The Ladies European Tour unveils its 2024 calendar which will see 31 tournaments in 20 countries. With a total prize fund of more than $34 million, 10% better than in 2023. Despite the disparities with the LPGA prize funds, the European Tour offers a calendar rich in diversity of destinations and great opportunities to qualify for major European tournaments.

The Ladies European Tour unveils its 2024 calendar

  The Ladies European Tour unveils its 2024 calendar ©Tristan Jones /LET

The Ladies European Tour (LET) revealed its schedule for the year 2024, which promises to be rich in events and trips for professional players. From February 8 to 11, the Kenya will host the first tournament of the season, followed by the very lucrative Saudi Ladies International (February 15-18), endowed with 5 million dollars.

Before joining Europe forAmundi German Masters (May 16-19), the European circuit will make stops on several continents, with stages in the United States, Australia, South Africa and even South Korea, where one of the five Aramco Team Series (May 8-10), an innovative team format.

The European season will be marked by four meetings in France: the Jabra Ladies Open (May 23-25), which will serve as qualification for theAmundi Evian Championship (July 11-14), the only Major contested in Europe; THE Paris Olympics (August 7-10), where the best golfers in the world will compete for the gold medal and the Lacoste Ladies French Open in Deauville (September 26-28), which will close the French tour.

La Solheim cup, the biennial competition between teams from Europe and the United States, will be the other highlight of the season, from September 13 to 15 in Sweden. The LET players will try to keep the trophy won in 2023 in Toledo, Ohio.

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The LET calendar will also include two other major tournaments: theAIG Women's Open, which will be played for the first time on the legendary course of St. Andrews, in Scotland (August 1-4); and the US Women's Open, organized at Pine Needles Golf Club, in North Carolina (May 30-June 2).

In total, more than 34 million dollars will be distributed in 2024 on the LET, an increase of 10% compared to 2023. But this sum is very unevenly distributed between the tournaments, since three of them (the Saudi Ladies International,Amundi Evian Championship and l'AIG Women's Open) total more than half of the total allocation.

The majority of LET members will not be able to participate in these lucrative events, reserved for the highest ranked players in the world. Conversely, ten tournaments will only offer 300 dollars, and 000 less than 16. A gap which illustrates the difficulties of the European circuit in attracting sponsors and the media, faced with competition from the LPGA Tour, the American circuit, more prestigious and more remunerative.

Despite these disparities, the LET shows its desire to develop and promote women's golf around the world. With 20 countries visited in 2024, the European circuit offers a diversity of destinations and cultures, as well as an opportunity to qualify for major international events. The LET hopes to attract new players and new fans and grow the game.

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