1996 Ladies European Tour

The 1996 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place in 1996. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

Tournaments[]

The table below shows the 1996 schedule.^[1][2] 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.

Tournament	Venue	Location	Winner	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Note
Women's Welsh Open	St Pierre Golf & Country Club	Wales	Lisa Hackney (1)	289	1 stroke	Laura Navarro,
Costa Azul Ladies Open	Troia and Aroeira GC	Portugal	Shani Waugh (1)	214	2 strokes
Ford-Stimorol Danish Open	Vejle Golf Club	Denmark	(1)	209	2 strokes	Rachel Hetherington,
Deesse Ladies' Swiss Open	Maison Blanche, Geneva	Switzerland	Sophie Gustafson (1)	280	1 stroke	Lisa Hackney
Evian Masters	Evian Resort Golf Club	France	Laura Davies (23)	274	4 strokes	Carin Koch
Glashütte Ladies' Austrian Open	Colony Club Gutenhof	Austria	Martina Koch (1)	213	2 strokes	Lynnette Brooky
Hennessy Cup	Cologne	Germany	Helen Alfredsson (7)	280	Playoff	Liselotte Neumann, Trish Johnson
Guardian Irish Open	Citywest GCC, Dublin	Ireland	Alison Nicholas (12)	277	8 strokes	Trish Johnson
McDonald's WPGA Championship of Europe	Gleneagles	Scotland	Tina Fischer (1)	278	1 stroke	Charlotta Sörenstam, Trish Johnson
Weetabix Women's British Open	Woburn Golf and Country Club	England	Emilee Klein (1)	277	7 strokes	Amy Alcott, Penny Hammel	Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
Trygg Hansa Ladies' Open	Haninge GC, Stockholm	Sweden	Annika Sörenstam (3)	279	1 stroke	Joanne Morley, Alison Nicholas
Compaq Open	Örebro GC	Sweden	Federica Dassù (5)	280	Playoff	Helen Alfredsson, Kathryn Marshall
Marks & Spencer European Open	Hanbury Manor	England	Trish Johnson (9)	274	5 strokes	Pernilla Sterner,
Wilkinson Sword Ladies' English Open	The Oxfordshire Golf Club	England	Laura Davies (24)	273	4 strokes	Helen Alfredsson
Ladies German Open	Treudelberg GC, Hamburg	Germany	Joanne Morley (1)	281	4 strokes	Maria Hjorth
Open de France Dames	Le Golf d'Arras	France	Trish Johnson (10)	200	10 strokes	Raquel Carriedo-Tomás,
Italian Ladies' Open di Sicilia	Il Picciolo GC, Sicily	Italy	Laura Davies (25)	282	3 strokes	Tina Fischer,
Open de España Femenino	La Manga	Spain	(1)	206	4 strokes

Major championships in bold.

Order of Merit rankings[]

Rank	Player	Country	Points
1	Lisa Hackney	England	37,446.67
2	Laura Davies	England	23,700.00
3	Sophie Gustafson	Sweden	23,028.00
4	Helen Alfredsson	Sweden	22,000.00
5	Martina Koch	Germany	21,401.25
6	Shani Waugh	Australia	20,781.25
7	Trish Johnson	England	20,125.00
8	Alison Nicholas	England	19,650.00
9	Joanne Morley	England	19,191.33
10	Laura Navarro	Spain	18,399.09

See also[]

• 1996 LPGA Tour

References[]

External links[]

• Official site of the Ladies European Tour