2006 Ladies European Tour


The 2006 Ladies European Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from January through October 2006. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour. The tour featured 21 events with prize money totalling more than €10.6 million. Laura Davies won the Order of Merit with earnings of €471,727.42.

Tournament results

The table below shows the 2006 schedule. 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.
DatesTournamentHost countryWinnerNotes
20–22 JanAcer World Cup of GolfSouth Africa Liselotte Neumann
and Annika Sörenstam
Team event
Unofficial LPGA Tour event
2–5 FebANZ Ladies MastersAustralia Amy Yang Co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour
27–30 AprTenerife Ladies OpenSpain Riikka Hakkarainen
11–14 MayOpen De España FemeninoSpain Lynnette Brooky
18–21 MayLadies Swiss OpenSwitzerland Gwladys Nocera
25–28 MayVediorbis Open de FranceFrance Veronica Zorzi
2–4 JunKLM Ladies OpenNetherlands Stéphanie Arricau
14–17 JunLadies Italian OpenItaly Gwladys Nocera
22–24 JunLadies Open of PortugalPortugal Stéphanie Arricau
13–15 JulLadies Central European OpenHungary Rebecca Hudson
21–23 JulCatalonia Ladies MastersSpain Gwladys Nocera
26–29 JulEvian MastersFrance Karrie Webb Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
3–6 AugWeetabix Women's British OpenEngland Sherri Steinhauer Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
10–13 AugScandinavian TPC hosted by AnnikaSweden Annika Sörenstam
17–20 AugWales Ladies Championship of EuropeWales Linda Wessberg
25–27 AugSAS MastersNorway Laura Davies
1–3 SepFinnair MastersFinland Virginie Lagoutte
7–10 SepNykredit MastersDenmark Karen Margrethe Juul
14–17 SepAustrian Ladies OpenAustria Sophie Gustafson
6–8 OctBBC Radio Kent Ladies’ English OpenEngland Cecilia Ekelundh
26–29 OctDubai Ladies MastersUnited Arab Emirates Annika Sörenstam

Major championships are shown in bold.

Order of Merit rankings