2005 Ladies European Tour

The 2005 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from January through December 2005. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

2005 Ladies European Tour season
DurationFebruary 2005 (2005-02) – September 2005 (2005-09)
Number of official events22
Order of MeritDenmark Iben Tinning
← 2004
2006 →

Tournaments

The table below shows the 2005 schedule.[1] 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.

DateNameVenueLocationWinnerPrize fundPrize fund (€)Notes
3–5 FebSamsung Ladies MastersLaguna National Golf & Country ClubSingaporeSouth Korea Song Bo-bae (n/a)$200,000€150,590Team event co-sanctioned by the five main women's tours
Unofficial prize money
11–13 FebWomen's World Cup of GolfThe Links, Fancourt ResortSouth Africa Japan
Ai Miyazato & Rui Kitada		$1,000,000€752,950Team event
24–27 FebANZ Ladies MastersRACV Royal Pines ResortAustraliaAustralia Karrie Webb (7)$800,000€499,216Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
31 Mar – 3 AprThailand Ladies OpenAlpine Golf & Sports ClubThailandAustralia Shani Waugh (3)$330,000€248,474
7–10 AprTenerife Ladies OpenCosta Adeje GCSpainFrance Ludivine Kreutz (2)€242,000€242,000
12–15 MayOpen de España FemeninoPanorámica Club de GolfSpainDenmark Iben Tinning (3)€275,000€275,000
26–29 MaySiemens Austrian Ladies OpenGolfclub FohrenwaldAustriaItaly Federica Piovano (1)€250,000€250,000
2–5 JunBMW Ladies Italian OpenParco de' MediciItalyDenmark Iben Tinning (4)€300,000€300,000
9–12 JunVediorbis Open de France DamesGolf d'ArrasFranceItaly Veronica Zorzi (1)€300,000€300,000
24–26 JunAlgarve Ladies Open of PortugalGramacho Pestana Golf ResortPortugalSweden Cecilia Ekelundh (2)€300,000€300,000
8–10 JulLadies English OpenChart Hills Golf Club, BiddendenEnglandSweden Maria Hjorth (2)€165,000€165,000
14–16 JulLadies Central European OpenOld Lake Golf ClubHungaryFrance Ludivine Kreutz (3)€165,000€165,000
20–23 JulEvian MastersEvian Resort Golf ClubFranceUnited States Paula Creamer (n/a)$2,500,000€1,882,375Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
28–31 JulWeetabix Women's British OpenRoyal Birkdale Golf ClubEnglandSouth Korea Jang Jeong (n/a)$1,800,0001,499,571Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
4–7 AugScandinavian TPC hosted by Annika Barsebäck Golf & Country ClubSwedenSweden Annika Sörenstam (13)€495,000€495,000
11–14 AugWales Ladies Championship of EuropeMachynys Peninsula Golf Country Club, LlanelliWalesEngland Kirsty Taylor (1)£350,000€510,650
26–28 AugFinnair MastersHelsinki Golf ClubFinlandDenmark Lisa Holm Sorensen (1)€200,000€200,000
1–4 SepNykredit MastersKokkedal GolfklubDenmarkDenmark Iben Tinning (5)€200,000€200,000
9–11 SepSolheim CupCrooked Stick Golf ClubUnited States United StatesTeam event; no prize moneyCo-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
16–18 SepKLM Ladies OpenKennemer Golf & Country ClubNetherlandsFrance Virginie Lagoutte (1)€165,000€165,000
22–24 SepCatalonia Ladies MastersGolf Platja de PalsSpainFrance Karine Icher (5)€190,000€190,000
25 SepVolvo Cross Country ChallengeGolf Platja de PalsSpainSweden Cecilia Ekelundh (n/a)Unofficial event

Major championships in bold.

Order of Merit rankings
RankPlayerEarnings (€) Tournaments
1Denmark Iben Tinning204,672 15
n/aSweden Annika Sörenstam180,639 3
n/aSweden Sophie Gustafson168,825 3
2France Gwladys Nocera164,739 18
3Sweden Maria Hjorth158,524 8
4Sweden Cecilia Ekelundh154,893 19
5Italy Veronica Zorzi154,184 14
6France Ludivine Kreutz147,211 18
7England Kirsty Taylor129,964 17
8England Laura Davies124,661 7
9 France Karine Icher 123,790 7
n/a Sweden Carin Koch 121,105 3
n/a Sweden Liselotte Neumann 119,281 3
10 England Trish Johnson 116,190 14

Note: Participation in a minimum of six tournaments was required to be counted for the Order of Merit.

Sources:[2][3][4][5][6]

See also

References
  1. Ladies European Tour: 2005 Tournaments
  2. "Yearly Money Leaders on the Ladies European Tour". golfcompedium.com. Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
  3. "Röd och vit dynamit" [Red and white dynamite]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 11. November 2005. p. 112. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  4. LET Tour Guide 2013. Ladies European Tour. 2013. p. 139.
  5. "Ladies European Tour Information centre, Order of Merit 2005". Ladies European Tour. 2005. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  6. Middleton, Claire (21 December 2005). "Sorenstam clean-up is par for the course". The Telegraph. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
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