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2022 Ladies European Tour

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2022 Ladies European Tour season
Duration10 February 2022 (2022-02-10) – 27 November 2022 (2022-11-27)
Number of official events34
Most winsSweden Linn Grant (4)
Order of MeritSweden Linn Grant
Rookie of the YearSweden Linn Grant
2021
2023

The 2022 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).

Schedule

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The table below shows the 2022 schedule. The season featured 34 events in 22 countries and a total purse of around €29 million, the greatest number of tournaments and prize money in the tour's 44-year history.[1]

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 (€) Notes
13 Feb Magical Kenya Ladies Open Kenya Germany Esther Henseleit (2) 6 300,000
19 Mar[a] Aramco Saudi Ladies International Saudi Arabia England Georgia Hall (2) 15.5 $1,000,000
26 Mar Joburg Ladies Open South Africa Sweden Linn Grant (1) 6 250,000 Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Ladies Tour
2 Apr Investec South African Women's Open South Africa South Africa Lee-Anne Pace (11) 6 300,000 Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Ladies Tour
10 Apr Trust Golf Asian Mixed Cup Thailand Thailand Chanoknan Angurasaranee (n/a)[b]
low woman
6 $750,000 Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour with field of
72 men and 72 women playing from different tees[c]
16 Apr Trust Golf Asian Mixed Stableford Challenge Thailand Sweden Maja Stark (n/c)[d]
low woman
6 $750,000
24 Apr Australian Ladies Classic – Bonville Australia England Meghan MacLaren (3) 5 240,000 Co-sanctioned with the WPGA Tour of Australasia
1 May Women's NSW Open Australia Sweden Maja Stark (3) 5 210,000 Co-sanctioned with the WPGA Tour of Australasia
8 May Madrid Ladies Open Spain Spain Ana Peláez (1) 6 300,000 New event
14 May[e] Aramco Team Series – Bangkok Thailand Belgium Manon De Roey (1) 14 $500,000 Aramco Team Series Individual event
21 May Jabra Ladies Open France Finland Tiia Koivisto (1) 8 250,000
29 May Mithra Belgian Ladies Open Belgium Sweden Linn Grant (2) 6 200,000 Last played in 1995
4 Jun Ladies Italian Open Italy Switzerland Morgane Métraux (1) 6 200,000
12 Jun Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed Sweden Sweden Linn Grant (3) 10 $2,000,000 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour with field of
78 men and 78 women playing from different tees[c]
18 Jun Aramco Team Series – London England England Bronte Law (2) 15.5 $500,000 Aramco Team Series Individual event
26 Jun Tipsport Czech Ladies Open Czech Republic Czech Republic Jana Melichová (1) (a) 6 200,000
3 Jul Amundi German Masters Germany Sweden Maja Stark (4) 6 300,000 Last played in 2016
10 Jul[f] Estrella Damm Ladies Open Spain Spain Carlota Ciganda (6) 10 300,000
17 Jul Big Green Egg Open Netherlands Sweden Anna Nordqvist (5) 6 250,000
24 Jul The Evian Championship France Canada Brooke Henderson (n/a) 100 $6,500,000 Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
31 Jul Trust Golf Women's Scottish Open Scotland Japan Ayaka Furue (n/a) 62 $2,000,000 Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
7 Aug AIG Women's Open Scotland South Africa Ashleigh Buhai (4) 100 $6,800,000 Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
14 Aug ISPS Handa World Invitational Northern Ireland Sweden Maja Stark (5) 19 $1,500,000 Women's event co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
20 Aug Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande Spain United States Nelly Korda (n/a) 19 $500,000 Aramco Team Series Individual event
28 Aug Skaftö Open Sweden Sweden Linn Grant (4) 8 250,000
3 Sep Åland 100 Ladies Open Finland France Anne-Charlotte Mora (1) 6 250,000
10 Sep VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open Switzerland England Liz Young (1) 8 200,000
17 Sep Lacoste Ladies Open de France France Morocco Ines Laklalech (1) 14 325,000
25 Sep Women's Irish Open Ireland Czech Republic Klára Spilková (2) 15 400,000 Last played in 2012
15 Oct Aramco Team Series – New York United States United States Lexi Thompson (n/a) 20.5 $500,000 Aramco Team Series Individual event
23 Oct Hero Women's Indian Open India Germany Olivia Cowan (1) 6 $400,000
28 Oct Dubai Moonlight Classic Dubai Tournament cancelled $285,000
12 Nov Aramco Team Series – Jeddah Saudi Arabia Germany Chiara Noja (1) 16 $500,000 Aramco Team Series Individual event
27 Nov Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España Spain Sweden Caroline Hedwall (7) 16 650,000 Tour Championship, limited-field event
  1. ^ Rescheduled from 3–6 November
  2. ^ Finished tied for sixth overall; for Order of Merit and World Ranking, she is credited with first-place points as it is based among the women only.
  3. ^ a b Tour ranking and world ranking points based on finish among ladies' field only.
  4. ^ Finished second overall; for Order of Merit and World Ranking, she is credited with first-place points as it is based among the women only.
  5. ^ Rescheduled from 17–19 March
  6. ^ Rescheduled from 29 September – 2 October

Unofficial events

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

Date Tournament Host country Winner WWGR
points
Purse ($) Notes
13 May Aramco Team Series – Bangkok Thailand Australia Whitney Hillier (c)
Thailand Chonlada Chayanun
Finland Krista Bakker
Thailand Pattanan Amatanon (a)
500,000 Aramco Team Series Team event
17 Jun Aramco Team Series – London England South Africa Nicole Garcia (c)
Norway Madelene Stavnar
United States Kelly Whaley
England Mia Baker (a)
500,000 Aramco Team Series Team event
19 Aug Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande Spain United States Jessica Korda (c)
Finland Noora Komulainen
Czech Republic Tereza Melecká
England Malcolm Borwick (a)
500,000 Aramco Team Series Team event
14 Oct Aramco Team Series – New York United States Sweden Johanna Gustavsson (c)
Sweden Jessica Karlsson
Germany Karolin Lampert
United States Jennifer Rosenberg (a)
500,000 Aramco Team Series Team event
11 Nov Aramco Team Series – Jeddah Saudi Arabia South Africa Nicole Garcia (c)
South Africa Casandra Alexander
Czech Republic Tereza Melecká
Morocco Sonia Bayahya (a)
500,000 Aramco Team Series Team event

Order of Merit rankings

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

Rank Player Country Points
1 Linn Grant  Sweden 3,625
2 Maja Stark  Sweden 3,415
3 Johanna Gustavsson  Sweden 1,946
4 Manon De Roey  Belgium 1,816
5 Ana Peláez  Spain 1,657
6 Magdalena Simmermacher  Argentina 1,570
7 Meghan MacLaren  England 1,660
8 Caroline Hedwall  Sweden 1,540
9 Lee-Anne Pace  South Africa 1,489
10 Georgia Hall  England 1,372

Source:[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "LET Announces Record-Breaking 2022 Schedule". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Order of Merit – 2022 Season". Ladies European Tour.
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