2020 Ladies European Tour

The 2020 Ladies European Tour is a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

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.

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 100 Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour
28–30 Aug Tipsport Czech Ladies Open Czech Republic
3–6 Sep Creekhouse Ladies Open Sweden Cancelled[6] – New event
10–12 Sep VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open Switzerland
17–20 Sep Lacoste Ladies Open de France France
24–27 Sep Ladies European Thailand Championship Thailand
1–4 Oct Hero Women's Indian Open India Cancelled[7] –
8–11 Oct[lower-alpha 1]
(19–22 Mar)		 Aramco Saudi Ladies Championship Saudi Arabia New event
29 Oct – 1 Nov TBA Philippines New event
6–8 Nov Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic United Arab Emirates
12–15 Nov Magical Kenya Ladies Open Kenya
26–29 Nov Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España Spain
  1. Rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]

Unofficial events

The following event appears on the schedule, but does not carry official money.

Date Tournament Host country Winner WWGR
points
8 Aug Olympic women's golf competition Japan Postponed until 2021 –
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See also

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. "Statement on Trophée Hassan II and Scandinavian Mixed hosted by Henrik and Annika". LET. 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.
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