The 2007 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from January through December 2007. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).
The tour featured 24 official money events with prize money totalling more than €10.5 million, as well as the Women's World Cup of Golf and the biannual Solheim Cup. Sophie Gustafson won the Order of Merit, while Bettina Hauert was voted Player's Player of the Year. Louise Stahle won Rookie of the Year honours, finishing 23rd in the Order of Merit.
Tournament results The table below shows the 2007 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 championshipsLET majors in boldRegular eventsTeam championships
DatesTournamentLocationWinnerPurse (€)Notes21 Jan Women's World Cup of Golf South Africa Julieta Granadaand Celeste Troche (n/a) $1,400,000 Team event co-sanctioned by the five main women's tours;unofficial prize money4 Feb Women's Australian Open Australia Karrie Webb (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour11 Feb ANZ Ladies Masters Australia Karrie Webb (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour6 May Tenerife Ladies Open Spain Nikki Garrett (1) 275,000 13 May Open De España Femenino Spain Nikki Garrett (2) 275,000 20 May Ladies Swiss Open Switzerland Bettina Hauert (1) 525,000 26 May BMW Ladies Italian Open Italy Trish Johnson (18) 400,000 3 Jun Northern Ireland Ladies Open Northern Ireland Lisa Hall (2) 200,000 10 Jun KLM Ladies Open Netherlands Gwladys Nocera (4) 180,000 17 Jun Catalonia Ladies Masters Spain Ashleigh Simon (1) 200,000 24 Jun Vediorbis Open de France France Linda Wessberg (2) 340,000 1 Jul Ladies Open of Portugal Portugal Sophie Giquel (1) 200,000 8 Jul Ladies English Open England Becky Brewerton (1) 165,000 28 Jul Evian Masters France Natalie Gulbis (n/a) $3,000,000 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour5 Aug Ricoh Women's British Open Scotland Lorena Ochoa (n/a) $2,000,000 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour12 Aug Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika Sweden Catriona Matthew (2) 525,000 19 Aug Wales Ladies Championship of Europe Wales Joanne Mills (2) £350,000 26 Aug SAS Masters Norway Suzann Pettersen (2) 200,000 2 Sep Finnair Masters Finland Bettina Hauert (2) 200,000 9 Sep Nykredit Masters Denmark Lisa Hall (3) 200,000 16 Sep Solheim Cup Sweden United States – Team event; no prize money22 Sep De Vere Ladies Scottish Open Scotland Sophie Gustafson (12) 200,000 30 Sep Austrian Ladies Open Austria Laura Davies (36) 250,000 6 Oct Madrid Ladies Masters Spain Martina Eberl (1) 400,000 8 Dec EMAAR-MGF Ladies Masters India Gwladys Nocera (5) 200,000 16 Dec Dubai Ladies Masters U.A.E. Annika Sörenstam (13) 500,000
Order of Merit rankings RankPlayerCountryEarnings (€)1 Sophie Gustafson 222,0812 Bettina Hauert 219,8633 Gwladys Nocera 207,8254 Trish Johnson 202,4685 Maria Hjorth 198,2836 Catriona Matthew 178,7517 Annika Sörenstam 170,7958 Linda Wessberg 158,9609 Martina Eberl 155,47410 Joanne Mills 150,809
See also 2007 LPGA Tour 2007 in golf
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