# 2012 Ladies European Tour

The 2012 Ladies European Tour was the 34th season of the Ladies European Tour (LET), a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world, which took place from February through December 2013.
The tour featured 24 official money events. Carlota Ciganda, a rookie, won the Order of Merit. She was also named Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year.

## Changes for 2012

The season was the first since 1983 not to include an event in the Nordic countries. The South African Women's Open was included for the first time, while the Ladies Open of Portugal was dropped from the schedule, having been a fixture since 2002. The Ladies British Masters, not played since 2001, was re-introduced, now with ISPS Handa as title sponsor.
The European Nations Cup was succeeded as team event by the World Ladies Championship.

## Schedule

The numbers in brackets after the winners' names indicate the career wins on the Ladies European Tour, including that event, and is only shown for members of the tour.

### Key

* Major championships
* LET majors in bold
* Regular events
* Team championships
| Dates | Tournament | Host country | Winner | WWGR points | Purse (€) | Notes |
| 5 Feb | Gold Coast RACV Australian Ladies Masters | Australia | Christel Boeljon (2) | 15.5 | A$500,000 | Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour |
| 12 Feb | ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open | Australia | Jessica Korda (n/a) | 43 | $1,100,000 | Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour and the LPGA Tour |
| 19 Feb | ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open | New Zealand | Lindsey Wright (n/a) | 16 | 200,000 | Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour |
| 4 Mar | World Ladies Championship | China | Shanshan Feng (n/a) - individual Shanshan Feng and Liying Ye - team | 16 | $500,000 | |
| 25 Mar | Lalla Meryem Cup | Morocco | Karen Lunn (10) | 16 | 325,000 | |
| 5 May | Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open | Scotland | Carly Booth (1) | 16 | £183,000 | |
| 13 May | Turkish Airlines Ladies Open | Turkey | Christel Boeljon (3) | 16 | 250,000 | |
| 27 May | UniCredit Ladies German Open | Germany | Anne-Lise Caudal (2) | 16 | 350,000 | |
| 3 Jun | Deloitte Ladies Open | Netherlands | Carlota Ciganda (1) | 15 | 250,000 | |
| 10 Jun | Allianz Ladies Slovak Open | Slovakia | Line Vedel (1) | 15 | 225,000 | |
| 17 Jun | Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open | Switzerland | Carly Booth (2) | 15 | 525,000 | |
| 24 Jun | Raiffeisenbank Prague Golf Masters | Czech Republic | Melissa Reid (4) | 15 | 250,000 | |
| 15 Jul | South African Women's Open | South Africa | Caroline Masson (1) | 15 | 260,000 | |
| 29 Jul | Evian Masters | France | Inbee Park (n/a) | 68 | $3,250,000 | Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour |
| 5 Aug | Ladies Irish Open | Ireland | Catriona Matthew (5) | 18.5 | 350,000 | |
| 18 Aug | ISPS Handa Ladies British Masters | England | Lydia Hall (1) | 15 | £300,000 | |
| 9 Sep | UNIQA Ladies Golf Open | Austria | Caroline Hedwall (5) | 15 | 200,000 | |
| 16 Sep | Ricoh Women's British Open | England | Jiyai Shin (n/a) | 100 | $2,500,000 | Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour |
| 23 Sep | Tenerife Open de España Femenino | Spain | Stacey Keating (1) | 15 | 350,000 | |
| 7 Oct | Lacoste Ladies Open de France | France | Stacey Keating (2) | 15 | 250,000 | |
| 28 Oct | China Suzhou Taihu Open | China | Carlota Ciganda (2) | 15 | 350,000 | Co-sanctioned by the LAGT |
| 4 Nov | Sanya Ladies Open | China | Cassandra Kirkland (1) | 15 | 250,000 | Co-sanctioned by the LAGT |
| 2 Dec | Hero Women's Indian Open | India | Pornanong Phatlum (1) | 15 | $300,000 | Co-sanctioned by the LAGT |
| 8 Dec | Omega Dubai Ladies Masters | U.A.E. | Shanshan Feng (n/a) | 18.5 | 500,000 | |

## Order of Merit rankings

| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings (€) |
| 1 | Carlota Ciganda | Spain | 251,290 |
| 2 | Caroline Masson | Germany | 241,831 |
| 3 | Shanshan Feng | China | 202,148 |
| 4 | Julieta Granada | Paraguay | 164,042 |
| 5 | Carly Booth | Scotland | 164,020 |
| 6 | Stacey Keating | Australia | 159,782 |
| 7 | Lee-Anne Pace | South Africa | 159,617 |
| 8 | Diana Luna | Italy | 150,477 |
| 9 | Laura Davies | England | 130,293 |
| 10 | Trish Johnson | England | 124,438 |
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