1984 Ladies European Tour

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The 1984 Ladies European Tour was the fifth season of golf tournaments administered by the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) on behalf of the Women's Professional Golfers' Association (WPGA), which later became the Ladies European Tour (LET).

In the second season of PGA administration, the tour saw the addition of several new tournaments with the format of most being changed to 72-holes stroke play, having been mostly 54 and 36-hole events previously.[1] In total, there were 21 tournaments on the schedule, including the return of the Women's British Open, organised by the Ladies' Golf Union and one of two tournaments co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour,[2] along with the Ladies Irish Open.[3]

The Order of Merit was won by Dale Reid, who dominated the season with two tournament victories and five runner-up finishes. In second place was Kitrina Douglas, who won twice during her debut season.[4]

Tournaments[]

The table below shows the 1984 schedule.[5][6] 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.[7]

Date Tournament Location Winner Score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)–up Winner's
share (£)		 Note
5 May Ford Ladies Classic England England Kitrina Douglas (1) 292 (−8) 4 strokes United States Peggy Conley 3,000 [8]
17 May Ulster Volkswagen Classic Northern Ireland United States Peggy Conley (1) 216 (−3) 2 strokes Scotland Dale Reid
England Mickey Walker		 890
3 Jun England United States (1) 286 1 stroke England Debbie Dowling 1,500
8 Jun British Olivetti Tournament England England Jenny Lee Smith (10) 294 (+6) 1 stroke South Africa 1,500
16 Jun United Friendly Worthing Open England South Africa (1) 283 (−9) 3 strokes United States 1,500
23 Jun UBM Northern Classic England Scotland Dale Reid (8) 291 (+7) Playoff England Kitrina Douglas 1,500
1 Jul Guernsey Open Guernsey Scotland Muriel Thomson (5) 280 (−8) 3 strokes South Africa 1,500
5 Jul England England Mickey Walker (5) 138 (−8) 3 strokes United States 600 [9]
14 Jul Wirral Caldy Classic England United States Lori Castillo (1) 215 (−7) 2 strokes United States
England Alison Nicholas		 890
28 Jul JS Bloor Eastleigh Classic England Scotland Dale Reid (9) 254 (−10) 8 strokes England Debbie Dowling 1,500 New tournament
5 Aug United Friendly Tournament England Sweden Kärstin Ehrnlund (2) 288 (−8) 4 strokes England
Scotland Dale Reid		 1,800
10 Aug White Horse Whisky Challenge England Italy Federica Dassù (1) 283 (−5) 1 stroke England Kitrina Douglas
England Debbie Dowling
Scotland Dale Reid		 1,500
17 Aug Colt Cars Jersey Open Jersey Scotland Jane Connachan (1) 279 (−5) 4 strokes England Kitrina Douglas 1,500
26 Aug Höganäs Sweden Open Sweden England Kitrina Douglas (2) 288 (+4) 3 strokes Sweden Liselotte Neumann (a) 2,925
2 Sep IBM Ladies' European Open England Scotland Gillian Stewart (a) 299 (+7) Playoff England Penny Grice (a) 3,750[a] [10] New tournament
7 Sep LBS Ladies' German Open Germany England Beverly Huke (5) 219 (E) 3 strokes England Kitrina Douglas 1,800 New tournament
14 Sep Lorne Stewart Matchplay Championship England England Mickey Walker (6) 2 and 1 Scotland Jane Connachan 2,000 Match play event
27 Sep Sands International England Scotland Muriel Thomson (6) 307 (+11) 1 stroke Scotland Jane Connachan 1,500
6 Oct Hitachi Ladies British Open England Japan Ayako Okamoto (n/a) 289 (−3) 11 strokes United States Betsy King
Scotland Dale Reid		 25,000 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
14 Oct Smirnoff Ladies Irish Open Northern Ireland United States Kathy Whitworth (n/a) 285 (−3) 2 strokes United States Pat Bradley
United States Becky Pearson		 18,000 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
26 Oct La Manga Spanish Open Spain England (2) 286 (−10) 1 stroke Scotland Dale Reid 1,800
  1. ^ As amateurs, neither Stewart nor Grice were eligible for the prize money; the £3,750 for first place went to Kitrina Douglas, who finished in third place.

Major championships in bold.

Order of Merit[]

The Order of Merit was sponsored by Ring and Brymer and based on prize money won throughout the season.[4]

# Player Money (£) Events
1 Scotland Dale Reid 28,239
2 England Kitrina Douglas 19,899
3 United States Peggy Conley 12,171

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Hennessy, John (5 October 1983). "Remarkable revival in the fortunes of the women's game". The Times. p. 26. Retrieved 1 October 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  2. ^ "Women are given a big lift out of the rough by sponsors". The Times. 22 December 1983. p. 16. Retrieved 1 October 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  3. ^ Kahn, Liz (30 May 1984). "Smirnoff on ice". The Guardian. p. 20. Retrieved 1 October 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b "Dale hits a cash high". Aberdeen Evening Express. 30 October 1984. p. 14. Retrieved 1 October 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ Tour Guide 2013. Ladies European Tour. 2013. p. 197.
  6. ^ Past Tournament Winners, Ladies European Tour[permanent dead link], GolfToday
  7. ^ Ladies European Tour – 1987 Winners[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Kitrina's winning debut". Glasgow Herald. 7 May 1984. p. 13. Retrieved 1 October 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  9. ^ "Lyle two in front after six-under 65". Glasgow Herald. 6 July 1984. p. 25. Retrieved 1 October 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  10. ^ "Gillian's play-off triumph". Glasgow Herald. 3 September 1984. p. 15. Retrieved 1 October 2020 – via Google News Archive.

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