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

Purses

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

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

Schedule

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

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

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

Rank Player Country Points
1 Trichat Cheenglab  Thailand 1,967
2 Céline 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

References

  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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