal Porthcawl Golf Club	Wales	Shani Waugh (2)	£400,000	€636,360
12–14 Sep	Solheim Cup	Barsebäck Golf & Country Club	Sweden	Europe	Team event; no prize money		Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
25–27 Sep	Biarritz Ladies Classic	Biarritz le Phare GC	France	Marlene Hedblom (1)	€165,000	€165,000

Major championships in bold.

Order of Merit rankings edit

Rank	Player	Country	Points
1	Sophie Gustafson	Sweden	917.95
2	Elisabeth Esterl	Germany	702.46
3	Laura Davies	England	681.25
4	Iben Tinning	Denmark	466.15
5	Lynnette Brooky	New Zealand	391.85
6	Ludivine Kreutz	France	388.36
7	Shani Waugh	Australia	386.55
8	Ana Sánchez	Spain	372.70
9	Trish Johnson	England	372.45
10	Stephanie Arricau	France	326.34