A record schedule was announced by the Ladies European Tour in 2003, with no less than 30 tournaments played in 21 different countries for an overall prize pool of 35 million euros.

Ladies European Tour: a record calendar for 2023

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The $5 million Aramco Saudi Ladies International Tournament, presented by the public investment fund, will offer the biggest prize pool outside of LET's major tournaments. 12 tournaments will feature at least $1 million, including the all-new La Sella Open.

The Lalla Meryem Cup and the Helsingborg Open are returning and the 2023 Solheim Cup will be played in Spain.

The Ladies European Tour will continue to develop women's golf around the world in 2023 and its players will compete for a record total prize pool of no less than 35 million euros.

 “Thanks to our partners, promoters, host sites and fans, 2023 is going to be an incredibly exciting year for the LET” , said the CEO Alexandra Armas.

"This year's Race to Costa del Sol showcased the exceptional skills of our players and there will be even more visible opportunities for our role models to shine next year, with more total wins than ever before in our story. The LET has grown rapidly over the past three years and we were oversubscribed for our recent qualifying school, demonstrating the record level of interest. The LET now provides a platform for women to build a successful career and achieve their dreams in professional golf. We will continue to work hard to elevate this sport in Europe and around the world. " 

The 2023 global calendar will take the LET to 21 different countries, starting with the Magical Kenya Ladies Open, which will be played for the third time on the Baobab Course at Vipingo Ridge in Kenya in the first week of February.

The LET then returns to Morocco for the first time since 2019 for the Lalla Meryem Cup, which will be played on the Blue Course of the Royal Golf Dar Es Salam at the same time as the PGA TOUR Champions contest the Hassan II Trophy on the Red Course of the same site.

The Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by the Public Investment Fund (PIF) will bring together the highest number of participants in its history at the Royal Greens Golf and Country Club, including 60 LET players and 50 Rolex Top 300 players Women's World Golf Rankings, after the tournament announced its commitment to women's golf by raising the prize pool to $5 million.

Next stop is South Africa, which will host two events in March, the Joburg Ladies Open at Modderfontein Golf Club and the Investec South African Women's Open at Steenberg Golf Club in Cape Town.

The first of five Aramco Team Series events worth $1 million will then take place in Singapore, followed by two more events in Asia.

The LET will return to Europe in May for the Jabra Ladies Open which will be contested at the legendary Champions Course at the Evian Resort Golf Club in France, followed by the second Aramco Team Series event at Trump International, West Palm Beach, Florida.

After a successful launch in 2022, the Mithra Belgian Ladies Open will once again be played at Naxhelet Golf Club, then in June the Helsingborg Open will return to the program for the first time since 2015 and will be played at Allerum Golf Club.

Staying in Sweden, LET will travel to Ullna Golf Club for the Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed, where players will attempt to follow in the footsteps of Linn Grant, who earlier this year became the first woman to win a DP World event. Round with a nine-stroke victory over a mixed field in the co-sanctioned tournament.

From there, the LET will travel to Berlin for the Amundi German Masters at Seddiner See Golf Club, followed by the Tipsport Czech Ladies Open at Beroun Golf Club, then the Ladies Open by Pickala, at Pickala Golf in Helsinki, Finland.

In mid-July, the third event of the Aramco Team Series will once again be played at the Centurion Club, near London.

In the third week of July, the million-euro La Sella Open will debut on the schedule at La Sella Golf in Alicante, Spain.

In July and August, the Tour will participate in four tournaments co-sanctioned with the LPGA, starting in France with the $6,5 million Amundi Evian Championship, the first Major on the LET calendar, followed by the Trust Golf Women's Scottish Open 2 million dollars, the AIG Women's Open with 7,3 million dollars in prize money, the second major championship in Europe, which will be played at Walton Heath in England, and finally the ISPS Handa World Invitational (1,5 million) presented by AVIV Clinics, Northern Ireland, before returning to Dromoland Castle in Ireland for the second KPMG Women's Irish Open.

At the beginning of September, the Hilversumsche Golf Club in the Netherlands will host the Big Green Egg Open, then the VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open will once again be played at the picturesque Golfpark Holzhausern.

From September 22 to 24, the Solheim Cup, which pits the top 12 players from the United States against the top 12 players from Europe, will take place at the beautiful course of Finca Cortesin, Andalusia (Spain), where the European team will try to achieve the triple. Golf enthusiasts are getting ready for what will be the unmissable event of the year.

The Lacoste Ladies Open de France will then return to Golf Barrière in Deauville, before the fourth Aramco Team Series event in Asia in October.

The Hero Women's Indian Open at DLF Golf and Country Club, Gurgaon will precede the fifth Aramco Team Series event, in Riyadh, in early November.

Finally, the 2023 season will end with the Spanish Open Andalucía Costa del Sol at the Real Club de Golf Las Brisas, in Marbella, where the winner of the Race to Costa del Sol will be crowned.

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