The 1979 Ladies European Tour was the inaugural season of golf tournaments organised by the Women's Professional Golfers' Association (WPGA), which later became the Ladies European Tour (LET). The tour was principally sponsored by Carlsberg, who organised 12 36-hole tournaments counting towards their own Order of Merit. There were six other tournaments on the schedule including the Women's British Open, organised by the Ladies' Golf Union.
The Order of Merit was won by Cathy Panton, who finished just 1.5 points ahead of Women's British Open winner, Alison Sheard. Sheard topped the money list with almost £5,000 in winnings, over £1,000 more than runner-up Jane Panter. The Carlsberg Order of Merit was won by Christine Langford, who won three of the twelve events and finished as runner-up in two others.
Tournaments The table below shows the 1979 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 – 1979 Winners
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Margin ofvictory Runner(s)–up Winner'sshare (£) Ref 27 Apr Carlsberg Championship – Tyrrells Wood England Mollie Anderson (1) 145 (+1) 3 strokes Jane Chapman 200 4 May Carlsberg Championship – Willingdon England Cathy Panton (1) 151 (+5) 1 stroke Kärstin Ehrnlund Christine Langford 200 11 May Carlsberg Championship – Long Ashton England Christine Langford (1) 73 (−2) 2 strokes Kärstin Ehrnlund Vanessa Marvin 200 18 May Carlsberg Championship – Baberton Scotland Joanna Smurthwaite (1) 147 (+1) 2 strokes Jane Panter 200 25 May Carlsberg Championship – Whitecraigs Scotland Christine Langford (2) 142 (−4) 4 strokes Alison Sheard 200 1 Jun Carlsberg Championship – Coventry England Jane Panter (1) 146 (−2) 1 stroke Cathy Panton 200 8 Jun Carlsberg Championship – South Staffs England Vanessa Marvin (1) 143 (−3) 5 strokes Kärstin Ehrnlund 200 15 Jun Carlsberg Championship – Ballater Scotland Beverly Huke (1) 146 (−2) 1 stroke Jane Panter Muriel Thomson Mickey Walker 200 22 Jun Carlsberg Championship – St Annes Old Links England Christine Langford (3) 148 (+2) Playoff Jenny Lee Smith 200 29 Jun Carlsberg Championship – York England Mickey Walker (1) 140 (−2) 1 stroke Alison Sheard 200 6 Jul Carlsberg Championship – Sand Moor England Alison Sheard (1) 147 (+1) 3 strokes Christine Langford Cathy Panton 200 13 Jul Carlsberg Championship – Arcot Hall England Jenny Lee Smith (1) 140 (−2) 3 strokes Muriel Thomson 200 28 Jul Women's British Open England Alison Sheard (2) 301 (+5) 3 strokes Mickey Walker 3,000 31 Aug McEwan's Welsh Classic Wales Alison Sheard (3) 144 (+4) 1 stroke Christine Trew 400 14 Sep Hitachi Tournament England Christine Trew (1) 145 (−1) 3 strokes Alison Sheard 400 22 Sep State Express Tournament Northern Ireland Cathy Panton (2) 166 (+14) Playoff Amanda Middleton 800 29 Sep WPGA European Championship France Susan Moon (1) 292 2 strokes Irene Koehler 27 Oct Lambert & Butler Matchplay England Jane Panter (2) 2 up Muriel Thomson 2,000
Major championship in bold.
Order of Merit and money list The Order of Merit was based on a points system.
PlacePlayerPointsMoney (£)Events 1 Cathy Panton 846 2,495 18 2 Alison Sheard 844.5 4,965 13 3 Christine Langford 789.5 1,533 15 4 Jane Panter 770 3,830 18 5 Vanessa Marvin 740 2,434 18 6 Muriel Thomson 641 3,043 15 7 Christine Trew 624 1,955 15 8 Jenny Lee Smith 597.5 3,222 10 9 Jane Chapman 578.5 1,479 15 10 Amanda Middleton 574.5 1,861 17
See also 1979 LPGA Tour
References
External links Official site of the Ladies European Tour