# 1996 Ladies European Tour

The 1996 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place in 1996. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

## Tournaments

The table below shows the 1996 schedule. 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.
| Date | Tournament | Venue | Location | Winner | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Note |
| 5 May | Women's Welsh Open | St Pierre Golf & Country Club | Wales | Lisa Hackney (1) | 289 | 1 stroke | Laura Navarro Anne-Marie Knight | |
| 11 May | Costa Azul Ladies Open | Troia and Aroeira GC | Portugal | Shani Waugh (1) | 214 | 2 strokes | Marie-Laure de Lorenzi Mary Grace Estuesta Helene Koch Aideen Rogers | |
| 9 Jun | Ford-Stimorol Danish Open | Vejle Golf Club | Denmark | Nadene Gole (1) | 209 | 2 strokes | Rachel Hetherington Anne-Marie Knight | |
| 16 Jun | Deesse Ladies' Swiss Open | Maison Blanche, Geneva | Switzerland | Sophie Gustafson (1) | 280 | 1 stroke | Lisa Hackney | |
| 22 Jun | Evian Masters | Evian Resort Golf Club | France | Laura Davies (23) | 274 | 4 strokes | Carin Koch | |
| 30 Jun | Glashütte Ladies' Austrian Open | Colony Club Gutenhof | Austria | Martina Koch (1) | 213 | 2 strokes | Lynnette Brooky | |
| 7 Jul | Hennessy Cup | Cologne | Germany | Helen Alfredsson (7) | 280 | Playoff | Liselotte Neumann Trish Johnson | |
| 28 Jul | Guardian Irish Open | Citywest GCC, Dublin | Ireland | Alison Nicholas (12) | 277 | 8 strokes | Trish Johnson | |
| 11 Aug | McDonald's WPGA Championship of Europe | Gleneagles | Scotland | Tina Fischer (1) | 278 | 1 stroke | Charlotta Sörenstam Trish Johnson | |
| 18 Aug | Weetabix Women's British Open | Woburn Golf and Country Club | England | Emilee Klein (1) | 277 | 7 strokes | Amy Alcott Penny Hammel | Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour |
| 25 Aug | Trygg Hansa Ladies' Open | Haninge GC, Stockholm | Sweden | Annika Sörenstam (3) | 279 | 1 stroke | Joanne Morley Alison Nicholas | |
| 1 Sep | Compaq Open | Örebro GC | Sweden | Federica Dassù (5) | 280 | Playoff | Helen Alfredsson Kathryn Marshall | |
| 8 Sep | Marks & Spencer European Open | Hanbury Manor | England | Trish Johnson (9) | 274 | 5 strokes | Pernilla Sterner Anne-Marie Knight | |
| 15 Sep | Wilkinson Sword Ladies' English Open | The Oxfordshire Golf Club | England | Laura Davies (24) | 273 | 4 strokes | Helen Alfredsson | |
| 29 Sep | Ladies German Open | Treudelberg GC, Hamburg | Germany | Joanne Morley (1) | 281 | 4 strokes | Maria Hjorth | |
| 13 Oct | Open de France Dames | Le Golf d'Arras | France | Trish Johnson (10) | 200 | 10 strokes | Raquel Carriedo-Tomás Fiona Pike | |
| 20 Oct | Italian Ladies' Open di Sicilia | Il Picciolo GC, Sicily | Italy | Laura Davies (25) | 282 | 3 strokes | Tina Fischer Fiona Pike | |
| 2 Nov | Open de España Femenino | La Manga | Spain | Caryn Louw (1) | 206 | 4 strokes | Assia Arruti | |
Major championships in bold.

## Order of Merit rankings

| Rank | Player | Money (£) |
| 1 | Laura Davies | 110,880 |
| 2 | Helen Alfredsson | 97,804 |
| 3 | Trish Johnson | 80,333 |
| 4 | Alison Nicholas | 69,878 |
| 5 | Lisa Hackney | 69,550 |
| 6 | Joanne Morley | 56,254 |
| 7 | Marie-Laure de Lorenzi | 56,026 |
| 8 | Tina Fischer | 47,585 |
| 9 | Federica Dassù | 40,631 |
| 10 | Laura Navarro | 36,791 |
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