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The 2022 Ladies European Tour season is set to present the greatest number of tournaments and prize money in the organisation’s 44-year history. Thanks to the support of new and long-term partners, LET members will compete for a minimum of €24.5 million across 31 events in 2022. The total annual purse is up €4.5m on 2021 and offers €13m more than in 2019.

“On the back of a strong 2021 season, which featured 23 tournaments, 2022 is going to be a record-breaking year for the LET with the largest total purse and number of events in history,” said LET CEO Alexandra Armas. “We will be launching new events in Asia and South Africa and returning to various territories across Europe and further afield, so it’s looking very exciting for our international membership.

“We have never had such incredible support from partners across the industry and corporations who see the value in investing in the LET. Our players continue to set new performance standards. For example, this year’s Race to Costa del Sol winner, Atthaya Thitikul, reached No.18 on the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, an amazing achievement which shows what is possible by playing on the LET. The victorious European Solheim Cup Team did women’s golf proud in Toledo, Ohio, winning for only the second time in the United States. We are thankful to all of our partners as we move into the third year of our successful joint-venture partnership with the LPGA.”

The 2022 season will open with the return of the Magical Kenya Ladies Open in February, followed by the Aramco Team Series – Asia. The Joburg Ladies Open will debut in Spring, joining the Investec South African Women’s Open, which will move to Steenberg Golf Club in Cape Town, as part of a fortnight in South Africa. The LET will then return to Australia for a two-week swing with the Australian Ladies Classic Bonville and the Women’s New South Wales Open at Coolangatta & Tweed Heads Golf Club.

Europe will play host to 19 tournaments from May to September, with the return of the Madrid Ladies Open, The Mithra Belgian Open and the Women’s Irish Open.

The highlights will include the Scandinavian Mixed hosted by Henrik and Annika at Halmstad Golf Club, the Aramco Team Series – London and the Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande.

The mid-summer European swing will feature two major championships, starting with the Amundi Evian Championship in France in July. The first week in August, a fortnight later, will bring the much-awaited AIG Women’s Open, which will be played at Muirfield in Scotland for the first time, with an elevated purse of US$6.8 million.

The Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open, played during the week in between the majors, will offer an elevated purse of US$2 million, up US$500,000 on 2001.

The ISPS Handa World Invitational presented by Modest! Golf Management, played after the AIG Women’s Open, will be one of the most innovative events in world golf. Two tournaments, featuring men and women, play on the same courses at the same time for two equal prize funds of US$1.5 million.

In September, the Tour will visit two first-time venues: Ålands Golf Club for the Åland 100 Ladies Open and Barrière Golf Club in Deauville for the Lacoste Ladies Open de France.

For the final quarter of the season, the LET revisits the United States, India, Dubai and Saudi Arabia for the Aramco Team Series – New York, Hero Women’s Indian Open, Dubai Moonlight Classic, Aramco Saudi Ladies International and Aramco Team Series – Jeddah, respectively.

The Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España will once again play host to the season-finale, with the €650,000 event deciding the season’s Race to Costa del Sol, which is back for a third year after Thailand’s Atthaya Thitikul topped the rankings in 2021. The ‘Race’ will offer a bonus pool of €250,000 between the top three finishers on the official rankings, with prizes of €125,000, €75,000 and €50,000 for the players who finish in first, second and third place.

 

LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR
SCHEDULE 2022
DATE COUNTRY TOURNAMENT VENUE EURO PRIZE FUND
10th – 13th February Kenya Magical Kenya Ladies Open Vipingo Ridge, Vipingo € 300,000
17th – 19th March Asia Aramco Team Series – Asia TBC US$1,000,000
24th – 26th March South Africa Joburg Ladies Open TBC € 250,000
30th March – 2nd April South Africa Investec South African Women’s Open Steenberg Golf Club, Cape Town € 290,000
21st – 24th April Australia Australian Ladies Classic Bonville Bonville Golf Resort, NSW € 240,000
28th April – 1st May Australia Women’s NSW Open Coolangatta & Tweed Heads Golf Club, NSW € 210,000
5th – 8th May Spain Madrid Ladies Open TBC TBC
19th – 21st May France Jabra Ladies Open Evian Resort Golf Club, Evian-les-Bains € 250,000
27th – 29th May Belgium The Mithra Belgian Ladies Open Naxhelet Golf Club, Wanze € 200,000
9th – 12th June Sweden Scandinavian Mixed hosted by Henrik and Annika Halmstad Golf Club, Halmstad € 1,000,000
16th – 18th June England Aramco Team Series – London Centurion Club, St Albans US$1,000,000
24th – 26th June Czechia Tipsport Czech Ladies Open Beroun Golf Club, Prague € 200,000
30th June – 3rd July Europe Confirmed Event TBC € 300,000
14th – 17th July Netherlands Big Green Egg Open Rosendaelsche Golf Club, Arnhem € 250,000
21st – 24th July France THE AMUNDI EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP Evian Resort Golf Club, Evian-les-Bains US$4,500,000
28th – 31st July Scotland Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open Dundonald Links, Irvine US$2,000,000
4th – 7th August Scotland AIG WOMEN’S OPEN Muirfield, Gullane US$6,800,000
11th – 14th August Northern Ireland ISPS Handa World Invitational presented by Modest! Golf Management Galgorm Castle & Massereene Golf Clubs, Antrim US$1,500,000
18th – 20th August Spain Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande La Reserva Club De Sotogrande US$1,000,000
25th – 28th August Sweden Skaftö Open Skaftö Golf Club, Fiskebäckskil € 250,000
1st – 3rd September Finland Åland 100 Ladies Open Ålands Golf Club, Kastelholm € 250,000
8th – 10th September Switzerland VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open Golfpark Holzhäusern, Ennetsee € 200,000
15th – 17th September France Lacoste Ladies Open de France Golf Barriere, Deauville € 325,000
22nd – 25th September Ireland Women’s Irish Open TBC TBC
29th Sept – 2nd October Spain Estrella Damm Ladies Open presented by Catalunya Club de Golf Terramar, Sitges Barcelona TBC
13th – 15th October USA Aramco Team Series – New York TBC US$1,000,000
20th – 23rd October India Hero Women’s Indian Open DLF Golf and Country Club, Gurgaon US$400,000
26th – 28th October UAE Dubai Moonlight Classic Emirates Golf Club – Faldo Course, Dubai $285,000
3rd – 6thNovember Saudi Arabia Aramco Saudi Ladies International Royal Greens G&CC, King Abdullah Economic City US$1,000,000
9th – 11th November Saudi Arabia Aramco Team Series – Jeddah Royal Greens G&CC, King Abdullah Economic City US$1,000,000
24th – 27th November Spain Andalucia Costa del Sol Open de España TBC € 650,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more details on the 2022 schedule and to follow the Ladies European Tour throughout the season, please visit: https://ladieseuropeantour.com/.