2011 Ladies European Tour

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 25 official money events, as well as 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

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.

DatesTournamentHost countryWinnerNotes
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  Netherlands England Melissa Reid (2)
10–12 Jun Tenerife Ladies Match Play  Spain Wales Becky Brewerton Unofficial price 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)

Major championships in bold.

Order of Merit rankings

RankPlayerCountryEarnings (€)
1Ai Miyazato Japan363,080
2Melissa Reid England286,578
3Caroline Hedwall Sweden278,529
4Diana Luna Italy223,405
5Lee-Anne Pace South Africa209,444
6Sophie Gustafson Sweden188,889
7Caroline Masson Germany167,187
8Christel Boeljon Netherlands161,172
9Suzann Pettersen Norway142,087
10In-Kyung Kim South Korea141,275

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