2012 Ladies European Tour
Duration | February 2012 | – December 2012
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Number of official events | 24 |
Most wins | 2 (tie):![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Order of Merit | ![]() |
Player of the Year | ![]() |
Rookie of the Year | ![]() |
Lowest stroke average | ![]() |
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The 2012 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from February through December 2012. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).
The tour featured 24 official money events. Carlota Ciganda, a rookie, won the Order of Merit with earnings of €251,290. She was also named Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year.
The season was the first since 1983 not to include an event in the Nordic countries. The South African Women's Open was included for the first time. while the Ladies Open of Portugal was dropped from the schedule, having been a fixture since 2002. The Ladies British Masters, not played since 2001, was re-introduced, now with ISPS Handa as title sponsor.
The European Nations Cup was succeeded as team event by the World Ladies Championship.
Schedule[]
The numbers in brackets after the winners' names indicate the career wins on the Ladies European Tour, including that event, and is only shown for members of the tour.
- Key
Major championships |
Regular events |
Team championships |
Dates | Tournament | Host country | Winner | WWGR points |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2–5 Feb | Gold Coast RACV Australian Ladies Masters | Australia | ![]() |
15.5 | Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour |
9–12 Feb | ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open | Australia | ![]() |
43 | Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour and the LPGA Tour |
17–19 Feb | ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open | New Zealand | ![]() |
16 | Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour |
2–4 Mar | World Ladies Championship | China | ![]() ![]() |
16 | |
22–25 Mar | Lalla Meryem Cup | Morocco | ![]() |
16 | |
3–5 May | Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open | Scotland | ![]() |
16 | |
10–13 May | Turkish Airlines Ladies Open | Turkey | ![]() |
16 | |
24–27 May | UniCredit Ladies German Open | Germany | ![]() |
16 | |
1–3 Jun | Deloitte Ladies Open | Netherlands | ![]() |
15 | |
8–10 Jun | Allianz Ladies Slovak Open | Slovakia | ![]() |
15 | |
14–17 Jun | Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open | Switzerland | ![]() |
15 | |
22–24 Jun | Raiffeisenbank Prague Golf Masters | Czech Republic | ![]() |
15 | |
13–15 Jul | South African Women's Open | South Africa | ![]() |
15 | |
26–29 Jul | Evian Masters | France | ![]() |
68 | Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour |
3–5 Aug | Ladies Irish Open | Ireland | ![]() |
18.5 | |
16–18 Aug | ISPS Handa Ladies British Masters | England | ![]() |
15 | |
7–9 Sep | UNIQA Ladies Golf Open | Austria | ![]() |
15 | |
13–16 Sep | Ricoh Women's British Open | England | ![]() |
100 | Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour |
20–23 Sep | Tenerife Open de España Femenino | Spain | ![]() |
15 | |
4–7 Oct | Lacoste Ladies Open de France | France | ![]() |
15 | |
26–28 Oct | China Suzhou Taihu Open | China | ![]() |
15 | Co-sanctioned by the LAGT |
2–4 Nov | Sanya Ladies Open | China | ![]() |
15 | Co-sanctioned by the LAGT |
30 Nov – 2 Dec | Hero Women's Indian Open | India | ![]() |
15 | Co-sanctioned by the LAGT |
5–8 Dec | Omega Dubai Ladies Masters | United Arab Emirates | ![]() |
18.5 |
Order of Merit rankings[]
Rank | Player | Country | Earnings (€) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Carlota Ciganda | ![]() |
251,290 |
2 | Caroline Masson | ![]() |
241,831 |
3 | Shanshan Feng | ![]() |
202,148 |
4 | Julieta Granada | ![]() |
164,042 |
5 | Carly Booth | ![]() |
164,020 |
6 | Stacey Keating | ![]() |
159,782 |
7 | Lee-Anne Pace | ![]() |
159,617 |
8 | Diana Luna | ![]() |
150,477 |
9 | Laura Davies | ![]() |
130,293 |
10 | Trish Johnson | ![]() |
124,438 |
External links[]
- Ladies European Tour
- 2012 in women's golf
- 2012 in European sport