1984 Ladies European Tour

The 1984 Ladies European Tour was the fifth season of golf tournaments administered by the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) on behalf of the Women's Professional Golfers' Association (WPGA), which later became the Ladies European Tour (LET).

1984 Ladies European Tour season

Duration	May 1984 (1984-05) – October 1984 (1984-10)
Number of official events	21
Order of Merit	Dale Reid
← 1983 1985 →

In the second season of PGA administration, the tour saw the addition of several new tournaments with the format of most being changed to 72-holes stroke play, having been mostly 54 and 36-hole events previously.^[1] In total, there were 21 tournaments on the schedule, including the return of the Women's British Open, organised by the Ladies' Golf Union and one of two tournaments co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour,^[2] along with the Ladies Irish Open.^[3]

The Order of Merit was won by Dale Reid, who dominated the season with two tournament victories and five runner-up finishes. In second place was Kitrina Douglas, who won twice during her debut season.^[4]

Tournaments

The table below shows the 1984 schedule.^[5][6] 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.^[7]

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)–up	Winner's share (£)	Note
5 May	Ford Ladies Classic	England	Kitrina Douglas (1)	292 (−8)	4 strokes	Peggy Conley	3,000	^[8]
17 May	Ulster Volkswagen Classic	Northern Ireland	Peggy Conley (1)	216 (−3)	2 strokes	Dale Reid   Mickey Walker	890
3 Jun	McEwan's Lager Manchester Classic	England	Rica Comstock (1)	286	1 stroke	Debbie Dowling	1,500
8 Jun	British Olivetti Tournament	England	Jenny Lee Smith (10)	294 (+6)	1 stroke	Rae Hast	1,500
16 Jun	United Friendly Worthing Open	England	Rae Hast (1)	283 (−9)	3 strokes	Meredith Marshall	1,500
23 Jun	UBM Northern Classic	England	Dale Reid (8)	291 (+7)	Playoff	Kitrina Douglas	1,500
1 Jul	Guernsey Open	Guernsey	Muriel Thomson (5)	280 (−8)	3 strokes	Rae Hast	1,500
5 Jul	Baume & Mercier International	England	Mickey Walker (5)	138 (−8)	3 strokes	Brenda Lunsford	600	^[9]
14 Jul	Wirral Caldy Classic	England	Lori Castillo (1)	215 (−7)	2 strokes	Nancy Hoins   Alison Nicholas	890
28 Jul	JS Bloor Eastleigh Classic	England	Dale Reid (9)	254 (−10)	8 strokes	Debbie Dowling	1,500	New tournament
5 Aug	United Friendly Tournament	England	Kärstin Ehrnlund (2)	288 (−8)	4 strokes	Jane Forrest   Dale Reid	1,800
10 Aug	White Horse Whisky Challenge	England	Federica Dassù (1)	283 (−5)	1 stroke	Kitrina Douglas   Debbie Dowling   Dale Reid	1,500
17 Aug	Colt Cars Jersey Open	Jersey	Jane Connachan (1)	279 (−5)	4 strokes	Kitrina Douglas	1,500
26 Aug	Höganäs Sweden Open	Sweden	Kitrina Douglas (2)	288 (+4)	3 strokes	Liselotte Neumann (a)	2,925
2 Sep	IBM Ladies' European Open	England	Gillian Stewart (a)	299 (+7)	Playoff	Penny Grice (a)	3,750^[a]	^[10] New tournament
7 Sep	LBS Ladies' German Open	Germany	Beverly Huke (5)	219 (E)	3 strokes	Kitrina Douglas	1,800	New tournament
14 Sep	Lorne Stewart Matchplay Championship	England	Mickey Walker (6)	2 and 1		Jane Connachan	2,000	Match play event
27 Sep	Sands International	England	Muriel Thomson (6)	307 (+11)	1 stroke	Jane Connachan	1,500
6 Oct	Hitachi Ladies British Open	England	Ayako Okamoto (n/a)	289 (−3)	11 strokes	Betsy King   Dale Reid	25,000	Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour^[11]
14 Oct	Smirnoff Ladies Irish Open	Northern Ireland	Kathy Whitworth (n/a)	285 (−3)	2 strokes	Pat Bradley   Becky Pearson	18,000	Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
26 Oct	La Manga Spanish Open	Spain	Maxine Burton (2)	286 (−10)	1 stroke	Dale Reid	1,800	^[12]

1. As amateurs, neither Stewart nor Grice were eligible for the prize money; the £3,750 for first place went to Kitrina Douglas, who finished in third place.

Major championships in bold.

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was sponsored by Ring and Brymer and based on prize money won throughout the season.^[4]

Place	Player	Money (£)	Events
1	Dale Reid	28,239
2	Kitrina Douglas	19,899
3	Peggy Conley	12,171
4
5
6
7
8	Jane Connachan	8,956
9	Muriel Thomson	8,519
10

^[13]

See also

• 1984 LPGA Tour

References

1. Hennessy, John (5 October 1983). "Remarkable revival in the fortunes of the women's game". The Times. p. 26. Retrieved 1 October 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
2. "Women are given a big lift out of the rough by sponsors". The Times. 22 December 1983. p. 16. Retrieved 1 October 2020 – via The Times Digital Archive.
3. Kahn, Liz (30 May 1984). "Smirnoff on ice". The Guardian. p. 20. Retrieved 1 October 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Dale hits a cash high". Aberdeen Evening Express. 30 October 1984. p. 14. Retrieved 1 October 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. Tour Guide 2013. Ladies European Tour. 2013. p. 197.
6. Past Tournament Winners, Ladies European Tour^{[permanent dead link]}, GolfToday
7. Ladies European Tour – 1987 Winners^{[permanent dead link]}
8. "Kitrina's winning debut". Glasgow Herald. 7 May 1984. p. 13. Retrieved 1 October 2020 – via Google News Archive.
9. "Lyle two in front after six-under 65". Glasgow Herald. 6 July 1984. p. 25. Retrieved 1 October 2020 – via Google News Archive.
10. "Gillian's play-off triumph". Glasgow Herald. 3 September 1984. p. 15. Retrieved 1 October 2020 – via Google News Archive.
11. "Dale deserves prize for her lone battle". The Glasgow Herald. 8 October 1984. p. 17.
12. "Dale just fails to catch the leader with record 69". Glasgow Herald. 27 October 1984. p. 18. Retrieved 6 October 2023 – via Google News Archive.
13. "Golf, Scotland's Dale Reid gets a £2500 bonus". Evening Times. 31 October 1983. p. 43. Retrieved 5 November 2023 – via Google books.

External links

• Official site of the Ladies European Tour