2008 Ladies European Tour

The 2008 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from January through December 2008. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

The tour featured 28 official money events with prize money totalling more than €10.5 million, as well as the Women's World Cup of Golf and the European Ladies Golf Cup. Gwladys Nocera won the Order of Merit with earnings of €391,839.58, ahead of Helen Alfredsson, who finished second despite only having played in three events. Melissa Reid won Rookie of the Year honours, after finishing 12th in the Order of Merit.

Tournament results

The table below shows the 2008 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.

DatesTournamentHost countryWinnerNotes
18–20 JanWomen's World Cup of Golf South Africa Jennifer Rosales
and Dorothy Delasin (n/a)		Team event co-sanctioned by the five main women's tours;
unofficial prize money
31 Jan – 3 FebWomen's Australian Open Australia Karrie Webb (n/a)Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
7–10 FebANZ Ladies Masters Australia Lisa Hall (4)Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
3–6 AprEuropean Ladies Golf Cup Spain Trish Johnson
and Rebecca Hudson		Team event; new in 2008; unofficial prize money
17–20 AprOpen De España Femenino Spain Emma Zackrisson (1)
1–3 MayLadies Scottish Open Scotland Gwladys Nocera (6)
8–11 MayTurkish Ladies Open Turkey Lotta Wahlin (1)
22–25 MayLadies Swiss Open  Switzerland Suzann Pettersen (3)
29 May – 1 JunLadies German Open Germany Amy Yang (2)
6–8 JunDutch Ladies Open Netherlands Gwladys Nocera (7)
13–15 JunLadies Open of Portugal Portugal Anne-Lise Caudal (1)
19–22 JunTenerife Ladies Open Spain Rebecca Hudson (2)
4–6 JulLadies English Open England Rebecca Hudson (3)
11–13 JulLadies Irish Open Ireland Suzann Pettersen (4)
17–20 JulBMW Ladies Italian Open Italy Martina Eberl (2)
24–27 JulEvian Masters France Helen Alfredsson (11)Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
31 Jul – 3 AugRicoh Women's British Open England Jiyai Shin (n/a)Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
7–10 AugScandinavian TPC hosted by Annika Sweden Amy Yang (3)
14–17 AugWales Ladies Championship of Europe Wales Lotta Wahlin (2)
22–24 AugSAS Masters Norway Gwladys Nocera (8)
29–31 AugFinnair Masters Finland Minea Blomqvist (2)
5–7 SepNykredit Masters Denmark Martina Eberl (3)
11–14 SepAustrian Ladies Open Austria Laura Davies (28)
18–21 SepGöteborg Masters Sweden Gwladys Nocera (9)
25–28 SepOpen de France Dames France Anja Monke (1)
2–4 OctMadrid Ladies Masters Spain Gwladys Nocera (10)
31 Oct – 2 NovSuzhou Taihu Ladies Open China Annika Sörenstam (17)Co-sanctioned by the Ladies Asian Golf Tour
13–16 NovSaint Four Ladies Masters in Jeju South Korea Hee-Kyung Seo (n/a)Co-sanctioned by the LPGA of Korea Tour
3–6 DecIndian Ladies Masters Indian/aEvent cancelled[1]
11–14 DecDubai Ladies Masters United Arab Emirates Anja Monke (2)

Major championships in bold.

Order of Merit rankings
RankPlayerCountryEarnings
1 Gwladys Nocera France€391,840
2 Helen Alfredsson Sweden€320,099.74
3 Martina Eberl Germany€227,296.20
4 Amy Yang South Korea€227,179.38
5 Anja Monke Germany€184,778.93
6 Suzann Pettersen Norway€183,278.68
7 Lotta Wahlin Sweden€181,114.22
8 Paula Martí Spain€162,698.40
9 Lisa Hall England€157,288.84
10 Rebecca Hudson England€145,275.91

See also

References
  1. "Tournament axed in credit crunch". BBC Sport. 10 November 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
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