2007 Ladies European Tour Explained

Year:2007
Tour:Ladies European Tour
No Of Events:24
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Sophie Gustafson
Honor2:Player of the Year
Honoree2: Bettina Hauert
Honor3:Rookie of the Year
Honoree3: Louise Stahle
Honor4:Lowest stroke average
Honoree4: Sophie Gustafson
Prevseason:2006
Nextseason:2008

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.[1] The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).[2]

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 championships
LET majors in bold
Regular events
Team championships
DatesTournamentLocationWinnerPurse (€)Notes
19–21 Jan Julieta Granada
and Celeste Troche (n/a)
$1,400,000 Team event co-sanctioned by the five main women's tours;
unofficial prize money
1–4 Feb Karrie Webb (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
8–11 Feb Karrie Webb (n/a) Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
3–6 May Nikki Garrett (1) 275,000
10–13 May Nikki Garrett (2) 275,000
17–20 May Bettina Hauert (1) 525,000
23–26 May Trish Johnson (18) 400,000
1–3 Jun Lisa Hall (2) 200,000
8–10 Jun Gwladys Nocera (4) 180,000
15–17 Jun Ashleigh Simon (1) 200,000
21–24 Jun Linda Wessberg (2) 340,000
29 Jun – 1 Jul Sophie Giquel (1) 200,000
6–8 Jul Becky Brewerton (1) 165,000
25–28 Jul Evian Masters Natalie Gulbis (n/a) $3,000,000 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
2–5 Aug Ricoh Women's British Open Lorena Ochoa (n/a) $2,000,000 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
9–12 Aug Catriona Matthew (2) 525,000
16–19 Aug Joanne Mills (2) £350,000
24–26 Aug Suzann Pettersen (2) 200,000
31 Aug – 2 Sep Bettina Hauert (2) 200,000
6–9 Sep Lisa Hall (3) 200,000
14–16 Sep Team event; no prize money
20–22 Sep Sophie Gustafson (12) 200,000
27–30 Sep Laura Davies (36) 250,000
4–6 Oct Martina Eberl (1) 400,000
5–8 Dec Gwladys Nocera (5) 200,000
13–16 Dec Annika Sörenstam (13) 500,000

Order of Merit rankings

RankPlayerCountryEarnings (€)
1 222,081
2 219,863
3 207,825
4 202,468
5 198,283
6 178,751
7 170,795
8 158,960
9 155,474
10 150,809

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Event: 2007 Ladies European Tour . 2022-07-10 . Irish Examiner.
  2. Web site: 2007-01-18 . World Cup kicks off LET Season . 2022-07-10 . gsport.