The 2010 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from February through December 2010. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).
The tour featured 25 official money events, as well as the European Nations Cup. Lee-Anne Pace won the Order of Merit with earnings of €339,517.77, ahead of Laura Davies. In-Kyung Kim won Rookie of the Year honours, after finishing 4th in the Order of Merit.
Schedule The table below shows the 2010 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
DateTournamentHost countryWinnerPurse (€)OthertoursNotes28 Feb New Zealand Women's Open New Zealand Laura Davies (40) 200,000 ALPG 7 Mar ANZ Ladies Masters Australia Karrie Webb (n/a) ALPG 14 Mar Women's Australian Open Australia Yani Tseng (n/a) ALPG 20 Mar Lalla Meryem Cup Morocco Anja Monke (3) 275,000 25 Apr European Nations Cup Spain Anna Nordqvist (1) and Sophie Gustafson (14) 350,000 Team event;Unofficial prize money9 May Turkish Airlines Ladies Open Turkey Melissa Reid (1) 250,000 16 May UniCredit Ladies German Open Germany Laura Davies (41) 330,000 30 May Allianz Ladies Slovak Open Slovakia María Hernández (1) 350,000 6 Jun ABN AMRO Ladies Open Netherlands Florentyna Parker (1) 250,000 20 Jun Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open Switzerland Lee-Anne Pace (1) 525,000 27 Jun Ladies Open of Portugal Portugal Karen Lunn (9) 300,000 4 Jul Tenerife Ladies Open Spain Trish Johnson (16) 275,000 25 Jul Evian Masters France Jiyai Shin (n/a) $3,250,000 LPGA 1 Aug Ricoh Women's British Open England Yani Tseng (n/a) $2,500,000 LPGA 8 Aug AIB Ladies Irish Open Ireland Sophie Gustafson (15) 500,000 15 Aug S4C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe Wales Lee-Anne Pace (2) £300,000 20 Aug Ladies Scottish Open Scotland Virginie Lagoutte-Clément (3) 200,000 29 Aug Finnair Masters Finland Lee-Anne Pace (3) 200,000 5 Sep UNIQA Ladies Golf Open Austria Laura Davies (42) 200,000 12 Sep Open de France Feminin France Trish Johnson (17) 250,000 19 Sep Open De España Femenino Spain Laura Davies (43) 350,000 24 Oct Sanya Ladies Open China Lee-Anne Pace (4) 200,000 LAGT New tournament31 Oct Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open China Lee-Anne Pace (5) 200,000 LAGT 7 Nov Daishin Securities-Tomato M Korea-European Ladies Masters South Korea Kim Hyun-ji (2) $400,000 KLPGA 13 Nov Hero Honda Women's Indian Open India Laura Davies (44) $300,000 LAGT 11 Dec Omega Dubai Ladies Masters United Arab Emirates Iben Tinning (6) 500,000 Notes
Order of Merit rankings RankPlayerCountryEarnings1Lee-Anne Pace€339,517.772Laura Davies€311,573.483Melissa Reid€270,871.594In-Kyung Kim€193,154.695Iben Tinning€163,562.506Virginie Lagoutte-Clément€153,526.097Suzann Pettersen€149,489.668Florentyna Parker€145,240.369Trish Johnson€139,924.9310Vikki Laing€126,733.57 Source:
Location of tournaments
References
External links Official site of the Ladies European Tour Ladies European Tour Information Centre