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2006 Ladies European Tour

2006 Ladies European Tour season
DurationJanuary 2006 (2006-01) – October 2006 (2006-10)
Number of official events21
Order of MeritEngland Laura Davies
Player of the YearFrance Gwladys Nocera
Rookie of the YearAustralia Nikki Garrett
Lowest stroke averageSweden Annika Sörenstam
2005
2007

The 2006 Ladies European Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from January through October 2006. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).[1]

The season featured 21 events with prize money totalling more than €10.6 million. Laura Davies won the Order of Merit with earnings of €471,727 and Gwladys Nocera was Player of the Year.

Tournament results

The table below shows the 2006 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 Host country Winner Notes
22 Jan Acer World Cup of Golf South Africa Sweden Liselotte Neumann
and Annika Sörenstam (n/a)
Team event
Unofficial LPGA Tour event
5 Feb ANZ Ladies Masters Australia South Korea Amy Yang (1) Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour
30 Apr Tenerife Ladies Open Spain Finland Riikka Hakkarainen (1)
14 May Open De España Femenino Spain New Zealand Lynnette Brooky (4)
21 May Ladies Swiss Open Switzerland France Gwladys Nocera (1)
28 May Vediorbis Open de France France Italy Veronica Zorzi (2)
4 Jun KLM Ladies Open Netherlands France Stéphanie Arricau (3)
17 Jun Ladies Italian Open Italy France Gwladys Nocera (2)
24 Jun Ladies Open of Portugal Portugal France Stéphanie Arricau (4)
15 Jul Ladies Central European Open Hungary England Rebecca Hudson (1)
23 Jul Catalonia Ladies Masters Spain France Gwladys Nocera (3)
29 Jul Evian Masters France Australia Karrie Webb (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
6 Aug Weetabix Women's British Open England United States Sherri Steinhauer (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
13 Aug Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika Sweden Sweden Annika Sörenstam (14)
20 Aug Wales Ladies Championship of Europe Wales Sweden Linda Wessberg (1)
27 Aug SAS Masters Norway England Laura Davies (35)
3 Sep Finnair Masters Finland France Virginie Lagoutte (2)
10 Sep Nykredit Masters Denmark Denmark Karen Margrethe Juul (1)
17 Sep Austrian Ladies Open Austria Sweden Sophie Gustafson (12)
8 Oct BBC Radio Kent Ladies’ English Open England Sweden Cecilia Ekelundh (3)
29 Oct Dubai Ladies Masters United Arab Emirates Sweden Annika Sörenstam (15)

Order of Merit rankings

Rank Player Country Earnings (€)
1 Laura Davies  England 471,727
2 Gwladys Nocera  France 415,021
3 Annika Sörenstam  Sweden 225,822
4 Sophie Gustafson  Sweden 193,774
5 Veronica Zorzi  Italy 143,881
6 Linda Wessberg  Sweden 142,414
7 Stéphanie Arricau  France 140,377
8 Rebecca Hudson  England 123,836
9 Riikka Hakkarainen  Finland 112,361
10 Karen Margrethe Juul  Denmark 107,532

See also

References

  1. ^ "LET announces richest ever schedule for 2006". Ladies European Tour. 30 November 2005. Retrieved 16 June 2022.