2021 Ladies European Tour

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2021 Ladies European Tour season
DurationFebruary 2021 (2021-02) – November 2021 (2021-11)
Number of official events29 (6 cancelled)
Most wins2 (tie):
Slovenia Pia Babnik
Sweden Maja Stark
Thailand Atthaya Thitikul
Order of MeritThailand Atthaya Thitikul
Player of the YearThailand Atthaya Thitikul
Rookie of the YearThailand Atthaya Thitikul
Lowest stroke averageRepublic of Ireland Leona Maguire
← 2020
2022 →

The 2021 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

The season was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic with many tournaments either being postponed or cancelled. Among the cancellations was the Australian Swing, the tour's season opening.[1]

Schedule

The table below shows the 2021 schedule. The season featured a month-long European Swing of the LPGA Tour, starting with the Evian Championship in late July.[2] It also saw the introduction of the Aramco Team Series, four tournaments carrying a $1 million total prize fund each held in London, Sotogrande and New York, concluding in Saudi Arabia in November.[3]

The numbers in brackets after the winners' names indicate the career wins on the Ladies European Tour, including that event, and is only shown for members of the tour.

Key
Major championships
Regular events
Team championships
Date Tournament Location Winner WWGR
points		 Purse Other
tours[a]		 Notes
21 Feb Australian Ladies Classic Australia Tournament cancelled[1] ALPG
28 Feb New South Wales Women's Open Australia Tournament cancelled[1] ALPG
20 Mar
16 May[b]		 Investec South African Women's Open South Africa South Africa Lee-Anne Pace (10) 6 €200,000 SLT
30 May Ladies Italian Open Italy France Lucie Malchirand (1, a) 6 €200,000 Last played in 2014
5 Jun Jabra Ladies Open France Slovenia Pia Babnik (1) 6 €200,000
13 Jun Scandinavian Mixed Sweden England Alice Hewson (n/c)[c]
low woman		 6 €1,000,000 EUR [d]
27 Jun Tipsport Czech Ladies Open Czech Republic Thailand Atthaya Thitikul (3) 6 €200,000
3 Jul Big Green Egg Open Netherlands Australia Stephanie Kyriacou (2) 6 €200,000 Last played in 2015
10 Jul Aramco Team Series – London England Norway Marianne Skarpnord (5) 16 $200,000 Aramco Team Series Individual event
20 Jun
17 Jul		 Gant Ladies Open Finland Finland Matilda Castren (1) 6 €200,000 New event
25 Jul Amundi Evian Championship France Australia Minjee Lee (n/a) 100 $4,500,000 LPGA [7]
1 Aug ISPS Handa World Invitational Northern Ireland Thailand Pajaree Anannarukarn (1) 18 $1,500,000 LPGA
9 Oct
7 Aug		 Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande[e] Spain United States Alison Lee (n/a) 14 $200,000 Aramco Team Series Individual event
15 Aug Trust Golf Women's Scottish Open Scotland United States Ryann O'Toole (n/a) 37 $1,500,000 LPGA
22 Aug AIG Women's Open Scotland Sweden Anna Nordqvist (4) 100 $5,800,000 LPGA
29 Aug Didriksons Skaftö Open Sweden France Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (1) 6 €220,000 New event[8]
5 Sep Creekhouse Ladies Open Sweden Sweden Maja Stark (1) 8 €400,000 New event[9]
11 Sep VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open Switzerland Thailand Atthaya Thitikul (4) 6 €200,000
18 Sep Lacoste Ladies Open de France France France Céline Boutier (3) 6 €300,000
3 Oct Hero Women's Indian Open India Tournament cancelled $500,000
18 Jul
3 Oct[b]		 Estrella Damm Ladies Open Spain Sweden Maja Stark (2) 6 €250,000
17 Oct Magical Kenya Ladies Open Kenya Tournament cancelled €300,000
29 May
16 Oct		 Aramco Team Series – New York United States England Charley Hull (3) 19.5 $200,000 Aramco Team Series Individual event
24 Oct Lalla Meryem Cup Morocco Tournament cancelled
29 Oct Dubai Moonlight Classic United Arab Emirates England Bronte Law (1) 15 €260,000
7 Nov Aramco Saudi Ladies International Saudi Arabia New Zealand Lydia Ko (6) 18.5 $1,000,000
12 Nov Aramco Team Series – Jeddah Saudi Arabia Slovenia Pia Babnik (2) 16.5 $200,000 Aramco Team Series Individual event
TBA Ladies European Thailand Championship Thailand Tournament cancelled €300,000
28 Nov Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España Spain Spain Carlota Ciganda (5) 12 €600,000
  1. ↑ ALPG − ALPG Tour, EUR − European Tour, LPGA − LPGA Tour, SLT − Sunshine Ladies Tour.
  2. 1 2 Rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5][6]
  3. ↑ Finished tied for third overall; for Order of Merit and World Ranking, she is credited with first-place points as it is based among the women only.
  4. ↑ Field of 78 men and 78 women playing for joint purse from different tees.
  5. ↑ Moved from Singapore.

Unofficial events

The following event appears on the schedule, but does not carry ranking points.

Date Tournament Host country Winner(s) WWGR
points		 Purse ($) Notes
10 Jul Aramco Team Series – London England Germany Olivia Cowan
Germany Sarina Schmidt
India Diksha Dagar
England Andrew Kelsey (a)		 – 800,000 Aramco Team Series Team event
9 Oct
7 Aug		 Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande[a] Spain South Africa Ashleigh Buhai
South Africa Stacy Bregman
England Hayley Davis
Spain Ignacio Morillo (a)		 – 800,000 Aramco Team Series Team event
8 Aug Olympic women's golf competition Japan United States Nelly Korda 37
6 Sep Solheim Cup United States Europe Europe – – [10]
29 May
16 Oct		 Aramco Team Series – New York United States United States Jessica Korda
Germany Karolin Lampert
Sweden Lina Boqvist
United States Alexandra O'Laughlin (a)		 – 800,000 Aramco Team Series Team event
12 Nov Aramco Team Series – Jeddah Saudi Arabia Denmark Emily Kristine Pedersen
England Hannah Burke
Finland Krista Bakker
Saudi Arabia Ahmed Al Subaey (a)		 – 800,000 Aramco Team Series Team event
  1. ↑ Moved from Singapore.

Order of Merit rankings

RankPlayerCountryPoints
1Atthaya Thitikul Thailand3,592
2Pia Babnik Slovenia1,954
3Stephanie Kyriacou Australia1,765
4Sanna Nuutinen Finland1,657
5Olivia Cowan Germany1,587
6Maja Stark Sweden1,516
7Marianne Skarpnord Norway1,305
8Charley Hull England1,210
9Anna Nordqvist Sweden1,179
10Alice Hewson England1,156

Source:[11]

Location of tournaments

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "LET postpones 2021 Australian swing". Irish Golf Desk. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "LPGA Comes Back Stronger Than Ever with 2021 Tour Schedule". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Aramco Team Series and LET Go Global". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  4. ↑ "Investec South African Women's Open". Sunshine Ladies Tour. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "New dates set for 8th Sunshine Ladies Tour season". SuperSport. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  6. ↑ Cutler, Bethan (16 August 2021). "The Estrella Damm Ladies Open Returns To The LET Schedule". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Amundi becomes the title sponsor of The Evian Championship". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "Skaftö Open blir LET-tävling". Svensk Golf. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  9. ↑ "2021 Creekhouse Ladies Open". Creekhouse Management. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "Ryder Cup postponement". SportsPro. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  11. ↑ "Order of Merit – 2021 Season". Ladies European Tour.