1997 Ladies European Tour Explained

Year:1997
Tour:Ladies European Tour
Regular Season:N/A
No Of Events:15
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Alison Nicholas
Prevseason:1996
Nextseason:1998

The 1997 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place in 1997. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

Tournaments

The table below shows the 1997 schedule.[1] [2] 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 Tournament Venue Location Winner Score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Note
11 May Clube de Golf do Estoril Mandy Sutton (1) 202 1 stroke
18 May Tytherington Golf Club Karen Lunn (7) 283 1 stroke
8 Jun Vejle Golf Club Laura Davies (26) 207 3 strokes
15 Jun Lausanne Golf Club Marie-Laure de Lorenzi (19) 280 Playoff
21 Jun Evian Masters Hiromi Kobayashi (n/a) 274 Playoff
29 Jun Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (2) 284 1 stroke
27 Jul GCC Hamburg-Treudelberg Joanne Mills (1) 283 Playoff
10 Aug Helen Alfredsson (8) 276 4 strokes
17 Aug Weetabix Women's British Open Karrie Webb (2) 269 8 strokes Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
24 Aug Annika Sörenstam (4) 277 6 strokes
7 Sep Paris International GC Karen Lunn (8) 281 4 strokes
21 Sep Golf und Land Club Köln Laura Davies (27) 288 1 stroke
5 Oct Il Picciolo Golf Club Valérie Van Ryckeghem (1) 288 Playoff
26 Oct Deauville Golf Club Loraine Lambert (1) 213 2 strokes
16 Nov Royal Óbidos Spa & Golf 13–7 Team event

Major championships in bold.

Order of Merit rankings

RankPlayerPrize money (£)
1 Alison Nicholas94,590
2 92,928
3 Marie-Laure de Lorenzi89,523
4 Laura Davies77,425
5 Karen Lunn65,143
6 Patricia Meunier-Lebouc52,999
7 Joanne Morley48,217
8 Anne-Marie Knight47,135
9 Trish Johnson45,742
10 Maria Hjorth39,536
Source:[3]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.golftoday.co.uk/ladies_golf/stats/past-tournament-winners.html Past Tournament Winners, Ladies European Tour
  2. http://users.tpg.com.au/users/robmoski/European%20Womens%20Tour%201994%20-%201999.html Ladies European Tour - 1994 to 1999
  3. Fakta från Amex Tour (slutställning) Europatourens fem bästa . Facts from Amex Tour (final standings) European Tour top five . Swedish . Svensk Golf . December 1997 . 23 September 2023 . 12 . 89.