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2011 Ladies European Tour

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2011 Ladies European Tour season
DurationFebruary 2011 (2011-02) – December 2011 (2011-12)
Number of official events27
Most wins4:
Sweden Caroline Hedwall
Order of MeritJapan Ai Miyazato
Player of the YearSweden Caroline Hedwall
Rookie of the YearSweden Caroline Hedwall
Lowest stroke averageNorway Suzann Pettersen
2010
2012

The 2011 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from February through December 2011. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

The tour featured 24 official money events, as well as the Tenerife Ladies Match Play, the European Nations Cup and the Solheim Cup. Ai Miyazato won the Order of Merit with earnings of €363,080, despite only playing in two events. Caroline Hedwall won Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year honours, after finishing third in the Order of Merit and winning four events.

Schedule

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The table below shows the 2011 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 championships
LET majors in bold
Regular events
Team championships
Dates Tournament Location Winner Notes
3–6 Feb ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open Australia Taiwan Yani Tseng (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
10–13 Feb ANZ RACV Ladies Masters Australia Taiwan Yani Tseng (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
17–20 Feb Pegasus New Zealand Women's Open New Zealand Australia Kristie Smith (1) Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
31 Mar – 3 Apr Lalla Meryem Cup Morocco Slovakia Zuzana Kamasova (1)
14–17 Apr European Nations Cup Spain Sweden Anna Nordqvist &
Sophie Gustafson
Team event; unofficial prize money
5–8 May Turkish Airlines Ladies Open Turkey Netherlands Christel Boeljon (1)
13–15 May ISPS Handa Portugal Ladies Open Portugal South Africa Ashleigh Simon (2)
19–22 May UniCredit Ladies German Open Germany Italy Diana Luna (4)
26–29 May Allianz Ladies Slovak Open Slovakia Sweden Caroline Hedwall (1)
3–5 Jun Deloitte Ladies Open New Zealand England Melissa Reid (2)
10–12 Jun Tenerife Ladies Match Play Spain Wales Becky Brewerton Unofficial prize money
16–19 Jun Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open Switzerland Italy Diana Luna (5)
1–3 Jul Finnair Masters Finland Sweden Caroline Hedwall (2)
21–24 Jul Evian Masters France Japan Ai Miyazato (2) Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
28–31 Jul Ricoh Women's British Open Scotland Taiwan Yani Tseng (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
5–7 Aug Ladies Irish Open Ireland Norway Suzann Pettersen (5)
18–20 Aug Aberdeen Ladies Scottish Open Scotland Scotland Catriona Matthew (4)
2–4 Sep UNIQA Ladies Golf Open Austria Sweden Caroline Hedwall (3)
8–11 Sep Raiffeisenbank Prague Golf Masters Czech Republic France Jade Schaeffer (2)
15–18 Sep Open De España Femenino Spain England Melissa Reid (3)
23–25 Sep Solheim Cup Ireland European Union Europe Team event; no prize money
29 Sep – 2 Oct Lacoste Ladies Open de France France England Felicity Johnson (2)
7–9 Oct Sicilian Ladies Italian Open Italy United States Christina Kim (1)
21–23 Oct Sanya Ladies Open China Australia Frances Bondad (1) Co-sanctioned by the LAGT
28–30 Oct Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open China Taiwan Yani Tseng (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the LAGT
9–11 Dec Hero Women's Indian Open India Sweden Caroline Hedwall (4) Co-sanctioned by the LAGT
14–17 Dec Omega Dubai Ladies Masters United Arab Emirates United States Lexi Thompson (n/a)

Order of Merit rankings

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Rank Player Country Earnings (€)
1 Ai Miyazato  Japan 363,080
2 Melissa Reid  England 286,578
3 Caroline Hedwall  Sweden 278,529
4 Diana Luna  Italy 223,405
5 Lee-Anne Pace  South Africa 209,444
6 Sophie Gustafson  Sweden 188,889
7 Caroline Masson  Germany 167,187
8 Christel Boeljon  Netherlands 161,172
9 Suzann Pettersen  Norway 142,087
10 In-Kyung Kim  South Korea 141,275

Source:[1]

References

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  1. ^ LET Tour Guide 2012. Ladies European Tour. 2012. pp. 161–201.
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