2011 Ladies European Tour

The 2011 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from February through December 2011. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

The tour featured 25 official money events, as well as the European Nations Cup and the Solheim Cup. Ai Miyazato won the Order of Merit with earnings of €363,080, despite only playing in two events. Caroline Hedwall won Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year honours, after finishing third in the Order of Merit and winning four events.

Schedule[]

The table below shows the 2011 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.

Dates	Tournament	Host country	Winner	Notes
3–6 Feb	ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open	Australia	Yani Tseng (n/a)	Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
10–13 Feb	ANZ RACV Ladies Masters	Australia	Yani Tseng (n/a)	Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
17–20 Feb	Pegasus New Zealand Women's Open	New Zealand	Kristie Smith (1)	Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
31 Mar – 3 Apr	Lalla Meryem Cup	Morocco	Zuzana Kamasova (1)
14–17 Apr	European Nations Cup	Spain	Anna Nordqvist Sophie Gustafson	Team event; unofficial prize money
5–8 May	Turkish Airlines Ladies Open	Turkey	Christel Boeljon (1)
13–15 May	ISPS Handa Portugal Ladies Open	Portugal	Ashleigh Simon (2)
19–22 May	UniCredit Ladies German Open	Germany	Diana Luna (4)
26–29 May	Allianz Ladies Slovak Open	Slovakia	Caroline Hedwall (1)
3–5 Jun	Deloitte Ladies Open	Netherlands	Melissa Reid (2)
10–12 Jun	Tenerife Ladies Match Play	Spain	Becky Brewerton	Unofficial prize money
16–19 Jun	Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open	Switzerland	Diana Luna (5)
1–3 Jul	Finnair Masters	Finland	Caroline Hedwall (2)
21–24 Jul	Evian Masters	France	Ai Miyazato (2)	Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
28–31 Jul	Ricoh Women's British Open	Scotland	Yani Tseng (n/a)	Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
5–7 Aug	Ladies Irish Open	Ireland	Suzann Pettersen (5)
18–20 Aug	Aberdeen Ladies Scottish Open	Scotland	Catriona Matthew (4)
2–4 Sep	UNIQA Ladies Golf Open	Austria	Caroline Hedwall (3)
8–11 Sep	Raiffeisenbank Prague Golf Masters	Czech Republic	Jade Schaeffer (2)
15–18 Sep	Open De España Femenino	Spain	Melissa Reid (3)
23–25 Sep	Solheim Cup	Ireland	Europe	Team event; no prize money
29 Sep – 2 Oct	Lacoste Ladies Open de France	France	Felicity Johnson (2)
7–9 Oct	Sicilian Ladies Italian Open	Italy	Christina Kim (1)
21–23 Oct	Sanya Ladies Open	China	Frances Bondad (1)	Co-sanctioned by the LAGT
28–30 Oct	Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open	China	Yani Tseng (n/a)	Co-sanctioned by the LAGT
9–11 Dec	Hero Women's Indian Open	India	Caroline Hedwall (4)	Co-sanctioned by the LAGT
14–17 Dec	Omega Dubai Ladies Masters	United Arab Emirates	Lexi Thompson (n/a)

Major championships in bold.

Order of Merit rankings[]

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings (€)
1	Ai Miyazato	Japan	363,080
2	Melissa Reid	England	286,578
3	Caroline Hedwall	Sweden	278,529
4	Diana Luna	Italy	223,405
5	Lee-Anne Pace	South Africa	209,444
6	Sophie Gustafson	Sweden	188,889
7	Caroline Masson	Germany	167,187
8	Christel Boeljon	Netherlands	161,172
9	Suzann Pettersen	Norway	142,087
10	In-Kyung Kim	South Korea	141,275

External links[]

• Official site of the Ladies European Tour
• Ladies European Tour Information Centre