2013 Ladies European Tour

2013 Ladies European Tour season
DurationFebruary 2013 (2013-02) – December 2013 (2013-12)
Number of official events23
Most winsSouth Africa Lee-Anne Pace (3)
Order of MeritNorway Suzann Pettersen
Player of the YearSouth Africa Lee-Anne Pace
Rookie of the YearEngland Charley Hull
Lowest stroke averageNorway Suzann Pettersen
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The 2013 Ladies European Tour was the 35th season of the Ladies European Tour (LET), a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world, which took place from February through December 2013.

Changes for 2013

The tour scheduled a total of 23 events, including the return of the Ladies Italian Open, which hadn't been on the tour since 2009. It also features the bi-annual Europe vs. USA Solheim Cup, which will rotate its turn to the United States for 2013. Also added to the tour is the Helsingborg Open in Sweden.

Leaving the tour for 2013 were the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open (Switzerland), the Ladies Irish Open (Ireland), and the UNIQA Ladies Golf Open (Austria).

The tour chronologically moved some of the events. Moving upwards on the calendar ware the South African Women's Open by three months, and the Open de España Femenino by three months. Moving back on the calendar ware the Honma Pilsen Golf Masters by two months, The Evian Championship by two months, and the Ladies Scottish Open by three months.

Schedule

The table below shows the 2013 schedule. 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 Host country Winner WWGR
points
Purse (€) Other
tours[a]
Notes
3 Feb Volvik RACV Ladies Masters Australia Australia Karrie Webb (n/a) 19.5 200,000 ALPG
10 Feb ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open New Zealand New Zealand Lydia Ko (n/a, amateur) 19 200,000 ALPG
17 Feb ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open Australia South Korea Jiyai Shin (n/a) 37 $1,300,000 ALPG, LPGA
10 Mar Mission Hills World Ladies Championship China Norway Suzann Pettersen (6) 20.5 $500,000 CLPGA Individual event
31 Mar Lalla Meryem Cup Morocco Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn (1) 15 325,000
21 Apr South African Women's Open South Africa Norway Marianne Skarpnord (3) – 290,000 SLT
12 May Turkish Airlines Ladies Open Turkey South Africa Lee-Anne Pace (6) 15 250,000
26 May Deloitte Ladies Open Netherlands England Holly Clyburn (1) 15.5 250,000
2 Jun UniCredit Ladies German Open Germany Spain Carlota Ciganda (3) – 350,000
23 Jun Allianz Ladies Slovak Open Slovakia France Gwladys Nocera (11) 15 250,000
21 Jul Open de España Femenino Spain South Africa Lee-Anne Pace (7) 15 350,000
28 Jul ISPS Handa Ladies European Masters England Australia Karrie Webb (n/a) 17 300,000
4 Aug Ricoh Women's British Open Scotland United States Stacy Lewis (n/a) 100 $3,500,000 LPGA
11 Aug Honma Pilsen Golf Masters Czech Republic Germany Ann-Kathrin Lindner (1) 15 250,000
1 Sep Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open Scotland Scotland Catriona Matthew (6) 15 £180,000
8 Sep Helsingborg Open Sweden Australia Rebecca Artis (1) 16.5 250,000
15 Sep The Evian Championship France Norway Suzann Pettersen (7) 100 $3,250,000 LPGA
29 Sep Lacoste Ladies Open de France France Spain Azahara Muñoz (2) 15.5 250,000
27 Oct Sanya Ladies Open China South Africa Lee-Anne Pace (8) 15 300,000 CLPGA, LAGT
3 Nov China Suzhou Taihu Open China France Gwladys Nocera (12) 15 400,000 CLPGA, LAGT
30 Nov Hero Women's Indian Open India Thailand Thidapa Suwannapura (n/a) 15 $300,000 LAGT
7 Dec Omega Dubai Ladies Masters U.A.E. Thailand Pornanong Phatlum (2) 19 500,000

Unofficial events

The following events appear on the schedule, but do not carry official money or Order of Merit ranking points.

Date Tournament Host country Winners WWGR
points
Purse Other
tours[a]
Notes
10 Mar Mission Hills World Ladies Championship China South Korea Inbee Park and Kim Ha-Neul – $100,000 CLPGA Team event
18 Aug Solheim Cup United States European Union Europe – – LPGA
Notes
  1. 1 2 ALPG − ALPG Tour, CLPGA − China LPGA Tour, LAGT − Ladies Asian Golf Tour, LPGA − LPGA Tour, SLT − Sunshine Ladies Tour.

Order of Merit rankings

RankPlayerCountryEarnings (€)
1Suzann Pettersen Norway518,449
2Lee-Anne Pace South Africa250,927
3Lexi Thompson United States228,794
4Gwladys Nocera France221,288
5Carlota Ciganda Spain173,329
6Charley Hull England135,994
7Holly Clyburn England116,101
8Beatriz Recari Spain114,936
9Shanshan Feng China106,166
10Valentine Derrey France97,685

Source:[1]

Location of tournaments

References

  1. ↑ "Ladies European Tour Final Order of Merit 2013". Golf Live. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2023.