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1989 Ladies European Tour

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1989 Ladies European Tour season
DurationApril 1989 (1989-04) – November 1989 (1989-11)
Number of official events21
Order of MeritFrance Marie-Laure Taya
1988
1990

The 1989 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place in 1989. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

Tournaments

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The table below shows the 1989 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]

Dates Tournament Location Winner Score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (£)
Note
16 Apr Rome Classic Italy Sweden Sofia Grönberg (1) 210 (−6) 1 strokes France Marie-Laure Taya 9,750
30 Apr Ford Ladies' Classic England France Marie-Laure Taya (10) 286 (−10) 8 strokes Scotland Gillian Stewart 7,500
28 May Hennessy Ladies Cup France France Marie-Laure Taya (11) 279 (−9) 2 strokes Australia Corinne Dibnah
United States Jody Rosenthal
12,000
11 Jun BMW Ladies Classic Germany France Marie-Laure Taya (12) 277 (−11) 1 strokes Australia Dennise Hutton 10,500 New tournament
18 Jun Open de France Dames France England Suzanne Strudwick (1) 285 (−3) Playoff France Marie-Laure Taya 9,000
2 Jul St Moritz Classic Switzerland England Kitrina Douglas (5) 286 (−2) Playoff England Suzanne Strudwick 10,500
9 Jul TEC Players Championship England Sweden Anna Oxenstierna (1) 286 (−6) 2 strokes South Africa Laurette Maritz 11,250
16 Jul Bloor Homes Eastleigh Classic England England Debbie Dowling (6) 261 (−3) Playoff South Africa Rae Hast
United States Melissa McNamara
Scotland Cathy Panton
9,000
30 Jul Lufthansa Ladies' German Open Germany England Alison Nicholas (6) 269 (−19) 5 strokes Colombia Patricia Gonzales 12,000
6 Aug Weetabix Women's British Open England United States Jane Geddes (1) 274 (−14) 2 strokes Belgium Florence Descampe 18,000
20 Aug Danish Ladies Open Denmark Spain Tania Abitbol (1) 285 (−3) Playoff France Marie-Laure Taya 9,750
27 Aug Gisvaled Ladies Open Sweden England Alison Nicholas (7) 288 (E) 2 strokes Sweden Liselotte Neumann 9,750
3 Sep Variety Club Celebrity Classic England Australia Corinne Dibnah (7) 279 (−9) 1 strokes United States Peggy Conley 6,500
10 Sep Godiva Ladies European Masters Belgium England Kitrina Douglas (6) 287 (−5) Playoff France Marie-Laure Taya 16,500
17 Sep Ladies European Open England Scotland Jane Connachan (5) 279 (−13) 3 strokes Scotland Gillian Stewart 10,500
2 Oct Ladies Italian Open Italy Spain Xonia Wunsch-Ruiz (1) 278 (−10) 2 strokes Scotland Jane Connachan 12,000
15 Oct Laing Ladies Charity Classic England England Laura Davies (10) 276 (−16) 3 strokes Scotland Jane Connachan
Australia Corinne Dibnah
United States Susan Moon
Scotland Dale Reid
9,000
22 Oct Woolmark Ladies Match Play Championship Spain Australia Dennise Hutton (1) 2 up Northern Ireland Maureen Garner 12,000 Match play event
29 Oct AGF Biarritz Ladies Open France Australia Dennise Hutton (2) 274 (−2) Playoff United States Peggy Conley 9,000
3 Nov Qualitair Classic Spain England Alison Nicholas (8) 213 (−3) 2 strokes United States Peggy Conley
Sweden Sofia Grönberg
7,500
12 Nov Benson & Hedges Trophy Spain Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez &
Spain Xonia Wunsch-Ruiz
281 (−7) 2 strokes England Carl Mason &
Scotland Gillian Stewart
11,700
each
Mixed-team event
(unofficial)[4]

Major championships in bold.

Order of Merit rankings

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Rank Player Prize money (£)
1 France Marie-Laure Taya 77,534
2 England Alison Nicholas 56,527
3 England Kitrina Douglas 48,534
4 England Suzanne Strudwick 41,966
5 Australia Dennise Hutton 41,541
6 Scotland Jane Connachan 38,227
7 United States Peggy Conley 36,876
8 Australia Corinne Dibnah 35,622
9 South Africa Laurette Maritz 33,978
10 Scotland Gillian Stewart 31,700

Source:[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Tour Guide 2010. Ladies European Tour. 2010. p. 192.
  2. ^ Past Tournament Winners, Ladies European Tour, GolfToday
  3. ^ Ladies European Tour - 1989 Winners
  4. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1990). World of Professional Golf 1990. Sackville. p. 488. ISBN 0948615389.
  5. ^ "Facit -89, Europa-touren, damer, Penningligan" [Season 1989, European Tour, Ladies, Money leaders]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 12. December 1989. p. 67. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
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