1987 Ladies European Tour

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).

1987 Ladies European Tour season
DurationMay 1987 (1987-05) – October 1987 (1987-10)
Number of official events24
Order of MeritScotland Dale Reid
1986
1988

Tournaments

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

Major championship in bold.

Order of Merit rankings

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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

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References

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  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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