2012 Ladies European Tour

Template:Short description Template:DMCA Template:Infobox golf season The 2012 Ladies European Tour was the 34th 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.

The tour featured 24 official money events. Carlota Ciganda, a rookie, won the Order of Merit. She was also named Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year.

Changes for 2012

The season was the first since 1983 not to include an event in the Nordic countries. The South African Women's Open was included for the first time, while the Ladies Open of Portugal was dropped from the schedule, having been a fixture since 2002. The Ladies British Masters, not played since 2001, was re-introduced, now with ISPS Handa as title sponsor.

The European Nations Cup was succeeded as team event by the World Ladies Championship.

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

LET majors in bold

Regular events

Team championships

Dates	Tournament	Host country	Winner	WWGR points	Purse (€)	Notes
5 Feb	Gold Coast RACV Australian Ladies Masters	Australia	Template:Flagicon Christel Boeljon (2)	15.5	Template:Currency	Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
12 Feb	ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open	Australia	Template:Flagicon Jessica Korda (n/a)	43	$1,100,000	Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour and the LPGA Tour
19 Feb	ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open	New Zealand	Template:Flagicon Lindsey Wright (n/a)	16	200,000	Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
4 Mar	World Ladies Championship	China	Template:Flagicon Shanshan Feng (n/a) - individual Template:Flagicon Shanshan Feng and Liying Ye - team	16	$500,000
25 Mar	Lalla Meryem Cup	Morocco	Template:Flagicon Karen Lunn (10)	16	325,000
5 May	Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open	Scotland	Template:Flagicon Carly Booth (1)	16	£183,000
13 May	Turkish Airlines Ladies Open	Turkey	Template:Flagicon Christel Boeljon (3)	16	250,000
27 May	UniCredit Ladies German Open	Germany	Template:Flagicon Anne-Lise Caudal (2)	16	350,000
3 Jun	Deloitte Ladies Open	Netherlands	Template:Flagicon Carlota Ciganda (1)	15	250,000
10 Jun	Allianz Ladies Slovak Open	Slovakia	Template:Flagicon Line Vedel (1)	15	225,000
17 Jun	Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open	Switzerland	Template:Flagicon Carly Booth (2)	15	525,000
24 Jun	Raiffeisenbank Prague Golf Masters	Czech Republic	Template:Flagicon Melissa Reid (4)	15	250,000
15 Jul	South African Women's Open	South Africa	Template:Flagicon Caroline Masson (1)	15	260,000
29 Jul	Evian Masters	France	Template:Flagicon Inbee Park (n/a)	68	$3,250,000	Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
5 Aug	Ladies Irish Open	Ireland	Template:Flagicon Catriona Matthew (5)	18.5	350,000
18 Aug	ISPS Handa Ladies British Masters	England	Template:Flagicon Lydia Hall (1)	15	£300,000
9 Sep	UNIQA Ladies Golf Open	Austria	Template:Flagicon Caroline Hedwall (5)	15	200,000
16 Sep	Ricoh Women's British Open	England	Template:Flagicon Jiyai Shin (n/a)	100	$2,500,000	Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
23 Sep	Tenerife Open de España Femenino	Spain	Template:Flagicon Stacey Keating (1)	15	350,000
7 Oct	Lacoste Ladies Open de France	France	Template:Flagicon Stacey Keating (2)	15	250,000
28 Oct	China Suzhou Taihu Open	China	Template:Flagicon Carlota Ciganda (2)	15	350,000	Co-sanctioned by the LAGT
4 Nov	Sanya Ladies Open	China	Template:Flagicon Cassandra Kirkland (1)	15	250,000	Co-sanctioned by the LAGT
2 Dec	Hero Women's Indian Open	India	Template:Flagicon Pornanong Phatlum (1)	15	$300,000	Co-sanctioned by the LAGT
8 Dec	Omega Dubai Ladies Masters	U.A.E.	Template:Flagicon Shanshan Feng (n/a)	18.5	500,000

Order of Merit rankings

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings (€)
1	Carlota Ciganda		251,290
2	Caroline Masson		241,831
3	Shanshan Feng		202,148
4	Julieta Granada		164,042
5	Carly Booth		164,020
6	Stacey Keating		159,782
7	Lee-Anne Pace		159,617
8	Diana Luna		150,477
9	Laura Davies		130,293
10	Trish Johnson		124,438

Source:

External links

• Official site of the Ladies European Tour
• Ladies European Tour Information Centre