2021 Ladies European Tour

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).

2021 Ladies European Tour season

Duration	February 2021 (2021-02) – November 2021 (2021-11)
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 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

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	WWGR points	Purse	Notes
21 Feb	Australian Ladies Classic	Australia	Tournament cancelled[1]			Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour
28 Feb	New South Wales Women's Open	Australia	Tournament cancelled[1]			Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour
20 Mar 16 May[a]	Investec South African Women's Open	South Africa	Lee-Anne Pace (10)	6	€200,000	Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Ladies Tour
30 May	Ladies Italian Open	Italy	Lucie Malchirand (1, a)	6	€200,000	Last played in 2014
5 Jun	Jabra Ladies Open	France	Pia Babnik (1)	6	€200,000
13 Jun	Scandinavian Mixed	Sweden	Alice Hewson (n/c)[b] low woman	6	€1,000,000	Co-sanctioned with the European Tour with field of 78 men and 78 women playing from different tees[c]
27 Jun	Tipsport Czech Ladies Open	Czech Republic	Atthaya Thitikul (3)	6	€200,000
3 Jul	Big Green Egg Open	Netherlands	Stephanie Kyriacou (2)	6	€200,000	Last played in 2015
10 Jul	Aramco Team Series – London	England	Marianne Skarpnord (5)	16	$200,000	Aramco Team Series Individual event
20 Jun 17 Jul	Gant Ladies Open	Finland	Matilda Castren (1)	6	€200,000	New event
25 Jul	Amundi Evian Championship	France	Minjee Lee (n/a)	100	$4,500,000	Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour[7]
1 Aug	ISPS Handa World Invitational	Northern Ireland	Pajaree Anannarukarn (1)	18	$1,500,000	Women's event co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
9 Oct 7 Aug	Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande[d]	Spain	Alison Lee (n/a)	14	$200,000	Aramco Team Series Individual event
15 Aug	Trust Golf Women's Scottish Open	Scotland	Ryann O'Toole (n/a)	37	$1,500,000	Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
22 Aug	AIG Women's Open	England	Anna Nordqvist (4)	100	$5,800,000	Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
29 Aug	Didriksons Skaftö Open	Sweden	Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (1)	6	€220,000	New event[8]
5 Sep	Creekhouse Ladies Open	Sweden	Maja Stark (1)	8	€400,000	New event[9]
11 Sep	VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open	Switzerland	Atthaya Thitikul (4)	6	€200,000
18 Sep	Lacoste Ladies Open de France	France	Céline Boutier (3)	6	€300,000
3 Oct	Hero Women's Indian Open	India	Tournament cancelled		$500,000
18 Jul 3 Oct[a]	Estrella Damm Ladies Open	Spain	Maja Stark (2)	6	€250,000
17 Oct	Magical Kenya Ladies Open	Kenya	Tournament cancelled		€300,000
29 May 16 Oct	Aramco Team Series – New York	United States	Charley Hull (3)	19.5	$200,000	Aramco Team Series Individual event
24 Oct	Lalla Meryem Cup	Morocco	Tournament cancelled
29 Oct	Dubai Moonlight Classic	United Arab Emirates	Bronte Law (1)	15	€260,000
7 Nov	Aramco Saudi Ladies International	Saudi Arabia	Lydia Ko (6)	18.5	$1,000,000
12 Nov	Aramco Team Series – Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	Pia Babnik (2)	16.5	$200,000	Aramco Team Series Individual event
TBA	Ladies European Thailand Championship	Thailand	Tournament cancelled		€300,000
28 Nov	Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España	Spain	Carlota Ciganda (5)	12	€600,000

1. Rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4][5][6]
2. 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.
3. Tour ranking and world ranking points based on finish among ladies' field only.
4. 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
9 Oct 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]
29 May 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

1. 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]

See also

• 2021 LPGA Tour