LET Access Series

The LET Access Series (LETAS) is a professional golf tour for women and the official development tour to the Ladies European Tour.

LET Access Series
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 LET Access Series
SportGolf
Founded2010
CountryBased in Europe.
Tournaments held in:
 Belgium
 Czech Republic
 Denmark
 England
 Finland
 France
 Germany
 Greece
 Italy
 Norway
 Portugal
 Scotland
 Spain
 Sweden
 Switzerland
 Turkey
 Ukraine
Most recent
champion(s)
Denmark Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen (2023 Order of Merit winner)
Most titles4 (tie):
Czech Republic Sára Kousková
Sweden Emma Nilsson
Related
competitions
Ladies European Tour
Official websiteLETAccess.com

Launched in 2010, the LET Access Series provides players with an opportunity to compete and progress on to the LET. Eligible for membership are all female professional golfers and amateurs over 18 with a handicap of 2 or better.[1]

Women's World Golf Rankings

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As one of the eight major women's tours (along with LPGA, JLPGA, KLPGA, LET, ALPG, Symetra Tour and China LPGA Tour) performances on LETAS carry Women's World Golf Rankings points.

Seasons and results

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Past tour schedules

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By 2014 over 250 professionals and 200 amateurs competed. The season consisted of 16 tournaments in 12 countries with prize funds of €30,000 – €50,000, and saw 11 winners from 8 countries. In 2020, a number of tournaments were postponed or cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

YearRanking
tournaments
Total purse (€)
202319857,500
202220890,000
202114552,500
20208332,500
2019201,032,000
201813590,000
201713500,000
201615525,000
201515510,000
201416525,000
201315432,500
201213320,000
20117175,000
20105125,000

Source:[3]

Order of Merit and Award winners

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The top six players on the LETAS Order of Merit earn LET membership for the Ladies European Tour. Players finishing in positions 7–20 get to skip the first stage of the qualifying event and automatically progress to the final stage of the Lalla Aicha Tour School.[4]

SeasonOrder of Merit winnerRookie of the Year
2023 Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen
2022 Sára Kousková Sára Kousková
2021 Lily May Humphreys Lily May Humphreys
2020 Tiia Koivisto Cara Gainer
2019 Hayley Davis Laura Gómez Ruiz
2018 Emma Nilsson Emie Peronnin
2017 Meghan MacLaren Natasha Fear
2016 Sarah Schobern/a
2015 Olivia Cowan
2014 Emma Westin
2013 Mireia Prat
2012 Pamela Pretswell
2011 Marieke Nivard
2010 Caroline Afonso

Source:[4][5]

Multiple winners

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Winners of three or more LETAS events, ordered chronologically.

PlayerNumber of winsWinning span
Emma Nilsson420142018
Sára Kousková20212022
Caroline Afonso320102012
Emma Westin2014
Olivia Cowan2015
Valentine Derrey20142017
Carly Booth20122019
Tonje Daffinrud20142019
Manon De Roey20182019
Sanna Nuutinen20162020
Luna Sobrón20162020
Rachael Goodall20182021
Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen2023

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "About LET Access Series". Ladies European Tour.
  2. ^ "Terre Blanche Ladies Open 2020 – Postponement". LET Accsess Series. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Tournaments". LETAS. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Order of Merit". LETAS. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Rookie of the Year". LETAS. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
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