1954 LPGA Tour

1954 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 15, 1954 (1954-01-15) – October 31, 1954 (1954-10-31)
Number of official events21
Most wins5 Louise Suggs and Babe Zaharias
Money leader Patty Berg
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1955 →

The 1954 LPGA Tour was the fifth season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 15 to October 31. The season consisted of 21 official money events. Louise Suggs and Babe Zaharias won the most tournaments, five each. Patty Berg led the money list with earnings of $16,011.

There was only one first-time winner in 1954, Marilynn Smith.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1954 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.

Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($)
Jan 17 Sea Island Open Georgia Louise Suggs (25) 231 3,500 875
Jan 24 Tampa Women's Open Florida Betsy Rawls (15) 311 5,000 1,200
Feb 14 St. Petersburg Open Florida Beverly Hanson (4) 216 3,500 875
Feb 20 Serbin Open Florida Babe Zaharias (35) 294 5,000 1,200
Mar 7 Sarasota Open Florida Babe Zaharias (36) 223 3,500 875
Mar 14 Titleholders Championship Georgia Louise Suggs (26) 293 3,000 1,000
Mar 28 Betsy Rawls Open South Carolina Louise Suggs (27) 220 3,500 875
Apr 4 Carrollton Georgia Open Georgia Louise Suggs (28) 218 3,500 875
Apr 11 New Orleans Open Louisiana Marlene Bauer (3) 297 5,000 1,200
Apr 18 Babe Zaharias Open Texas Louise Suggs (29) 224 3,500 700
May 16 Damon Runyon Cancer Fund Tournament Maryland Babe Zaharias (37) 299 5,000 1,000
Jun 5 Triangle Round Robin Virginia Patty Berg (32) +73 7,000 1,500
Jun 15 Women's Western Open Illinois Betty Jameson (9) 6 & 5 3,000 1,375
Jul 3 U.S. Women's Open Massachusetts Babe Zaharias (38) 291 7,500 2,000
Jul 25 Fort Wayne Open Indiana Marilynn Smith (1) 216 3,500 700
Aug 6 All American Open Illinois Babe Zaharias (39) 294 1,000
Aug 13 World Championship Illinois Patty Berg (33) 298 12,000 5,000
Sep 12 St. Louis Open Missouri Betsy Rawls (16) 211 3,500 700
Sep 19 Wichita Open Kansas Beverly Hanson (5) 295 5,000 1,000
Sep 26 Ardmore Open Oklahoma Patty Berg (34) 299 5,000 1,816
Oct 31 Texas Open Texas Betsy Rawls (17) 1 up 700

Awards

Award Winner Country
Money winner Patty Berg  United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Babe Zaharias  United States

References

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