The 1979 Ladies European Tour was the inaugural season of golf tournaments organised by the Women's Professional Golfers' Association (WPGA), which later became the Ladies European Tour (LET).^[1] The tour was principally sponsored by Carlsberg, who organised 12 36-hole tournaments counting towards their own Order of Merit. There were six other tournaments on the schedule including the Women's British Open, organised by the Ladies' Golf Union.^[2][3]

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1979 Ladies European Tour season

Duration	April 1979 (1979-04) – October 1979 (1979-10)
Number of official events	18
Order of Merit	Cathy Panton
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The Order of Merit was won by Cathy Panton, who finished just 1.5 points ahead of Women's British Open winner, Alison Sheard. Sheard topped the money list with almost £5,000 in winnings, over £1,000 more than runner-up Jane Panter.^[4][5] The Carlsberg Order of Merit was won by Christine Langford, who won three of the twelve events and finished as runner-up in two others.^[6]

The table below shows the 1979 schedule.^[7] The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the Ladies European Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for members of the tour.^[8]

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Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)–up	Winner's share (£)	Ref
27 Apr	Carlsberg Championship – Tyrrells Wood	England	Mollie Anderson (1)	145 (+1)	3 strokes	Jane Chapman	200	[9]
4 May	Carlsberg Championship – Willingdon	England	Cathy Panton (1)	151 (+5)	1 stroke	Kärstin Ehrnlund Christine Langford	200	[10]
11 May	Carlsberg Championship – Long Ashton	England	Christine Langford (1)	73 (−2)[lower-alpha 1]	2 strokes	Kärstin Ehrnlund Vanessa Marvin	200	[11]
18 May	Carlsberg Championship – Baberton	Scotland	Joanna Smurthwaite (1)	147 (+1)	2 strokes	Jane Panter	200	[12]
25 May	Carlsberg Championship – Whitecraigs	Scotland	Christine Langford (2)	142 (−4)	4 strokes	Alison Sheard	200	[13]
1 Jun	Carlsberg Championship – Coventry	England	Jane Panter (1)	146 (−2)	1 stroke	Cathy Panton	200	[14]
8 Jun	Carlsberg Championship – South Staffs	England	Vanessa Marvin (1)	143 (−3)	5 strokes	Kärstin Ehrnlund	200	[15]
15 Jun	Carlsberg Championship – Ballater	Scotland	Beverly Huke (1)	146 (−2)	1 stroke	Jane Panter Muriel Thomson Mickey Walker	200	[16]
22 Jun	Carlsberg Championship – St Annes Old Links	England	Christine Langford (3)	148 (+2)	Playoff	Jenny Lee Smith	200	[17]
29 Jun	Carlsberg Championship – York	England	Mickey Walker (1)	140 (−2)	1 stroke	Alison Sheard	200	[18]
6 Jul	Carlsberg Championship – Sand Moor	England	Alison Sheard (1)	147 (+1)	3 strokes	Christine Langford Cathy Panton	200	[19]
13 Jul	Carlsberg Championship – Arcot Hall	England	Jenny Lee Smith (1)	140 (−2)	3 strokes	Muriel Thomson	200	[20]
28 Jul	Women's British Open	England	Alison Sheard (2)	301 (+5)	3 strokes	Mickey Walker	3,000	[21]
31 Aug	McEwan's Welsh Classic	Wales	Alison Sheard (3)	144 (+4)	1 stroke	Christine Trew	400	[22]
14 Sep	Hitachi Tournament	England	Christine Trew (1)	145 (−1)	3 strokes	Alison Sheard	400	[23]
22 Sep	State Express Tournament	Northern Ireland	Cathy Panton (2)	166 (+14)	Playoff	Amanda Middleton	800	[24]
29 Sep	WPGA European Championship	France	Susan Moon (1)	292	2 strokes	Irene Koehler		[25]
27 Oct	Lambert & Butler Matchplay	England	Jane Panter (2)	2 up		Muriel Thomson	2,000	[26]

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Major championship in bold.

The Order of Merit was based on a points system.^[4][5]

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Place	Player	Points	Money (£)	Events
1	Cathy Panton	846	2,495	18
2	Alison Sheard	844.5	4,965	13
3	Christine Langford	789.5	1,533	15
4	Jane Panter	770	3,830	18
5	Vanessa Marvin	740	2,434	18
6	Muriel Thomson	641	3,043	15
7	Christine Trew	624	1,955	15
8	Jenny Lee Smith	597.5	3,222	10
9	Jane Chapman	578.5	1,479	15
10	Amanda Middleton	574.5	1,861	17

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