1987 Ladies European Tour

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1987 Ladies European Tour season
DurationMay 1987 (1987-05) – October 1987 (1987-10)
Number of official events24
Order of MeritScotland Dale Reid
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The 1987 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place in 1987. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

Tournaments[edit]

The table below shows the 1987 schedule.[1][2] 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.[3]

Date Tournament Location Winner Score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (£)		 Note
2 May Ford Ladies Classic England Scotland Gillian Stewart (2) 289 (−7) Playoff Australia Corinne Dibnah 4,500 [4]
17 May Letting French Open France Sweden Liselotte Neumann (4) 293 (−7) 5 strokes England Laura Davies 10,500 New tournament[5]
24 May British Olivetti Tournament England Scotland Jane Connachan (4) 286 (−6) Playoff England Trish Johnson 3,750 [5]
31 May Ulster Volkswagen Classic Northern Ireland Scotland Dale Reid (13) 283 (−9) 8 strokes England Beverley New
South Africa Sonja Van Wyk		 4,500 [5]
6 Jun McEwan's Wirral Classic England England Trish Johnson (1) 292 (−4) Playoff Australia Karen Lunn 3,750 [5]
14 Jun Belgian Ladies Godiva Open Belgium France Marie-Laure de Lorenzi (1) 285 (−7) 2 strokes England Trish Johnson
United States Susan Moon		 7,500 [5]
21 Jun Volmac Ladies Open Netherlands Scotland Dale Reid (14) 283 (−5) 3 strokes Northern Ireland Maureen Garner 7,500 [6]
28 Jun Portuguese Ladies Open Portugal Scotland Cathy Panton (13) 210 (−9) 1 stroke England Alison Nicholas 3,750 [6]
5 Jul Hennessy Cognac Ladies Cup France England Kitrina Douglas (4) 283 (−5) 3 strokes United States Nancy Lopez
Italy Federica Dassù		 10,500 [6]
12 Jul La Manga Club Ladies European Open England Scotland Dale Reid (15) 272 (−20) 4 strokes Australia Corinne Dibnah 7,500 [6]
25 Jul Bloor Homes Eastleigh Classic England England Trish Johnson (2) 242 (−22) 11 strokes Australia Corinne Dibnah 4,500 [6]
2 Aug Weetabix Women's British Open England England Alison Nicholas (1) 296 (+4) 1 stroke England Laura Davies
United States Muffin Spencer-Devlin		 15,000 [7]
9 Aug BMW Ladies' German Open Germany France Marie-Laure de Lorenzi (2) 275 (−13) 5 strokes Scotland Dale Reid 9,000 [8]
16 Aug Kristianstad Ladies Open Sweden Cancelled [9]
23 Aug Aspeboda Ladies Open Sweden Cancelled [9]
30 Aug Borås European Masters Sweden Cancelled [9]
6 Sep Bowring Ladies Scottish Open Scotland Scotland Dale Reid (16) 285 (−3) Playoff England Laura Davies 4,500 [8]
14 Sep Italian Ladies' Open Italy England Laura Davies (6) 285 (−3) 1 stroke Sweden Liselotte Neumann 9,000 New tournament[8]
26 Sep Laing Ladies Classic England England Alison Nicholas (2) 281 (−11) 2 strokes Australia Corinne Dibnah 4,500 [8]
4 Oct James Capel Guernsey Open Guernsey Australia Corinne Dibnah (3) 275 (−13) 10 strokes Scotland Gillian Stewart
England Vanessa Marvin		 4,500 [8]
Hong Kong Bank Jersey Classic Jersey Sweden Marie Wennersten 148 (+4) 1 stroke United States Peggy Conley
Australia Corinne Dibnah		 1,000 Unofficial event
25 Oct Woolmark Ladies Match Play Championship England England Trish Johnson (3) 4 and 3 France Marie-Laure de Lorenzi 6,000 Match play event
Qualitair Ladies' Spanish Open Spain Australia Corinne Dibnah (4) 210 (−12) Playoff United States Susan Moon 4,500

Major championship in bold.

Order of Merit rankings[edit]

Rank Player Country Money (£)
1 Dale Reid  Scotland 53,815
2 Laura Davies  England 47,151
3 Corinne Dibnah  Australia 40,474
4 Alison Nicholas  England 36,694
5 Trish Johnson  England 35,718
6 Marie-Laure de Lorenzi  France 33,746
7 Kitrina Douglas  Scotland 32,864
8 Liselotte Neumann  Sweden 26,873
9 Jane Connachan  Scotland 22,588
10 Debbie Dowling  England 21,497

Source:[10]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tour Guide 2013. Ladies European Tour. 2013. p. 197.
  2. ^ Past Tournament Winners, Ladies European Tour, GolfToday
  3. ^ Ladies European Tour - 1987 Winners
  4. ^ "Resultat" [Results]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6. June 1987. pp. 121–122. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Resultat" [Results]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 7. July 1987. p. 89.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Resultat" [Results]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. August 1987. p. 90. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Resultat, WPGA-touren" [Results, WPGA Tour]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 9. September 1987. p. 75. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Siffror, WPGA-touren" [Numbers, WPGA Tour]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 10. October 1987. pp. 87–89. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  9. ^ a b c "1987 Tournament Calendar". Svensk Golf 3/1987 (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 78. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Facit -87, Europa-touren, damer, WPGA" [Season 1987, European Tour, Ladies, WPGA]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 12. December 1987. p. 67. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

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