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 Major championshipsLET majors in boldRegular eventsTeam championships
DatesTournamentLocationWinnerPurse (€)Notes20 Jan Women's World Cup of Golf South Africa Jennifer Rosalesand Dorothy Delasin (n/a) $1,400,000 Team event co-sanctioned by the five main women's tours;unofficial prize money3 Feb Women's Australian Open Australia Karrie Webb (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour10 Feb ANZ Ladies Masters Australia Lisa Hall (4) Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour6 Apr European Ladies Golf Cup Spain Trish Johnsonand Rebecca Hudson 300,000 Team event; new in 2008; unofficial prize money20 Apr Open De España Femenino Spain Emma Zackrisson (1) 275,000 3 May Ladies Scottish Open Scotland Gwladys Nocera (6) 200,000 11 May Turkish Ladies Open Turkey Lotta Wahlin (1) 250,000 New tournament25 May Ladies Swiss Open Switzerland Suzann Pettersen (3) 525,000 1 Jun Ladies German Open Germany Amy Yang (2) 250,000 New tournament8 Jun Dutch Ladies Open Netherlands Gwladys Nocera (7) 250,000 15 Jun Ladies Open of Portugal Portugal Anne-Lise Caudal (1) 200,000 22 Jun Tenerife Ladies Open Spain Rebecca Hudson (2) 300,000 6 Jul Ladies English Open England Rebecca Hudson (3) 165,000 13 Jul Ladies Irish Open Ireland Suzann Pettersen (4) 450,000 New tournament20 Jul BMW Ladies Italian Open Italy Martina Eberl (2) 400,000 27 Jul Evian Masters France Helen Alfredsson (11) $3,250,000 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour3 Aug Ricoh Women's British Open England Jiyai Shin (n/a) $2,100,000 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour10 Aug Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika Sweden Amy Yang (3) 200,000 17 Aug Wales Ladies Championship of Europe Wales Lotta Wahlin (2) 450,000 24 Aug SAS Masters Norway Gwladys Nocera (8) 200,000 31 Aug Finnair Masters Finland Minea Blomqvist (2) 200,000 7 Sep Nykredit Masters Denmark Martina Eberl (3) 200,000 14 Sep Austrian Ladies Open Austria Laura Davies (28) 250,000 21 Sep Göteborg Masters Sweden Gwladys Nocera (9) 250,000 New tournament28 Sep Open de France Dames France Anja Monke (1) 350,000 4 Oct Madrid Ladies Masters Spain Gwladys Nocera (10) 400,000 2 Nov Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open China Annika Sörenstam (17) 200,000 Co-sanctioned by the Ladies Asian Golf Tour16 Nov Saint Four Ladies Masters in Jeju South Korea Hee-Kyung Seo (n/a) 500,000 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA of Korea Tour6 Dec Indian Ladies Masters India Cancelled 14 Dec Dubai Ladies Masters United Arab Emirates Anja Monke (2) 500,000
Order of Merit rankings RankPlayerCountryEarnings (€)1Gwladys Nocera391,8402Helen Alfredsson320,1003Martina Eberl227,2964Amy Yang227,1795Anja Monke184,7796Suzann Pettersen183,2797Lotta Wahlin181,1148Paula Martí162,6989Lisa Hall157,28910Rebecca Hudson145,276
See also 2008 LPGA Tour 2008 in golf
References
External links Official site of the Ladies European Tour Ladies European Tour Information Centre