# 1979 Ladies European Tour

The 1979 Ladies European Tour was the inaugural season of golf tournaments organised by the Women's Professional Golfers' Association (WPGA), which later became the Ladies European Tour (LET). The tour was principally sponsored by Carlsberg, who organised 12 36-hole tournaments counting towards their own Order of Merit. There were six other tournaments on the schedule including the Women's British Open, organised by the Ladies' Golf Union.
The Order of Merit was won by Cathy Panton, who finished just 1.5 points ahead of Women's British Open winner, Alison Sheard. Sheard topped the money list with almost £5,000 in winnings, over £1,000 more than runner-up Jane Panter. The Carlsberg Order of Merit was won by Christine Langford, who won three of the twelve events and finished as runner-up in two others.

## Tournaments

The table below shows the 1979 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 (£) |
| 27 Apr | Carlsberg Championship – Tyrrells Wood | England | Mollie Anderson (1) | 145 (+1) | 3 strokes | Jane Chapman | 200 |
| 4 May | Carlsberg Championship – Willingdon | England | Cathy Panton (1) | 151 (+5) | 1 stroke | Kärstin Ehrnlund Christine Langford | 200 |
| 11 May | Carlsberg Championship – Long Ashton | England | Christine Langford (1) | 73 (−2) | 2 strokes | Kärstin Ehrnlund Vanessa Marvin | 200 |
| 18 May | Carlsberg Championship – Baberton | Scotland | Joanna Smurthwaite (1) | 147 (+1) | 2 strokes | Jane Panter | 200 |
| 25 May | Carlsberg Championship – Whitecraigs | Scotland | Christine Langford (2) | 142 (−4) | 4 strokes | Alison Sheard | 200 |
| 1 Jun | Carlsberg Championship – Coventry | England | Jane Panter (1) | 146 (−2) | 1 stroke | Cathy Panton | 200 |
| 8 Jun | Carlsberg Championship – South Staffs | England | Vanessa Marvin (1) | 143 (−3) | 5 strokes | Kärstin Ehrnlund | 200 |
| 15 Jun | Carlsberg Championship – Ballater | Scotland | Beverly Huke (1) | 146 (−2) | 1 stroke | Jane Panter Muriel Thomson Mickey Walker | 200 |
| 22 Jun | Carlsberg Championship – St Annes Old Links | England | Christine Langford (3) | 148 (+2) | Playoff | Jenny Lee Smith | 200 |
| 29 Jun | Carlsberg Championship – York | England | Mickey Walker (1) | 140 (−2) | 1 stroke | Alison Sheard | 200 |
| 6 Jul | Carlsberg Championship – Sand Moor | England | Alison Sheard (1) | 147 (+1) | 3 strokes | Christine Langford Cathy Panton | 200 |
| 13 Jul | Carlsberg Championship – Arcot Hall | England | Jenny Lee Smith (1) | 140 (−2) | 3 strokes | Muriel Thomson | 200 |
| 28 Jul | Women's British Open | England | Alison Sheard (2) | 301 (+5) | 3 strokes | Mickey Walker | 3,000 |
| 31 Aug | McEwan's Welsh Classic | Wales | Alison Sheard (3) | 144 (+4) | 1 stroke | Christine Trew | 400 |
| 14 Sep | Hitachi Tournament | England | Christine Trew (1) | 145 (−1) | 3 strokes | Alison Sheard | 400 |
| 22 Sep | State Express Tournament | Northern Ireland | Cathy Panton (2) | 166 (+14) | Playoff | Amanda Middleton | 800 |
| 29 Sep | WPGA European Championship | France | Susan Moon (1) | 292 | 2 strokes | Irene Koehler | |
| 27 Oct | Lambert & Butler Matchplay | England | Jane Panter (2) | 2 up | 2 up | Muriel Thomson | 2,000 |
* ↑ Second round abandoned because of fog; tournament results based on first round scores.
Major championship in bold.

## Order of Merit and money list

The Order of Merit was based on a points system.
| Place | Player | Points | Money (£) | Events |
| 1 | Cathy Panton | 846 | 2,495 | 18 |
| 2 | Alison Sheard | 844.5 | 4,965 | 13 |
| 3 | Christine Langford | 789.5 | 1,533 | 15 |
| 4 | Jane Panter | 770 | 3,830 | 18 |
| 5 | Vanessa Marvin | 740 | 2,434 | 18 |
| 6 | Muriel Thomson | 641 | 3,043 | 15 |
| 7 | Christine Trew | 624 | 1,955 | 15 |
| 8 | Jenny Lee Smith | 597.5 | 3,222 | 10 |
| 9 | Jane Chapman | 578.5 | 1,479 | 15 |
| 10 | Amanda Middleton | 574.5 | 1,861 | 17 |