2006 Ladies European Tour

The 2006 Ladies European Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from January through October 2006. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).[1]

2006 Ladies European Tour season
DurationJanuary 2006 (2006-01) – October 2006 (2006-10)
Number of official events21
Order of MeritEngland Laura Davies
Player of the YearFrance Gwladys Nocera
Rookie of the YearAustralia Nikki Garrett
Lowest stroke averageSweden Annika Sörenstam
2005
2007

The season featured 21 events with prize money totalling more than €10.6 million. Laura Davies won the Order of Merit with earnings of €471,727 and Gwladys Nocera was Player of the Year.

Tournament results

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The table below shows the 2006 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
22 Jan Acer World Cup of Golf South Africa   Liselotte Neumann
and Annika Sörenstam (n/a)
Team event
Unofficial LPGA Tour event
5 Feb ANZ Ladies Masters Australia   Amy Yang (1) Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour
30 Apr Tenerife Ladies Open Spain   Riikka Hakkarainen (1)
14 May Open De España Femenino Spain   Lynnette Brooky (4)
21 May Ladies Swiss Open Switzerland   Gwladys Nocera (1)
28 May Vediorbis Open de France France   Veronica Zorzi (2)
4 Jun KLM Ladies Open Netherlands   Stéphanie Arricau (3)
17 Jun Ladies Italian Open Italy   Gwladys Nocera (2)
24 Jun Ladies Open of Portugal Portugal   Stéphanie Arricau (4)
15 Jul Ladies Central European Open Hungary   Rebecca Hudson (1)
23 Jul Catalonia Ladies Masters Spain   Gwladys Nocera (3)
29 Jul Evian Masters France   Karrie Webb (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
6 Aug Weetabix Women's British Open England   Sherri Steinhauer (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
13 Aug Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika Sweden   Annika Sörenstam (14)
20 Aug Wales Ladies Championship of Europe Wales   Linda Wessberg (1)
27 Aug SAS Masters Norway   Laura Davies (35)
3 Sep Finnair Masters Finland   Virginie Lagoutte (2)
10 Sep Nykredit Masters Denmark   Karen Margrethe Juul (1)
17 Sep Austrian Ladies Open Austria   Sophie Gustafson (12)
8 Oct BBC Radio Kent Ladies’ English Open England   Cecilia Ekelundh (3)
29 Oct Dubai Ladies Masters United Arab Emirates   Annika Sörenstam (15)

Order of Merit rankings

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Rank Player Country Earnings (€)
1 Laura Davies   England 471,727
2 Gwladys Nocera   France 415,021
3 Annika Sörenstam   Sweden 225,822
4 Sophie Gustafson   Sweden 193,774
5 Veronica Zorzi   Italy 143,881
6 Linda Wessberg   Sweden 142,414
7 Stéphanie Arricau   France 140,377
8 Rebecca Hudson   England 123,836
9 Riikka Hakkarainen   Finland 112,361
10 Karen Margrethe Juul   Denmark 107,532

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "LET announces richest ever schedule for 2006". Ladies European Tour. 30 November 2005. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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