2009 Ladies European Tour

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The 2009 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from January through December 2009. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

The tour featured 21 official money events, as well as the Solheim Cup and the European Ladies Golf Cup. Sophie Gustafson won the Order of Merit with earnings of €281,315, ahead of Catriona Matthew. Gustafson participated in only four events, and Matthew only three events. Anna Nordqvist won Rookie of the Year honours, after finishing 13th in the Order of Merit.

Schedule[]

Dates	Tournament	Host country	Winner	Notes
5–8 Feb	ANZ Ladies Masters	Australia	Katherine Hull (n/a)	Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
12–15 Feb	Women's Australian Open	Australia	Laura Davies (38)	Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
23–26 Apr	European Ladies Golf Cup	Spain	Netherlands (Christel Boeljon and Marjet van der Graaff)	Team event; unofficial prize money
7–10 May	Turkish Ladies Open	Turkey		Cancelled, lack of sponsors
14–17 May	Ladies Swiss Open	Switzerland	Marianne Skarpnord (1)
21–24 May	Ladies German Open	Germany	Jade Schaeffer (1)
5–7 Jun	Dutch Ladies Open	Netherlands	Tania Elósegui (1)
12–14 Jun	Ladies Open of Portugal	Portugal	Johanna Westerberg (1)
26–28 Jun	Ladies Irish Open	Ireland	Diana Luna (2)
2–4 Jul	SAS Masters	Norway	Diana Luna (3)
16–19 Jul	Open De España Femenino	Spain	Becky Brewerton (2)
23–26 Jul	Evian Masters	France	Ai Miyazato (n/a)	Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
30 Jul – 2 Aug	Ricoh Women's British Open	England	Catriona Matthew (3)	Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
6–9 Aug	Wales Ladies Championship of Europe	Wales	Karen Stupples (2)
13–16 Aug	Göteborg Masters	Sweden		Cancelled; financial difficulties [1]
21–23 Aug	Solheim Cup	United States	United States	Team event; no prize money
28–30 Aug	Finnair Masters	Finland	Beatriz Recari (1)
10–13 Sep	Austrian Ladies Open	Austria	Linda Wessberg (3)
17–20 Sep	Open de France Dames	France	Nicole Gergely (1)
24–29 Sep	Tenerife Ladies Open	Spain	Felicity Johnson (1)
1–3 Oct	Madrid Ladies Masters	Spain	Azahara Muñoz (1)
15–17 Oct	Ladies Italian Open	Italy	Marianne Skarpnord (2)
30 Oct – 1 Nov	Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open	China	(1)	Co-sanctioned by the Ladies Asian Golf Tour
6–8 Nov	Daishin Securities Tomato Tour Korean Ladies Masters	South Korea	(1)	Co-sanctioned by the LPGA of Korea Tour
9–12 Dec	Dubai Ladies Masters	United Arab Emirates	In-Kyung Kim (n/a)

Major championships in bold.

Order of Merit rankings[]

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings
1	Sophie Gustafson	Sweden	€281,315.00
2	Catriona Matthew	Scotland	€259,871.29
3	Becky Brewerton	Wales	€221,496.10
4	Marianne Skarpnord	Norway	€203,350.38
5	Tania Elósegui	Spain	€193,224.09
6	Diana Luna	Italy	€185,911.21
7	Melissa Reid	England	€168,749.67
8	Laura Davies	England	€152,505.07
9	Gwladys Nocera	France	€137,730.27
10	Jade Schaeffer	France	€130,904.86

External links[]

• Official site of the Ladies European Tour
• Ladies European Tour Information Centre^{[permanent dead link]}