The 2009 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from February through December 2009. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).
The tour featured 21 official money events, as well as the Solheim Cup and the European Ladies Golf Cup. Sophie Gustafson won the Order of Merit with earnings of €281,315, ahead of Catriona Matthew. Gustafson participated in only four events, and Matthew only three events. Anna Nordqvist won Rookie of the Year honours, after finishing 13th in the Order of Merit.
Schedule Key Major championshipsLET majors in boldRegular eventsTeam championships
DateTournamentHost countryWinnerPurse (€)OthertoursNotes8 Feb ANZ Ladies Masters Australia Katherine Hull (n/a) ALPG 15 Feb Women's Australian Open Australia Laura Davies (38) ALPG 26 Apr European Ladies Golf Cup Spain (Christel Boeljon and Marjet van der Graaff) 350,000 Team event; unofficial prize money10 May Turkish Ladies Open Turkey Cancelled 250,000 17 May Ladies Swiss Open Switzerland Marianne Skarpnord (1) 525,000 24 May Ladies German Open Germany Jade Schaeffer (1) 300,000 7 Jun Dutch Ladies Open Netherlands Tania Elósegui (1) 250,000 14 Jun Ladies Open of Portugal Portugal Johanna Westerberg (1) 200,000 28 Jun Ladies Irish Open Ireland Diana Luna (2) 500,000 4 Jul SAS Masters Norway Diana Luna (3) 200,000 19 Jul Open De España Femenino Spain Becky Brewerton (2) 275,000 26 Jul Evian Masters France Ai Miyazato (n/a) $3,250,000 LPGA 2 Aug Ricoh Women's British Open England Catriona Matthew (3) $2,200,000 LPGA 9 Aug Wales Ladies Championship of Europe Wales Karen Stupples (2) £300,000 16 Aug Göteborg Masters Sweden Cancelled 250,000 23 Aug Solheim Cup United States – Team event; no prize money30 Aug Finnair Masters Finland Beatriz Recari (1) 200,000 13 Sep Austrian Ladies Open Austria Linda Wessberg (3) 250,000 20 Sep Open de France Dames France Nicole Gergely (1) 300,000 29 Sep Tenerife Ladies Open Spain Felicity Johnson (1) 300,000 3 Oct Madrid Ladies Masters Spain Azahara Muñoz (1) 200,000 17 Oct Ladies Italian Open Italy Marianne Skarpnord (2) 200,000 1 Nov Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open China Bo-Mi Suh (1) 200,000 LAGT 8 Nov Daishin Securities Tomato Tour Korean Ladies Masters South Korea Kim Ji-hyun (1) $300,000 KLPGA 12 Dec Dubai Ladies Masters United Arab Emirates Kim In-Kyung (n/a) 500,000 Notes
Order of Merit rankings RankPlayerCountryEarnings1Sophie Gustafson€281,315.002Catriona Matthew€259,871.293Becky Brewerton€221,496.104Marianne Skarpnord€203,350.385Tania Elósegui€193,224.096Diana Luna€185,911.217Melissa Reid€168,749.678Laura Davies€152,505.079Gwladys Nocera€137,730.2710Jade Schaeffer€130,904.86
Location of tournaments
References
External links Official site of the Ladies European Tour