The 2006 Ladies European Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from January through October 2006. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).
The season featured 21 events with prize money totalling more than €10.6 million. Laura Davies won the Order of Merit with earnings of €471,727 and Gwladys Nocera was Player of the Year.
Tournament results The table below shows the 2006 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 Major championshipsLET majors in boldRegular eventsTeam championships
DatesTournamentHost countryWinnerNotes22 Jan Acer World Cup of Golf South Africa Liselotte Neumannand Annika Sörenstam (n/a) Team eventUnofficial LPGA Tour event5 Feb ANZ Ladies Masters Australia Amy Yang (1) Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour30 Apr Tenerife Ladies Open Spain Riikka Hakkarainen (1) 14 May Open De España Femenino Spain Lynnette Brooky (4) 21 May Ladies Swiss Open Switzerland Gwladys Nocera (1) 28 May Vediorbis Open de France France Veronica Zorzi (2) 4 Jun KLM Ladies Open Netherlands Stéphanie Arricau (3) 17 Jun Ladies Italian Open Italy Gwladys Nocera (2) 24 Jun Ladies Open of Portugal Portugal Stéphanie Arricau (4) 15 Jul Ladies Central European Open Hungary Rebecca Hudson (1) 23 Jul Catalonia Ladies Masters Spain Gwladys Nocera (3) 29 Jul Evian Masters France Karrie Webb (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour6 Aug Weetabix Women's British Open England Sherri Steinhauer (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour13 Aug Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika Sweden Annika Sörenstam (14) 20 Aug Wales Ladies Championship of Europe Wales Linda Wessberg (1) 27 Aug SAS Masters Norway Laura Davies (35) 3 Sep Finnair Masters Finland Virginie Lagoutte (2) 10 Sep Nykredit Masters Denmark Karen Margrethe Juul (1) 17 Sep Austrian Ladies Open Austria Sophie Gustafson (12) 8 Oct BBC Radio Kent Ladies’ English Open England Cecilia Ekelundh (3) 29 Oct Dubai Ladies Masters United Arab Emirates Annika Sörenstam (15)
Order of Merit rankings RankPlayerCountryEarnings (€)1 Laura Davies 471,7272 Gwladys Nocera 415,0213 Annika Sörenstam 225,8224 Sophie Gustafson 193,7745 Veronica Zorzi 143,8816 Linda Wessberg 142,4147 Stéphanie Arricau 140,3778 Rebecca Hudson 123,8369 Riikka Hakkarainen 112,36110 Karen Margrethe Juul 107,532
See also 2006 LPGA Tour 2006 in golf
References
External links Official site of the Ladies European Tour 2006 Ladies European Tour Tournaments