2023 Ladies European Tour

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2023 Ladies European Tour season
DurationFebruary 2023 (2023-02) – November 26, 2023 (2023-11-26)
Number of official events29
Most wins2 (tie):
India Aditi Ashok
France Céline Boutier
Germany Alexandra Försterling
Order of MeritThailand Trichat Cheenglab
Player of the YearSweden Johanna Gustavsson
Rookie of the YearThailand Trichat Cheenglab
Lowest stroke averageFrance Céline Boutier
2022
2024

The 2023 Ladies European Tour is a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The tournaments are sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

Changes for 2023[edit]

Purses[edit]

The prize money for the Aramco Saudi Ladies International underwent a significant five-fold increase from US$1m to US$5m, matching the men's Saudi International on the Asian Tour, making the purse the third largest on the LET, offering $750,000 to the tournament champion.[1]

Tournaments[edit]

The Lalla Meryem Cup returned to the schedule after a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic.

Schedule[edit]

The table below shows part of the 2023 schedule.[2][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
Flagship events
Team championships
Date Tournament Location Winner WWGR
points
Purse (€) Notes
5 Feb Magical Kenya Ladies Open Kenya India Aditi Ashok (4) 8 300,000
11 Feb Lalla Meryem Cup Morocco Sweden Maja Stark (6) 16 450,000
19 Feb Aramco Saudi Ladies International Saudi Arabia New Zealand Lydia Ko (7) 46 $5,000,000
4 Mar Joburg Ladies Open South Africa England Lily May Humphreys (1) 10 300,000 Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Ladies Tour
11 Mar Investec South African Women's Open South Africa South Africa Ashleigh Buhai (5) 14 $320,000 Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Ladies Tour
19 Mar Aramco Team Series – Singapore Singapore France Pauline Roussin (2) 18.5 $500,000 Aramco Team Series individual event
13 May Jabra Ladies Open France Sweden Linn Grant (5) 14 300,000
21 May Aramco Team Series – Florida United States Spain Carlota Ciganda (7) 19 $500,000 Aramco Team Series individual event
28 May The Mithra Belgian Ladies Open Belgium Germany Patricia Isabel Schmidt (1) 10 300,000
4 Jun Helsingborg Open Sweden Sweden Lisa Pettersson (1) 8 300,000
11 Jun Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed Sweden Netherlands Anne van Dam (n/a)[a]
low woman
15.5 $2,000,000 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour[b]
18 Jun Amundi German Masters Germany Czech Republic Kristýna Napoleaová (1) 12 300,000
25 Jun Tipsport Czech Ladies Open Czech Republic India Diksha Dagar (2) 10 300,000
1 Jul Ladies Finnish Open Finland Spain Carmen Alonso (1) 8 300,000
16 Jul Aramco Team Series – London England United States Nelly Korda (3) 18.5 $500,000 Aramco Team Series individual event
23 Jul La Sella Open Spain Spain Nuria Iturrioz (4) 15 1,000,000
30 Jul Amundi Evian Championship France France Céline Boutier (4) 100 $6,500,000 Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
6 Aug FreeD Group Women's Scottish Open Scotland France Céline Boutier (5) 46 $2,000,000 Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
13 Aug AIG Women's Open England United States Lilia Vu (n/a) 100 $7,300,000 Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
20 Aug ISPS Handa World Invitational Northern Ireland United States Alexa Pano (n/a) 17.5 $1,500,000 Women's event co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
3 Sep KPMG Women's Irish Open Ireland Denmark Smilla Tarning Sønderby (1) 14 400,000
10 Sep Big Green Egg Open Netherlands Thailand Trichat Cheenglab (1) 12 300,000
17 Sep VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open Switzerland Germany Alexandra Försterling (1) 8 300,000
30 Sep Lacoste Ladies Open de France France Sweden Johanna Gustavsson (1) 14 350,000
8 Oct Aramco Team Series – Hong Kong Hong Kong China Lin Xiyu (3) 19 $500,000 Aramco Team Series individual event
22 Oct Hero Women's Indian Open India Germany Aline Krauter (1) 8 400,000
29 Oct Aramco Team Series – Riyadh Saudi Arabia United States Alison Lee (n/a) 19.5 $500,000 Aramco Team Series individual event
18 Nov Mallorca Ladies Open Spain Germany Alexandra Försterling (2) 12 400,000
26 Nov Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España Spain India Aditi Ashok (5) 18 650,000
  1. ^ Finished tied for third overall; for World Ranking, she is credited with first-place points as it is based among the women only.
  2. ^ World ranking points based on finish among ladies' field only.

Unofficial events[edit]

The following team events appear on the schedule, but do not carry ranking points.

Date Tournament Host country Winners Purse ($) Notes
19 Mar Aramco Team Series – Singapore Singapore Austria Christine Wolf (c)
South Africa Casandra Alexander
England Eleanor Givens
Japan Katsuko Blalock (a)
500,000 Aramco Team Series team event
20 May Aramco Team Series – Florida United States France Pauline Roussin (c)
Spain Nuria Iturrioz
England Trish Johnson
United States Michael Bickford (a)
500,000 Aramco Team Series team event
15 Jul Aramco Team Series – London England England Georgia Hall (c)
Scotland Kylie Henry
Wales Lea-Anne Bramwell
England Michael Austick (a)
500,000 Aramco Team Series team event
24 Sep Solheim Cup Spain Europe Europe
7 Oct Aramco Team Series – Hong Kong Hong Kong Czech Republic Kristýna Napoleaová (c)
Germany Laura Fünfstück
Argentina Magdalena Simmermacher
South Korea John Hyun (a)
500,000 Aramco Team Series team event
4 Nov Aramco Team Series – Riyadh Saudi Arabia Spain Carlota Ciganda (c)
Czech Republic Sára Kousková
Italy Alessandra Fanali
Saudi Arabia Lujain Khalil (a)
500,000 Aramco Team Series team event

Order of Merit rankings[edit]

The top 10 players in the Race to Costa del Sol Rankings.

Rank Player Country Points
1 Trichat Cheenglab  Thailand 1,967
2 Celine Boutier  France 1,876
3 Diksha Dagar  India 1,825
4 Aditi Ashok  India 1,809
5 Ana Peláez  Spain 1,759
6 Anne Van Dam  Netherlands 1,756
7 Johanna Gustavsson  Sweden 1,679
8 Alexandra Försterling  Germany 1,588
9 Linn Grant  Sweden 1,439
10 Klára Spilková  Czech Republic 1,306

Source:[4]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "$5m purse for Aramco Saudi Ladies International as tournament matches men's prize fund". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  2. ^ "LPGA Tour Announces Record-Breaking 2023 Schedule". LPGA. 21 November 2022.
  3. ^ "DP World Tour announces global 2023 schedule". European Tour. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Order of Merit – 2023 Season". Ladies European Tour.

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