The 2005 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from January through December 2005. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).
Tournaments The table below shows the 2005 schedule.Ladies European Tour: 2005 Tournaments 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.
Date Name Venue Location Winner Prize fund Prize fund (€) Notes 5 Feb Samsung Ladies Masters Laguna National Golf & Country Club Singapore Song Bo-bae (n/a) $200,000 150,590 Team event co-sanctioned by the five main women's toursUnofficial prize money 13 Feb Women's World Cup of Golf The Links, Fancourt Resort South Africa Ai Miyazato & Rui Kitada $1,000,000 752,950 Team eventUnofficial prize money 27 Feb ANZ Ladies Masters RACV Royal Pines Resort Australia Karrie Webb (7) $800,000 499,216 Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour 3 Apr Thailand Ladies Open Alpine Golf & Sports Club Thailand Shani Waugh (3) $330,000 248,474 10 Apr Tenerife Ladies Open Costa Adeje GC Spain Ludivine Kreutz (2) 242,000 €242,000 15 May Open de España Femenino Panorámica Club de Golf Spain Iben Tinning (3) €275,000 275,000 29 May Siemens Austrian Ladies Open Golfclub Fohrenwald Austria Federica Piovano (1) €250,000 250,000 5 Jun BMW Ladies Italian Open Parco de' Medici Italy Iben Tinning (4) €300,000 300,000 12 Jun Vediorbis Open de France Dames Golf d'Arras France Veronica Zorzi (1) €300,000 300,000 26 Jun Algarve Ladies Open of Portugal Gramacho Pestana Golf Resort Portugal Cecilia Ekelundh (2) €300,000 300,000 10 Jul Ladies English Open Chart Hills Golf Club, Biddenden England Maria Hjorth (2) €165,000 165,000 16 Jul Ladies Central European Open Old Lake Golf Club Hungary Ludivine Kreutz (3) €165,000 165,000 23 Jul Evian Masters Evian Resort Golf Club France Paula Creamer (n/a) $2,500,000 1,882,375 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour 31 Jul Weetabix Women's British Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club England Jang Jeong (n/a) $1,800,000 1,499,571 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour 7 Aug Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika Barsebäck Golf & Country Club Sweden Annika Sörenstam (13) €495,000 495,000 14 Aug Wales Ladies Championship of Europe Machynys Peninsula Golf Country Club, Llanelli Wales Kirsty Taylor (1) £350,000 510,650 28 Aug Finnair Masters Helsinki Golf Club Finland Lisa Holm Sorensen (1) €200,000 200,000 4 Sep Nykredit Masters Kokkedal Golfklub Denmark Iben Tinning (5) €200,000 200,000 11 Sep Solheim Cup Crooked Stick Golf Club United States Team event; no prize money Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour 18 Sep KLM Ladies Open Kennemer Golf & Country Club Netherlands Virginie Lagoutte (1) €165,000 165,000 24 Sep Catalonia Ladies Masters Golf Platja de Pals Spain Karine Icher (5) €190,000 190,000 Major championships in bold.
Order of Merit rankings RankPlayerEarnings (€)Tournaments1 Iben Tinning 204,672 15n/a Annika Sörenstam 180,6393n/a Sophie Gustafson 168,82532 Gwladys Nocera 164,739183 Maria Hjorth 158,52484 Cecilia Ekelundh 154,893195 Veronica Zorzi154,184146 Ludivine Kreutz147,211187 Kirsty Taylor129,964178 Laura Davies124,66179 Karine Icher123,7907n/a Carin Koch121,1053n/a Liselotte Neumann119,281310 Trish Johnson116,19014 Note: Participation in a minimum of six tournaments was required to be counted for the Order of Merit.
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See also 2005 LPGA Tour 2005 in golf
References
External links Official site of the Ladies European Tour