2006 Ladies European Tour

The 2006 Ladies European Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from January through October 2006. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET). The tour featured 21 events with prize money totalling more than €10.6 million. Laura Davies won the Order of Merit with earnings of €471,727.42.

Tournament results

The table below shows the 2006 schedule. 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.

DatesTournamentHost countryWinnerNotes
20–22 JanAcer World Cup of GolfSouth AfricaSweden Liselotte Neumann
and Annika Sörenstam (n/a)		Team event
Unofficial LPGA Tour event
2–5 FebANZ Ladies MastersAustraliaSouth Korea Amy Yang (1)Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour
27–30 AprTenerife Ladies OpenSpainFinland Riikka Hakkarainen (1)
11–14 MayOpen De España FemeninoSpainNew Zealand Lynnette Brooky (4)
18–21 MayLadies Swiss OpenSwitzerlandFrance Gwladys Nocera (1)
25–28 MayVediorbis Open de FranceFranceItaly Veronica Zorzi (2)
2–4 JunKLM Ladies OpenNetherlandsFrance Stéphanie Arricau (3)
14–17 JunLadies Italian OpenItalyFrance Gwladys Nocera (2)
22–24 JunLadies Open of PortugalPortugalFrance Stéphanie Arricau (4)
13–15 JulLadies Central European OpenHungaryEngland Rebecca Hudson (1)
21–23 JulCatalonia Ladies MastersSpainFrance Gwladys Nocera (3)
26–29 JulEvian MastersFranceAustralia Karrie Webb (n/a)Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
3–6 AugWeetabix Women's British OpenEnglandUnited States Sherri Steinhauer (n/a)Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
10–13 AugScandinavian TPC hosted by AnnikaSwedenSweden Annika Sörenstam (14)
17–20 AugWales Ladies Championship of EuropeWalesSweden Linda Wessberg (1)
25–27 AugSAS MastersNorwayEngland Laura Davies (35)
1–3 SepFinnair MastersFinlandFrance Virginie Lagoutte (2)
7–10 SepNykredit MastersDenmarkDenmark Karen Margrethe Juul (1)
14–17 SepAustrian Ladies OpenAustriaSweden Sophie Gustafson (12)
6–8 OctBBC Radio Kent Ladies’ English OpenEnglandSweden Cecilia Ekelundh (3)
26–29 OctDubai Ladies MastersUnited Arab EmiratesSweden Annika Sörenstam (15)

Major championships are shown in bold.

Order of Merit rankings

RankPlayerCountryEarnings
1 Laura Davies  England €471,727.42
2 Gwladys Nocera  France €415,020.50
3 Annika Sörenstam  Sweden €225,822.07
4 Sophie Gustafson  Sweden €193,773.79
5 Veronica Zorzi  Italy €143,881.00
6 Linda Wessberg  Sweden €142,414.47
7 Stéphanie Arricau  France €140,376.76
8 Rebecca Hudson  England €123,835.84
9 Riikka Hakkarainen  Finland €112,361.19
10 Karen Margrethe Juul  Denmark €107,531.54

See also

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