2021 Ladies European Tour
| Duration | February 2021 – November 2021 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 29 (6 cancelled) |
| Most wins | 2 (tie): Pia Babnik Maja Stark Atthaya Thitikul |
| Order of Merit | Atthaya Thitikul |
| Player of the Year | Atthaya Thitikul |
| Rookie of the Year | Atthaya Thitikul |
| Lowest stroke average | Leona Maguire |
← 2020 2022 → | |
The 2021 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).
The season was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic with many tournaments either being postponed or cancelled. Among the cancellations was the Australian Swing, the tour's season opening.[1]
Schedule
The table below shows the 2021 schedule. The season featured a month-long European Swing of the LPGA Tour, starting with the Evian Championship in late July.[2] It also saw the introduction of the Aramco Team Series, four tournaments carrying a $1 million total prize fund each held in London, Sotogrande and New York, concluding in Saudi Arabia in November.[3]
The numbers in brackets after the winners' names indicate the career wins on the Ladies European Tour, including that event, and is only shown for members of the tour.
- Key
| Major championships |
| Regular events |
| Team championships |
- ^ ALPG − ALPG Tour, EUR − European Tour, LPGA − LPGA Tour, SLT − Sunshine Ladies Tour.
- ^ a b Rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5][6]
- ^ Finished tied for third overall; for Order of Merit and World Ranking, she is credited with first-place points as it is based among the women only.
- ^ Field of 78 men and 78 women playing for joint purse from different tees.
- ^ Moved from Singapore.
Unofficial events
The following event appears on the schedule, but does not carry ranking points.
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Winner(s) | WWGR points |
Purse ($) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Jul | Aramco Team Series – London | England | Olivia Cowan Sarina Schmidt Diksha Dagar Andrew Kelsey (a) |
– | 800,000 | Aramco Team Series Team event |
7 Aug |
Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande[a] | Spain | Ashleigh Buhai Stacy Bregman Hayley Davis Ignacio Morillo (a) |
– | 800,000 | Aramco Team Series Team event |
| 8 Aug | Olympic women's golf competition | Japan | Nelly Korda | 37 | ||
| 6 Sep | Solheim Cup | United States | Europe | – | – | [10] |
16 Oct |
Aramco Team Series – New York | United States | Jessica Korda Karolin Lampert Lina Boqvist Alexandra O'Laughlin (a) |
– | 800,000 | Aramco Team Series Team event |
| 12 Nov | Aramco Team Series – Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | Emily Kristine Pedersen Hannah Burke Krista Bakker Ahmed Al Subaey (a) |
– | 800,000 | Aramco Team Series Team event |
- ^ Moved from Singapore.
Order of Merit rankings
| Rank | Player | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atthaya Thitikul | Thailand | 3,592 |
| 2 | Pia Babnik | Slovenia | 1,954 |
| 3 | Stephanie Kyriacou | Australia | 1,765 |
| 4 | Sanna Nuutinen | Finland | 1,657 |
| 5 | Olivia Cowan | Germany | 1,587 |
| 6 | Maja Stark | Sweden | 1,516 |
| 7 | Marianne Skarpnord | Norway | 1,305 |
| 8 | Charley Hull | England | 1,210 |
| 9 | Anna Nordqvist | Sweden | 1,179 |
| 10 | Alice Hewson | England | 1,156 |
Source:[11]
Location of tournaments
|
Évian (x2) Évian (x2) Bordeaux Zug Arnhem Prague Turin Dumbarnie London Carnoustie Belfast Gothenburg Åhus Åbo Barcelona Andalusia Location of tournaments in Europe. Major championship National open Regular event Aramco Team Series |
NSW Bonville Jeddah (x2) Jeddah (x2) New York Rabat Cape Town Delhi Mombasa Dubai Tokyo Pattaya Toledo Location of tournaments outside Europe. National open Regular event Aramco Team Series Olympics and Solheim Cup
|
See also
References
- ^ a b c "LET postpones 2021 Australian swing". Irish Golf Desk. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "LPGA Comes Back Stronger Than Ever with 2021 Tour Schedule". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "Aramco Team Series and LET Go Global". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Investec South African Women's Open". Sunshine Ladies Tour. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "New dates set for 8th Sunshine Ladies Tour season". SuperSport. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ Cutler, Bethan (16 August 2021). "The Estrella Damm Ladies Open Returns To The LET Schedule". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ "Amundi becomes the title sponsor of The Evian Championship". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "Skaftö Open blir LET-tävling". Svensk Golf. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "2021 Creekhouse Ladies Open". Creekhouse Management. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "Ryder Cup postponement". SportsPro. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "Order of Merit – 2021 Season". Ladies European Tour.