2012 Ladies European Tour

The 2012 Ladies European Tour was the 34th season of the Ladies European Tour (LET), a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world, which took place from February through December 2013.

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

Changes for 2012

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

Major championships

LET majors in bold

Regular events

Team championships

Dates	Tournament	Host country	Winner	WWGR points	Purse (€)	Notes
5 Feb	Gold Coast RACV Australian Ladies Masters	Australia	Christel Boeljon (2)	15.5	A$500,000	Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
12 Feb	ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open	Australia	Jessica Korda (n/a)	43	$1,100,000	Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour and the LPGA Tour
19 Feb	ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open	New Zealand	Lindsey Wright (n/a)	16	200,000	Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
4 Mar	World Ladies Championship	China	Shanshan Feng (n/a) - individual Shanshan Feng and Liying Ye - team	16	$500,000
25 Mar	Lalla Meryem Cup	Morocco	Karen Lunn (10)	16	325,000
5 May	Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open	Scotland	Carly Booth (1)	16	£183,000
13 May	Turkish Airlines Ladies Open	Turkey	Christel Boeljon (3)	16	250,000
27 May	UniCredit Ladies German Open	Germany	Anne-Lise Caudal (2)	16	350,000
3 Jun	Deloitte Ladies Open	Netherlands	Carlota Ciganda (1)	15	250,000
10 Jun	Allianz Ladies Slovak Open	Slovakia	Line Vedel (1)	15	225,000
17 Jun	Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open	Switzerland	Carly Booth (2)	15	525,000
24 Jun	Raiffeisenbank Prague Golf Masters	Czech Republic	Melissa Reid (4)	15	250,000
15 Jul	South African Women's Open	South Africa	Caroline Masson (1)	15	260,000
29 Jul	Evian Masters	France	Inbee Park (n/a)	68	$3,250,000	Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
5 Aug	Ladies Irish Open	Ireland	Catriona Matthew (5)	18.5	350,000
18 Aug	ISPS Handa Ladies British Masters	England	Lydia Hall (1)	15	£300,000
9 Sep	UNIQA Ladies Golf Open	Austria	Caroline Hedwall (5)	15	200,000
16 Sep	Ricoh Women's British Open	England	Jiyai Shin (n/a)	100	$2,500,000	Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
23 Sep	Tenerife Open de España Femenino	Spain	Stacey Keating (1)	15	350,000
7 Oct	Lacoste Ladies Open de France	France	Stacey Keating (2)	15	250,000
28 Oct	China Suzhou Taihu Open	China	Carlota Ciganda (2)	15	350,000	Co-sanctioned by the LAGT
4 Nov	Sanya Ladies Open	China	Cassandra Kirkland (1)	15	250,000	Co-sanctioned by the LAGT
2 Dec	Hero Women's Indian Open	India	Pornanong Phatlum (1)	15	$300,000	Co-sanctioned by the LAGT
8 Dec	Omega Dubai Ladies Masters	U.A.E.	Shanshan Feng (n/a)	18.5	500,000

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

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