# 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).

## Tournaments

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