1988 Ladies European Tour

The 1988 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place in 1988. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

1988 Ladies European Tour season

Duration	N/A
Number of official events	27
Order of Merit	Marie-Laure de Lorenzi-Taya
← 1987 1989 →

Tournaments

The table below shows the 1988 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
17 Apr	Marbella Ladies Open[4]	Spain	Laurette Maritz (1)	283 (−3)	3 strokes	Corinne Dibnah Dale Reid	9,000	[5]
30 Apr	Ford Ladies Classic[6]	England	Laura Davies (7)	292 (−4)	1 stroke	Corinne Dibnah	6,000	[7]
7 May	EMS Masters[8]	Portugal	Laurette Maritz (2)	213 (E)	3 strokes	Tania Abitbol Karen Lunn Alison Nicholas Marie Wennersten-From	7,500	[9]
15 May	Portuguese Ladies Open[10]	Portugal	Peggy Conley (2)	291	1 stroke	Corinne Dibnah	6,000	[11]
21 May	British Olivetti Tournament[12]	England	Alison Nicholas (3)	283 (−9)	1 stroke	Jane Connachan	4,500	[13]
29 May	BMW Ladies' German Open[14]	Germany	Liselotte Neumann (5)	290 (+2)	1 stroke	Marie-Laure de Lorenzi-Taya	9,000	[15]
5 Jun	Broadway Wirral Classic[16]	England	Beverley New	283 (−13)	3 strokes	Cathy Panton	4,500	[17]
12 Jun	Letting French Open[18]	France	Marie-Laure de Lorenzi-Taya (3)	290 (−2)	Playoff	Caroline Bourtayre	10,500	[19]
19 Jun	Volmac Dutch Open[20]	Netherlands	Marie-Laure de Lorenzi-Taya (4)	295	1 stroke	Kitrina Douglas	9,000	[21]
26 Jun	St Moritz Open[22]	Switzerland	Janice Arnold	285 (−3)	1 stroke	Cathy Panton	9,000	New tournament [23]
3 Jul	Birchgrey European Open[24]	England	Dale Reid (17)	283 (−9)	1 stroke	Alison Nicholas	9,000	[25][26]
10 Jul	Hennessy Cognac Ladies Cup[27]	France	Marie-Laure de Lorenzi-Taya (5)	284 (−4)	1 stroke	Alison Nicholas	11,250	[28]
23 Jul	Bloor Homes Eastleigh Classic[29]	England	Corinne Dibnah (5)	256 (−8)	1 stroke	Dennise Hutton Dana Lofland	6,000	[30]
31 Jul	Weetabix Women's British Open[31]	England	Corinne Dibnah (6)	295 (1)	Playoff	Sally Little	15,000	[26]
14 Aug	Danish Ladies Open[32]	Denmark	Florence Descampe (1)	285 (−3)	4 strokes	Peggy Conley Laura Davies Liselotte Neumann	9,000	New tournament [26]
21 Aug	Gothenburg Ladies Open[33]	Sweden	Marie-Laure de Lorenzi-Taya (6)	275 (−9)	3 strokes	Peggy Conley	9,000	[34]
28 Aug	Bowring Ladies Scottish Open[35]	Scotland	Cathy Panton (14)	293 (+1)	1 stroke	Debbie Dowling Maureen Garner Alison Nicholas	6,000	[36]
4 Sep	Variety Club Celebrity Classic[37]	England	Alison Nicholas (4)	204 (−12)	4 strokes	Dale Reid	6,500	[36]
11 Sep	Godiva Ladies European Masters[38]	Belgium	Karen Lunn (2)	276 (−16)	2 strokes	Marie-Laure de Lorenzi-Taya	15,000	[36]
18 Sep	Ladies Italian Open[39]	Italy	Laura Davies (8)	269 (−19)	9 strokes	Marie-Laure de Lorenzi-Taya	10,500	[36]
25 Sep	Toshiba Players Championship[40]	England	Dale Reid (18)	294 (+2)	Playoff	Peggy Conley	7,500	[36]
2 Oct	James Capel Guernsey Open[41]	Guernsey	Alison Nicholas (5)	274	2 strokes	Alison Sheard	6,000	[36]
9 Oct	Laing Ladies Classic[42]	England	Marie-Laure de Lorenzi-Taya (7)	203	7 strokes	Caroline Griffiths	6,000	[43]
16 Oct	Biarritz Ladies Open[44]	France	Laura Davies (9)	267 (−9)	1 stroke	Marie-Laure de Lorenzi-Taya	7,500	New tournament [43]
30 Oct	Woolmark Ladies Match Play Championship[45]	Spain	Marie-Laure de Lorenzi-Taya (8)	4 and 2		Alison Nicholas	10,000	Match play event [46]
3 Nov	Qualitair Spanish Open[47]	Spain	Marie-Laure de Lorenzi-Taya (9)	207 (−12)	4 strokes	Corinne Soules	6,000	[46]
13 Nov	Benson & Hedges Trophy[48]	Spain	Mark McNulty & Marie-Laure de Lorenzi-Taya	276 (−12)	1 stroke	José María Cañizares & Tania Abitbol		Mixed-team event (unofficial) [46][49]

Major championships in bold.

Order of Merit rankings

Rank	Player	Prize money (£)
1	Marie-Laure de Lorenzi-Taya	99,360
2	Alison Nicholas	76,400
3	Corinne Dibnah	66,900
4	Dale Reid	56,005
5	Peggy Conley	47,967
6	Karen Lunn	47,455
7	Cathy Panton	45,463
8	Laura Davies	41,871
9	Kitrina Douglas	37,879
10	Debbie Dowling	30,731

Source:^[50]

See also

• 1988 LPGA Tour

References

1. Tour Guide 2013. Ladies European Tour. 2013. p. 212.
2. Past Tournament Winners, Ladies European Tour, GolfToday
3. Ladies European Tour - 1988 Winners
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11. Johnson, Bill (16 May 1988). "Cathy finishes third". The Glasgow Herald. p. 10. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
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14. Mair, Lewine (30 May 1988). "Neumann's final 71 edges out de Taya". The Daily Telegraph. p. 21 – via newspapers.com.
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37. Mair, Lewine (5 September 1988). "Serious stuff for Nicholas". The Daily Telegraph. p. 34 – via newspapers.com.
38. Johnson, Bill (12 September 1988). "Taya tangle with trees lets in Lunn". The Daily Telegraph. p. 31 – via newspapers.com.
39. Johnson, Bill (19 September 1988). "Davies storms to victory on birdie note". The Daily Telegraph. p. 34 – via newspapers.com.
40. Mair, Lewine (26 September 1988). "Reid shrugs off injury problems". The Daily Telegraph. p. 38 – via newspapers.com.
41. Mair, Lewine (3 October 1988). "Confident Nicholas takes Guernsey title". The Daily Telegraph. p. 40 – via newspapers.com.
42. Mair, Lewine (10 October 1988). "De Taya earns success despite premature end". The Daily Telegraph. p. 43 – via newspapers.com.
43. "Tävling, WPG" [Competition, WPG]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 11. November 1988. pp. 85–86.
44. Mair, Lewine (17 October 1988). "Davies holds steady to take her fifth title". The Daily Telegraph. p. 35 – via newspapers.com.
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46. "Tävling, WPG" [Competition, WPG]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 12. December 1988. p. 42.
47. Mair, Lewine (4 November 1988). "De Taya has 68 to clinch seventh win". The Daily Telegraph. p. 35 – via newspapers.com.
48. Mair, Lewine (14 November 1988). "McNulty and de Taya held to narrow victory". The Daily Telegraph. p. 38 – via newspapers.com.
49. McCormack, Mark H. (1989). World of Professional Golf 1989. Collins Willow. p. 463. ISBN 000218284X.
50. "Facit -88, Europa-touren, damer, WPG" [Season 1988, European Tour, Ladies, WPG]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 12. December 1988. p. 67. Retrieved 21 September 2023.

External links

• Official site of the Ladies European Tour