2012 Ladies European Tour season

Duration	February 2012 (2012-02) – December 2012 (2012-12)
Number of official events	24
Most wins	2 (tie): Christel Boeljon Carlota Ciganda Shanshan Feng Stacey Keating
Order of Merit	Carlota Ciganda
Player of the Year	Carlota Ciganda
Rookie of the Year	Carlota Ciganda
Lowest stroke average	Shanshan Feng
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The 2012 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from February through December 2012. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

The tour featured 24 official money events. Carlota Ciganda, a rookie, won the Order of Merit with earnings of €251,290. She was also named Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year.

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

Dates	Tournament	Host country	Winner	WWGR points	Notes
2–5 Feb	Gold Coast RACV Australian Ladies Masters	Australia	Christel Boeljon (2)	15.5	Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
9–12 Feb	ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open	Australia	Jessica Korda (n/a)	43	Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour and the LPGA Tour
17–19 Feb	ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open	New Zealand	Lindsey Wright (n/a)	16	Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
2–4 Mar	World Ladies Championship	China	Shanshan Feng (n/a) – individual Shanshan Feng and Liying Ye – team	16
22–25 Mar	Lalla Meryem Cup	Morocco	Karen Lunn (10)	16
3–5 May	Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open	Scotland	Carly Booth (1)	16
10–13 May	Turkish Airlines Ladies Open	Turkey	Christel Boeljon (3)	16
24–27 May	UniCredit Ladies German Open	Germany	Anne-Lise Caudal (2)	16
1–3 Jun	Deloitte Ladies Open	Netherlands	Carlota Ciganda (1)	15
8–10 Jun	Allianz Ladies Slovak Open	Slovakia	Line Vedel (1)	15
14–17 Jun	Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open	Switzerland	Carly Booth (2)	15
22–24 Jun	Raiffeisenbank Prague Golf Masters	Czech Republic	Melissa Reid (4)	15
13–15 Jul	South African Women's Open	South Africa	Caroline Masson (1)	15
26–29 Jul	Evian Masters	France	Inbee Park (n/a)	68	Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
3–5 Aug	Ladies Irish Open	Ireland	Catriona Matthew (5)	18.5
16–18 Aug	ISPS Handa Ladies British Masters	England	Lydia Hall (1)	15
7–9 Sep	UNIQA Ladies Golf Open	Austria	Caroline Hedwall (5)	15
13–16 Sep	Ricoh Women's British Open	England	Jiyai Shin (n/a)	100	Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
20–23 Sep	Tenerife Open de España Femenino	Spain	Stacey Keating (1)	15
4–7 Oct	Lacoste Ladies Open de France	France	Stacey Keating (2)	15
26–28 Oct	China Suzhou Taihu Open	China	Carlota Ciganda (2)	15	Co-sanctioned by the LAGT
2–4 Nov	Sanya Ladies Open	China	Cassandra Kirkland (1)	15	Co-sanctioned by the LAGT
30 Nov – 2 Dec	Hero Women's Indian Open	India	Pornanong Phatlum (1)	15	Co-sanctioned by the LAGT
5–8 Dec	Omega Dubai Ladies Masters	United Arab Emirates	Shanshan Feng (n/a)	18.5

Order of Merit rankings

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

Source:^[1]

References

External links

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