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Thursday, December 20, 2007

TWENTY-EIGHT EVENTS, RECORD
PRIZE MONEY ON 2008 LADIES'
EUROPEAN TOUR

Ladies European Tour's executive director Alexandra Armas (pictured right) has revealed the 2008 LET schedule.
Next year the Tour will feature an unprecedented 28 events. It will also boast total prize money in excess of €12.3 million, which is the highest in the LET's 30-year history.
“The 2007 season has been a huge success with The Solheim Cup in Sweden and new events in Australia, Scotland, Madrid, India and Northern Ireland,” said Armas.
“In 2008 we continue to build our tournament schedule with a further five new events, higher prize money and yet more first rate tournament venues.”
The five new tournaments in 2008 are:
*The European Ladies' Golf Cup.
*The Turkish Ladies' Open.
*The Hypovereinsbank Ladies' German Open presented by Audi.
*The AIB Ladies Irish Open.
*The Göteberg Masters.
The inaugural European Ladies Golf Cup, from April 4-6, at La Sella Golf Resort in Spain, will be a team event featuring prize money of €300,000. The tournament will be organised and promoted by Deporte & Business, who also promote the successful Open de Espana Femenino and will be supported by the Spanish Golf Federation.
It will feature 24 teams of two players from qualifying countries, based on the previous year's New Star Money List and Rolex Women's World Rankings.
The inaugural Turkish Ladies Open, from May 8-11, Hypovereinsbank Ladies' German Open, from May 29-June 1 and Göteberg Masters, from September 18-21, will be full field stroke-play events with prize money of €250,000 each.
In addition, after a four-year absence, the AIB Ladies Irish Open will return to the 2008 schedule and will feature prize money of €450,000.
In 2008, six existing tournaments will change venue.

*The MFS Women's Australian Open will now be played at Kingston Heath Golf Club.
*The Ricoh Women's British Open returns to Sunningdale Golf Club.
*The Open de Espana Femenino returns to Panoramica Golf and Country Club.
*The Ladies English Open moves to The Oxfordshire Golf Club.
*The Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika, moves to Frösåker Golf Club.
*The SAS Masters takes place at Haga Golf Club in Norway.

Once again the Ladies European Tour season will be launched with the Women's World Cup of Golf on the Gary Player Course at Sun City, South Africa, from January 18-20. The season will conclude with the Dubai Ladies Masters, from December 11-14, on the highly acclaimed Majlis Course at Emirates Golf Club.

2008 LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR SCHEDULE
Prize funds in Euros
Jan 18 - 20 SOUTH AFRICA. Women's World Cup of Golf. Gary Player Country Club,
Sun City, Johannesburg (€ 979,599).
Jan 31 - 3 Feb AUSTRALIA. MFS Women’s Australian Open. Kingston Heath Golf Club,
Melbourne (€ 298,797).

Feb 7 - 10 AUSTRALIA. ANZ Ladies Masters. Royal Pines Resort, Gold Coast, Queensland (€ 358,726).

April 4 - 6 SPAIN. European Ladies Golf Cup. La Sella Golf Resort, Alicante (300,000).
April 17 - 20 SPAIN. Open de España Femenino. Panoramica Golf & Country
Club, San Jordi, Castellon (275,000).

May 2 - 4 SCOTLAND. Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open. De Vere Cameron House, The Carrick on Loch Lomond (200,000).
May 8 - 11 TURKEY. Turkish Ladies Open. National Golf Club, Belek, Antalya (250,000).
May 22 - 25 SWITZERLAND. Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open. Golf Gerre Losone, Ticino,
Switzerland (525,000).
May 29 - 1 June GERMANY. Hypovereinsbank Ladies German Open presented by Audi. Golfpark Gut Häusern, near Munich (250,000).

June 6 - 8 NETHERLANDS. KLM Ladies Open. Eindhovensche Golf, Valkenswaard, Holland
(250,000).
June 12 - 15 PORTUGAL. Ladies Open of Portugal. Venue tbc (200,000).
June 19 - 22 SPAIN. Tenerife Ladies Open. Venue tbc. (300,000).

July 4 - 6 ENGLAND. The Oxfordshire Ladies English Open. The Oxfordshire Golf Club,
Thame, Oxfordshire (165,000).
July 10 - 13 IRELAND. AIB Ladies Irish Open. Venue tbc (450,000).
July 17 - 20 ITALY. BMW Ladies Italian Open. Venue tbc (400,000).
July 24 - 27 FRANCE. EVIAN MASTERS. Evian Masters GC, Evian-Les-Bains, France (2,084,790).
July 31 - 3 Aug ENGLAND. RICOH WOMEN'S BRITISH OPEN. Sunningdale Golf Club, Berkshire (1,462,914).

Aug 7 - 10 SWEDEN. Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika. Frösåker G&CC, Västerås, Sweden (525,000).
Aug 14 - 17 WALES. S4C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe. Machynys Peninsula Golf &
Country Club, Carmarthenshire (487,682).
Aug 22 - 24 NORWAY. SAS Masters. Haga Golf Course, Oslo (200,000).
Aug 29 - 31 FINLAND. Finnair Masters. Helsinki Golf Club, Tali (200,000).

Sept 5 - 7 DENMARK. Tournament and venue tbc (200,000).
Sept 11 - 14 AUSTRIA. UNIQA Ladies Golf Open presented by Raiffeisen. Golfclub Föhrenwald, Vienna Neustadt (250,000).
Sept 18 - 21 SWEDEN. Göthenburg Masters. Lycke Golf Club (250,000).
Sept 25 - 28 FRANCE. Vediorbis Open de France Dames. Golf d'Arras, Nord-Pas de Calais (350,000).
To be confirmed: SPAIN Madrid Ladies Masters. Venue tbc (400,000).

Dec 3 - 6 INDIA. EMAAR-MGF Ladies Masters. Eagleton Golf Resort, Bidadi, Bangalore (200,000).
Dec 11 - 14 DUBAI. Dubai Ladies Masters. Emirates Golf Course (500,000).

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