December 20, 2024, 6:00 pm – Sponsorships and Events – This story was updated on Saturday, December 21, 2024
The Ladies European Tour has announced its 2025 season schedule. New events will be held in Australia, Tenerife and Belgium, with a total of 30 events spread across 20 countries.
The total prize money next year will reach 39 million euros, with multiple new venues and events to be confirmed early next year.
In March, the inaugural WPGA Australia Championship will launch as a three-week joint event between the LET and the WPGA Australasian Tour. In June, the Tour will welcome two new locations, returning to Abama Golf in Tenerife after a 10-year absence from June 5-8. Then, next week, the PGA Tour will head to a new venue in Huruncourt, where it last visited in 2023, for the Huruncourt Women's Open in Belgium.
In 2025, Saudi Golf will continue its commitment to the women's game, increasing the total prize money for the Aramco Series offered by PIF events by US$3 million from 2024, to a total of US$13 million. Prize money for the major event in Riyadh will remain at $5 million, and prize money for the series' other four global events will be doubled to $2 million each.
“We are delighted that our global tour will have an impact on five continents and provide our players with even more competitive opportunities in 2025,” said LET chief executive Alexandra Armas. “Our outstanding elite female athletes are at the forefront of the game. At the highest level, we also have incredible emerging talent from LETAS and Lalla Aicha Qualifying Schools this year, with our tour bringing in a net sponsorship value of $30,000 and 30,000 hours of TV coverage for us. There is strong interest in hosting events in 2025 and it is possible that more events will be added to next year's schedule. We hope the additional tournaments will bring more visibility, a global audience and more opportunities for our players to thank. We look forward to a fantastic season next year for the continued support of our tour sponsors, partners and event promoters as we grow the women’s game.
The season will kick off in February with the Lalla Meryem Cup at the Royal Golf Club Dar es Salaam in Rabat, Morocco, before heading to Saudi Arabia for the Aramco Series presented by PIF – Riyadh race.
It was announced last month that the LET will return to Australia in March 2025 to host a three-week WPGA Australia Tour event. March will kick off with the Australian WPGA Championship at Sanctuary Golf Club on the Gold Coast, then head more than 200 miles south to Coffs Harbor Golf Club for the Australian Women's Classic, concluding with three weeks of back-to-back events in Wollongong. South Wales Open Golf Club.
The tour returns to South Africa in April for the two-week Joburg Women's Open, where Chiara Tamburlini scored her first LET success with a stellar performance. 2025 will be the event's fourth consecutive year at Modderfontein Golf Club, before heading to Erinvale Country and Golf Estate on the south coast for the Investec South African Women's Open.
In May, LET will travel to South Korea to compete in the Saudi Aramco Series hosted by PIF – Seoul, followed by the first event in Europe this year, the Dutch Women’s Open. The tournament will be played at the Goyer Golf and Country Club, a new venue on the edge of Gooi between Randstad, before the Jabra Women's Open returns to France's prestigious Evian Resort Golf Club. Evian Resort Golf Club).
June will mark the halfway point of the season, with the Tenerife Women's Open, Hurungu Women's Open, Tipsport Czech Women's Open and Amundi German Masters taking place at the Green Eagle Golf Course in the same month.
In July, LET traveled to Ireland to compete in the KPMG Women's Irish Open, followed by the Amondi-Evian Championship in France. The tour then continues to the home of golf, Scotland, where Dundonald Links will host the ISPS HANDA Women's Scottish Open.
Next up, the AIG Women's Open will be held at Royal Porthcawl on the Welsh coast, before heading to England for the Aramco Series at PIF London, before heading to Sweden for the Hills Open to round out August's events.
Then, in September when the Solheim Cup is off, LET will head to the fourth Saudi Aramco Series hosted by PIF, and then compete in the VP Bank Swiss Women's Open, La Serra Open and the French Crocodile Open.
The autumn schedule includes the Andalusia Costa del Sol Open hosted by OYSHO, Hero Women's India Open and Taiwan Wistron Women's Open, as well as the Aramco Series hosted by PIF Shenzhen in November.
In 2025, at least 21 events will be televised via highlights or full live broadcast.
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