1997 Ladies European Tour

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1997 Ladies European Tour season
DurationN/A
Number of official events15
Order of MeritEngland Alison Nicholas
1996
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[edit]

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 Estoril Ladies Open Clube de Golf do Estoril Portugal England Mandy Sutton (1) 202 1 stroke Denmark Karina Orum
18 May American Express Tour Player's Classic Tytherington Golf Club England Australia Karen Lunn (7) 283 1 stroke Germany Tina Fischer, France Patricia Meunier-Lebouc
8 Jun Ford-Stimorol Danish Open Vejle Golf Club Denmark England Laura Davies (26) 207 3 strokes Sweden Maria Hjorth
15 Jun Déesse Ladies' Swiss Open Lausanne Golf Club Switzerland France Marie-Laure de Lorenzi (19) 280 Playoff England Trish Johnson
21 Jun Evian Masters Evian Resort Golf Club France Japan Hiromi Kobayashi (n/a) 274 Playoff England Alison Nicholas
29 Jun Guardian Irish Open Luttrellstown Golf Club Ireland France Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (2) 284 1 stroke Spain Laura Navarro
27 Jul Ladies German Open GCC Hamburg-Treudelberg Germany Australia Joanne Mills (1) 283 Playoff New Zealand Lynnette Brooky
10 Aug McDonald's WPGA Championship of Europe Gleneagles Scotland Sweden Helen Alfredsson (8) 276 4 strokes Sweden Charlotta Sörenstam, Scotland Kathryn Marshall
17 Aug Weetabix Women's British Open Sunningdale Golf Club England Australia Karrie Webb (2) 269 8 strokes United States Rosie Jones Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
24 Aug Compaq Open Österåker Golf Club Sweden Sweden Annika Sörenstam (4) 277 6 strokes Sweden Catrin Nilsmark
7 Sep Open de France Dames Paris International GC France Australia Karen Lunn (8) 281 4 strokes South Africa Laurette Maritz
21 Sep Hennessy Cup Golf und Land Club Köln Germany England Laura Davies (27) 288 1 stroke Australia Anne-Marie Knight
5 Oct Sicilian Ladies' Open/Italian Ladies' Open Il Picciolo Golf Club Italy Belgium Valérie Van Ryckeghem (1) 288 Playoff Colombia Patricia Gonzalez
26 Oct Air France Madame Open Deauville Golf Club France Australia Loraine Lambert (1) 213 2 strokes England Alison Nicholas
16 Nov Praia d'El Rey European Cup Royal Óbidos Spa & Golf Portugal European Senior Tour 13–7 Ladies European Tour Team event

Major championships in bold.

Order of Merit rankings[edit]

Rank Player Prize money (£)
1 England Alison Nicholas 94,590
2 Sweden Helen Alfredsson 92,928
3 France Marie-Laure de Lorenzi 89,523
4 England Laura Davies 77,425
5 Australia Karen Lunn 65,143
6 France Patricia Meunier-Lebouc 52,999
7 England Joanne Morley 48,217
8 Australia Anne-Marie Knight 47,135
9 England Trish Johnson 45,742
10 Sweden Maria Hjorth 39,536

Source:[3]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Past Tournament Winners, Ladies European Tour, GolfToday
  2. ^ 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]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 12. December 1997. p. 89. Retrieved 23 September 2023.

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