The 1997 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place in 1997. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).
Tournaments The table below shows the 1997 schedule.Past Tournament Winners, Ladies European Tour, GolfTodayLadies European Tour - 1994 to 1999 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.
Date Tournament Venue Location Winner Score Margin ofvictory Runner(s)-up Note 11 May Estoril Ladies Open Clube de Golf do Estoril Portugal Mandy Sutton (1) 202 1 stroke Karina Orum 18 May American Express Tour Player's Classic Tytherington Golf Club England Karen Lunn (7) 283 1 stroke Tina Fischer, Patricia Meunier-Lebouc 8 Jun Ford-Stimorol Danish Open Vejle Golf Club Denmark Laura Davies (26) 207 3 strokes Maria Hjorth 15 Jun Déesse Ladies' Swiss Open Lausanne Golf Club Switzerland Marie-Laure de Lorenzi (19) 280 Playoff Trish Johnson 21 Jun Evian Masters Evian Resort Golf Club France Hiromi Kobayashi (n/a) 274 Playoff Alison Nicholas 29 Jun Guardian Irish Open Luttrellstown Golf Club Ireland Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (2) 284 1 stroke Laura Navarro 27 Jul Ladies German Open GCC Hamburg-Treudelberg Germany Joanne Mills (1) 283 Playoff Lynnette Brooky 10 Aug McDonald's WPGA Championship of Europe Gleneagles Scotland Helen Alfredsson (8) 276 4 strokes Charlotta Sörenstam, Kathryn Marshall 17 Aug Weetabix Women's British Open Sunningdale Golf Club England Karrie Webb (2) 269 8 strokes Rosie Jones Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour 24 Aug Compaq Open Österåker Golf Club Sweden Annika Sörenstam (4) 277 6 strokes Catrin Nilsmark 7 Sep Open de France Dames Paris International GC France Karen Lunn (8) 281 4 strokes Laurette Maritz 21 Sep Hennessy Cup Golf und Land Club Köln Germany Laura Davies (27) 288 1 stroke Anne-Marie Knight 5 Oct Sicilian Ladies' Open/Italian Ladies' Open Il Picciolo Golf Club Italy Valérie Van Ryckeghem (1) 288 Playoff Patricia Gonzalez 26 Oct Air France Madame Open Deauville Golf Club France Loraine Lambert (1) 213 2 strokes Alison Nicholas 16 Nov Praia d'El Rey European Cup Royal Óbidos Spa & Golf Portugal European Senior Tour 13–7 Ladies European Tour Team event
Major championships in bold.
Order of Merit rankings RankPlayerPrize money (£)1 Alison Nicholas94,5902 Helen Alfredsson 92,9283 Marie-Laure de Lorenzi89,5234 Laura Davies77,4255 Karen Lunn65,1436 Patricia Meunier-Lebouc52,9997 Joanne Morley48,2178 Anne-Marie Knight47,1359 Trish Johnson45,74210 Maria Hjorth39,536 Source:
See also 1997 LPGA Tour
References
External links Official site of the Ladies European Tour