golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from January through December 2008. The tournaments were sanctioned by the
Ladies European Tour
The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1978. It is based at Buckinghamshire Golf Club near London in England. Like many UK-based sports organisations it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal stru ...
(LET).
The tour featured 28 official money events with prize money totalling more than €10.5 million, as well as the
Women's World Cup of Golf
The Women's World Cup of Golf was a professional golf tournament contested by teams of two female golfers representing their respective countries. The tournament was played in two incarnations, first in 2000 at Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort, Co ...
and the
European Ladies Golf Cup
The European Nations Cup was a professional team golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour that was held in Spain. It was played from 2008 to 2011, and was a stroke play
Stroke play, also known as medal play, is a scoring system in the sport of ...
.
Gwladys Nocera
Gwladys Nocera (born 22 May 1975) is a French professional golfer. She currently resides in Biarritz, France.
Amateur career
Nocera was born in Moulins, Allier. She had a successful amateur career. She finished runner up at the 1998 British La ...
won the Order of Merit with earnings of €391,839.58, ahead of
Helen Alfredsson
Helen Christine Alfredsson (born 9 April 1965) is a Swedish professional golfer who played primarily on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a life member of the Ladies European Tour. She won the LPGA major Nabisco Dinah Shore and twice finish ...
, who finished second despite only having played in three events.
Melissa Reid
Melissa Rose Reid (born 19 September 1987) is an English professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour.Major championships in bold.
Order of Merit rankings
See also
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2008 LPGA Tour
The 2008 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through December 2008. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf As ...
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2008 in golf
This article summarizes the highlights of professional and amateur golf in the year 2008.
Men's professional golf
Major championships
*10–13 April: The Masters - South African Trevor Immelman won his first major by a three-stroke margin.
*12†...
Ladies European Tour
The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1978. It is based at Buckinghamshire Golf Club near London in England. Like many UK-based sports organisations it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal stru ...
Ladies European Tour
The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1978. It is based at Buckinghamshire Golf Club near London in England. Like many UK-based sports organisations it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal stru ...