The 1982 Ladies European Tour was the fourth season of golf tournaments organised by the Women's Professional Golfers' Association (WPGA), which later became the Ladies European Tour (LET). There were ten tournaments on the schedule including the Women's British Open, organised by the Ladies' Golf Union.
The tour experienced difficulties during 1982. Having lost several sponsors during 1981 due to economic problems, their principal supporter Carlsberg had also departed. Twelve new tournaments were planned to fill out the calendar but only half took place, including Ford Ladies Classic and the Ladies Spanish Open. Plans for new events in Ireland, France, West Germany and Portugal were abandoned, and several other tournaments were cancelled during the season, including the British Women's Matchplay and two of the new events.
The Order of Merit was won for the second time by Jenny Lee Smith, who again dominated the season with one win and five runner-up finishes; her £12,551 in prize money put her more than £5,500 clear of runner-up Rosie Jones.
Tournaments The table below shows the 1982 schedule.Past Tournament Winners, Ladies European Tour, GolfToday 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.Ladies European Tour – 1982 Winners
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Margin ofvictory Runner(s)–up Winner'sshare (£) Ref 9 May Ford Ladies Classic England Jenny Lee Smith (9) 305 (+9) 4 strokes Dale Reid 3,000 14 May United Friendly Worthing Open England Rosie Jones (1) 217 (−2) 6 strokes Mickey Walker 325 30 May Smirnoff Ulster Open Northern Ireland Linda Bowman (1) 225 (+3) Playoff Jenny Lee Smith 1,000 18 Jun United Friendly Insurance Championship England Beverley New (1, a) 212 (−1) 2 strokes Jenny Lee Smith 1,500 30 Jun Guernsey Open Guernsey Dale Reid (4) 219 (+3) 3 strokes Linda Bowman 700 9 Jul McEwan's Lager Welsh Classic Wales Cancelled 23 Jul Ladies Spanish Open Spain Rosie Jones (2) 224 (+8) 5 strokes Jenny Lee Smith 900 31 Jul Pretty Polly Women's British Open England Marta Figueras-Dotti (1, a) 296 (E) 1 stroke Rosie Jones Jenny Lee Smith 6,000 7 Aug British Women's Matchplay England Cancelled 13 Aug West of England Open England Cancelled 25 Aug Dunhill Classic England Bridget Cooper (1) 147 (−3) 7 strokes Lori West Cathy Panton 900 3 Sep WPGA Championship Scotland Cancelled 12 Sep Moben Kitchens Classic England Cathy Panton (6) 216 (−3) 1 stroke Jenny Lee Smith 1,000 1 Oct NatWest East Anglian Open England Linda Bowman (2) 215 (−1) 1 stroke Muriel Thomson 700
Major championships in bold.
Order of Merit The Order of Merit was sponsored by Hambro Life and based on prize money won throughout the season.
PlacePlayerMoney (£)Events1 Jenny Lee Smith 12,551 2 Rosie Jones 7,026 3 Muriel Thomson 5,529 4 Dale Reid 5,358 5 Catherine Panton 5,137 6 Linda Bowman 4,877 7 Mickey Walker 4,397 8 Julie Cole 4,325 9 Beverly Lewis 3,592 10 Sue Latham 3,251
See also 1982 LPGA Tour
References
External links Official site of the Ladies European Tour