2020 Ladies European Tour

The 2020 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).

2020 Ladies European Tour season

Duration	February 2020 (2020-02) – November 2020 (2020-11)
Number of official events	25 (13 cancelled)
Most wins	3: Emily Kristine Pedersen
Order of Merit	Emily Kristine Pedersen
Player of the Year	Emily Kristine Pedersen
Rookie of the Year	Stephanie Kyriacou
Lowest stroke average	Emily Kristine Pedersen
← 2019 2021 →

The season was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic with many tournaments either being postponed or cancelled. Among the cancellations was The Evian Championship, one of the LPGA Tour's five major championships.^[1]

Schedule

The table below shows part of the 2020 schedule.^[2] 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

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	WWGR points	Notes
20–23 Feb	Australian Ladies Classic Bonville	Australia	Stephanie Kyriacou (n/a,a)	10	Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour
27 Feb – 1 Mar	Women's NSW Open	Australia	Julia Engström (1)	6	Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour
12–14 Mar	Investec South African Women's Open	South Africa	Alice Hewson (1)	6
14–17 May	La Reserva de Sotogrande Invitational	Spain	Postponed	–
29–31 May	Mithra Belgian Ladies Open	Belgium	Cancelled^[3]	–
4–7 Jun	Lalla Meryem Cup	Morocco	Postponed^[4]	–
11–14 Jun	Scandinavian Mixed	Sweden	Cancelled^[4]	–	Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
18–20 Jun (7-9 May)	Jabra Ladies Open	France	Postponed	–
2–5 Jul	Dutch Ladies Open	Netherlands	Cancelled	–
16–19 Jul	Estrella Damm Mediterranean Ladies Open	Spain	Postponed	–
6–9 Aug (23–26 Jul)	Evian Championship	France	Cancelled^[1]	–	Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
6–9 Aug	ISPS Handa World Invitational	Northern Ireland	Cancelled^[5]	–	New event
13–16 Aug	Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open	Scotland	Stacy Lewis (n/a)	34	Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
20–23 Aug	AIG Women's British Open	England	Sophia Popov (1)	100	Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
28–30 Aug	Tipsport Czech Ladies Open	Czech Republic	Emily Kristine Pedersen (2)	6
3–6 Sep	Creekhouse Ladies Open	Sweden	Cancelled^[6]	–	New event
10–12 Sep	VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open	Switzerland	Amy Boulden (1)	6
17–19 Sep	Lacoste Ladies Open de France	France	Julia Engström (2)	6
24–27 Sep	Ladies European Thailand Championship	Thailand	Cancelled	–
1–4 Oct	Hero Women's Indian Open	India	Cancelled^[7]	–
4–6 Nov	Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic	United Arab Emirates	Minjee Lee (2)	16.5
12–15 Nov	Magical Kenya Ladies Open	Kenya	Cancelled	–
12–15 Nov^[a] (8–11 Oct) (19–22 Mar)	Aramco Saudi Ladies International	Saudi Arabia	Emily Kristine Pedersen (3)	14	New event
17–19 Nov	Saudi Ladies Team International	Saudi Arabia	Emily Kristine Pedersen (4)	14	New event
26–29 Nov	Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España	Spain	Emily Kristine Pedersen (5)	6

1. Rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8][9]

Unofficial events

The following events appear on the schedule, but does not carry ranking points.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Winner(s)	WWGR points	Notes
5–8 Aug	Olympic women's golf competition	Japan	Postponed until 2021	–
17–19 Nov	Saudi Ladies Team International	Saudi Arabia	Emily Kristine Pedersen (c)   Casandra Hall   Michele Thomson   Matt Selby (a)	–	Team event

Order of Merit rankings

Rank	Player	Country	Points
1	Emily Kristine Pedersen	Denmark	1,249.35
2	Julia Engström	Sweden	415.70
3	Stephanie Kyriacou	Australia	323.78
4	Manon De Roey	Belgium	317.45
5	Sanna Nuutinen	Finland	312.56
6	Azahara Muñoz	Spain	272.96
7	Nuria Iturrioz	Spain	256.02
8	Georgia Hall	England	255.37
9	Anne Van Dam	Netherlands	234.46
10	Laura Fünfstück	Germany	233.17

Source:^[10]

See also

• 2020 LPGA Tour

References

1. "Coronavirus & golf: LPGA Evian Championship in France cancelled". BBC Sport. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
2. "Ladies European Tour to 'unite' with LPGA". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
3. "Le Ladies European Tour reporte le Mithra Belgian Ladies Open" (in French). Golf.be. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
4. . LET. Archived from the original on 9 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
5. McKendry, Adam (2 April 2020). "Galgorm's 2020 World Invitiational cancelled due to coronavirus". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
6. "Creekhouse Ladies Open postponed to 2021". Ladies European Tour. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
7. "Hero Women's Indian Open to return in 2021". Ladies European Tour. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
8. "Inaugural Aramco Saudi Ladies International Presented by Public Investment Fund re-scheduled for October 2020". Ladies European Tour. 4 May 2020.
9. "Saudi Arabia announces double-header of landmark LET events for November". Ladies European Tour. 28 September 2020.
10. "Order of Merit – 2020 Season". Ladies European Tour.

External links

• Official site of the Ladies European Tour
• 2020 Ladies European Tour Tournaments