1950 LPGA Tour

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.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse ($)1st prize ($)
Jan 22Tampa OpenFloridaUnited States Polly Riley (a) (2*)2953,500
Mar 19Titleholders ChampionshipGeorgiaUnited States Babe Zaharias (11)2981,500700
Apr 30Pebble Beach WeathervaneCaliforniaUnited States Babe Zaharias (12)1583,000750
May 7Chicago WeathervaneIllinoisUnited States Louise Suggs (7)1603,000750
May 14Cleveland WeathervaneOhioUnited States Babe Zaharias (13)1453,000750
May 21New York WeathervaneNew YorkUnited States Louise Suggs (8)1553,000750
May 21144 Hole WeathervanevariousUnited States Babe Zaharias (14)6295,0005,000
May 28Eastern OpenMassachusettsUnited States Patty Berg (14)2173,000750
Jun 24Women's Western OpenColoradoUnited States Babe Zaharias (15)5 & 3500
Aug 8All American OpenIllinoisUnited States Babe Zaharias (16)2962,733900
Aug 13World ChampionshipIllinoisUnited States Babe Zaharias (17)2934,0252,000
Sep 23Sunset Hills OpenGeorgiaUnited States Patty Berg (15)217 (+1)3,000750
Oct 1U.S. Women's OpenKansasUnited States Babe Zaharias (18)291 (−9)5,0001,250
Oct 13Texas Women's OpenTexasUnited States Beverly Hanson (a) (1*)1 up
Oct 21Hardscrabble Women's InvitationalArkansasUnited States Patty Berg (16)2 up

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

References

  1. ↑ LPGA Tournament Chronology 1950-1959 Archived 2010-01-02 at the Wayback Machine.
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