1950 LPGA Tour

1950 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 19, 1950 (1950-01-19) – October 21, 1950 (1950-10-21)
Number of official events15
Most wins8 – Babe Zaharias
Money leaderBabe Zaharias ($14,800)
1951 →

The 1950 LPGA Tour was the first official season of the LPGA Tour. The season ran from January 19 to October 21. It consisted of 15 official money events. Babe Zaharias won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $14,800.

The tournament results are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1950 season.[1] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold. Note that the LPGA recognizes several pre-1950 tournaments as official wins.

Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($)
Jan 22 Tampa Open Florida Polly Riley (a) (2*) 295 3,500
Mar 19 Titleholders Championship Georgia Babe Zaharias (11) 298 1,500 700
Apr 30 Pebble Beach Weathervane California Babe Zaharias (12) 158 3,000 750
May 7 Chicago Weathervane Illinois Louise Suggs (7) 160 3,000 750
May 14 Cleveland Weathervane Ohio Babe Zaharias (13) 145 3,000 750
May 21 New York Weathervane New York Louise Suggs (8) 155 3,000 750
May 21 144 Hole Weathervane various Babe Zaharias (14) 629 5,000 5,000
May 28 Eastern Open Massachusetts Patty Berg (14) 217 3,000 750
Jun 24 Women's Western Open Colorado Babe Zaharias (15) 5 & 3 500
Aug 8 All American Open Illinois Babe Zaharias (16) 296 2,733 900
Aug 13 World Championship Illinois Babe Zaharias (17) 293 4,025 2,000
Sep 23 Sunset Hills Open Georgia Patty Berg (15) 217 (+1) 3,000 750
Oct 1 U.S. Women's Open Kansas Babe Zaharias (18) 291 (−9) 5,000 1,250
Oct 13 Texas Women's Open Texas Beverly Hanson (a) (1*) 1 up
Oct 21 Hardscrabble Women's Invitational Arkansas Patty Berg (16) 2 up

(a) - amateur
* - non-member at time of win

References

  1. ^ "LPGA Tournament Chronology 1950-1959" (PDF). LPGA Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2010.
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