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2008 Ladies European Tour
Series of golf tournaments
Series of golf tournaments
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| year | 2008 |
| tour | Ladies European Tour |
| regular_season | – |
| no_of_events | 30 (1 cancelled) |
| honor1 | Order of Merit |
| honoree1 | FRA Gwladys Nocera |
| honor2 | Player of the Year |
| honoree2 | FRA Gwladys Nocera |
| honor3 | Rookie of the Year |
| honoree3 | ENG Melissa Reid |
| honor4 | Lowest stroke average |
| honoree4 | NOR Suzann Pettersen |
| prevseason | 2007 |
| nextseason | 2009 |
The 2008 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from January through December 2008. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).
The tour featured 28 official money events with prize money totalling more than €10.5 million, as well as the Women's World Cup of Golf and the European Ladies Golf Cup. Gwladys Nocera won the Order of Merit with earnings of €391,840, ahead of Helen Alfredsson, who finished second despite only having played in three events. Melissa Reid won Rookie of the Year honours, after finishing 12th in the Order of Merit.
Tournament results
The table below shows the 2008 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.
;Key
| Team championships |
|---|
| Dates | Tournament | Location | Winner | Purse (€) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan | Women's World Cup of Golf | South Africa | PHL Jennifer Rosales | ||
| and Dorothy Delasin (n/a) | $1,400,000 | Team event co-sanctioned by the five main women's tours; | |||
| unofficial prize money | |||||
| 3 Feb | Women's Australian Open | Australia | AUS Karrie Webb (n/a) | Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour | |
| 10 Feb | ANZ Ladies Masters | Australia | ENG Lisa Hall (4) | Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour | |
| 6 Apr | European Ladies Golf Cup | Spain | ENG Trish Johnson | ||
| and Rebecca Hudson | 300,000 | Team event; new in 2008; unofficial prize money | |||
| 20 Apr | Open De España Femenino | Spain | SWE Emma Zackrisson (1) | 275,000 | |
| 3 May | Ladies Scottish Open | Scotland | FRA Gwladys Nocera (6) | 200,000 | |
| 11 May | Turkish Ladies Open | Turkey | SWE Lotta Wahlin (1) | 250,000 | New tournament |
| 25 May | Ladies Swiss Open | Switzerland | NOR Suzann Pettersen (3) | 525,000 | |
| 1 Jun | Ladies German Open | Germany | KOR Amy Yang (2) | 250,000 | New tournament |
| 8 Jun | Dutch Ladies Open | Netherlands | FRA Gwladys Nocera (7) | 250,000 | |
| 15 Jun | Ladies Open of Portugal | Portugal | FRA Anne-Lise Caudal (1) | 200,000 | |
| 22 Jun | Tenerife Ladies Open | Spain | ENG Rebecca Hudson (2) | 300,000 | |
| 6 Jul | Ladies English Open | England | ENG Rebecca Hudson (3) | 165,000 | |
| 13 Jul | Ladies Irish Open | Ireland | NOR Suzann Pettersen (4) | 450,000 | New tournament |
| 20 Jul | BMW Ladies Italian Open | Italy | DEU Martina Eberl (2) | 400,000 | |
| 27 Jul | Evian Masters | France | SWE Helen Alfredsson (11) | $3,250,000 | Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour |
| 3 Aug | Ricoh Women's British Open | England | KOR Jiyai Shin (n/a) | $2,100,000 | Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour |
| 10 Aug | Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika | Sweden | KOR Amy Yang (3) | 200,000 | |
| 17 Aug | Wales Ladies Championship of Europe | Wales | SWE Lotta Wahlin (2) | 450,000 | |
| 24 Aug | SAS Masters | Norway | FRA Gwladys Nocera (8) | 200,000 | |
| 31 Aug | Finnair Masters | Finland | FIN Minea Blomqvist (2) | 200,000 | |
| 7 Sep | Nykredit Masters | Denmark | DEU Martina Eberl (3) | 200,000 | |
| 14 Sep | Austrian Ladies Open | Austria | ENG Laura Davies (28) | 250,000 | |
| 21 Sep | Göteborg Masters | Sweden | FRA Gwladys Nocera (9) | 250,000 | New tournament |
| 28 Sep | Open de France Dames | France | DEU Anja Monke (1) | 350,000 | |
| 4 Oct | Madrid Ladies Masters | Spain | FRA Gwladys Nocera (10) | 400,000 | |
| 2 Nov | Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open | China | SWE Annika Sörenstam (17) | 200,000 | Co-sanctioned by the Ladies Asian Golf Tour |
| 16 Nov | Saint Four Ladies Masters in Jeju | South Korea | KOR Hee-Kyung Seo (n/a) | 500,000 | Co-sanctioned by the LPGA of Korea Tour |
| 6 Dec | Indian Ladies Masters | India | Cancelled | ||
| 14 Dec | Dubai Ladies Masters | United Arab Emirates | DEU Anja Monke (2) | 500,000 |
Order of Merit rankings
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings (€) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gwladys Nocera | 391,840 | ||||||||||||
| Helen Alfredsson | 320,100 | ||||||||||||
| Martina Eberl | 227,296 | ||||||||||||
| Amy Yang | 227,179 | ||||||||||||
| Anja Monke | 184,779 | ||||||||||||
| Suzann Pettersen | 183,279 | ||||||||||||
| Lotta Wahlin | 181,114 | ||||||||||||
| Paula Martí | 162,698 | ||||||||||||
| Lisa Hall | 157,289 | ||||||||||||
| Rebecca Hudson | 145,276 |
References
References
- "Armas announces 2008 Ladies European Tour schedule: Record number of events and prize money". Ladies European Tour.
- (10 November 2008). "Tournament axed in credit crunch". [[BBC Sport]].
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