1955 LPGA Tour

The 1955 LPGA Tour was the sixth season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 6 to October 9. The season consisted of 27 official money events. Patty Berg won the most tournaments, six. She also led the money list with earnings of $16,492.

The season saw the first winner from outside the United States, Fay Crocker from Uruguay. It also included the last of Babe Zaharias's 41 wins, she died the following year. The LPGA added a major championship to its schedule, the LPGA Championship, won by Beverly Hanson. Another major, the Women's Western Open, changed its format from match play to stroke play.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1955 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.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse ($)1st prize ($)
Jan 8Los Angeles OpenCaliforniaUnited States Louise Suggs (30)2245,0001,000
Jan 16Sea Island OpenGeorgiaUnited States Jackie Pung (3)1513,500700
Jan 23Tampa OpenFloridaUnited States Babe Zaharias (40)2985,0001,000
Feb 13St. Petersburg OpenFloridaUnited States Patty Berg (35)2925,0001,000
Feb 20Serbin OpenFloridaUruguay Fay Crocker (1)2965,0001,000
Feb 27Sarasota OpenFloridaUnited States Betty Jameson (10)2855,0001,000
Mar 6Jacksonville OpenFloridaUnited States Jackie Pung (4)2975,0001,000
Mar 13Titleholders ChampionshipGeorgiaUnited States Patty Berg (36)2925,0001,000
Apr 3Oklahoma City OpenOklahomaUnited States Louise Suggs (31)2295,0001,000
Apr 17Babe Zaharias OpenTexasUnited States Betty Jameson (11)2105,0001,000
Apr 23Carrollton OpenGeorgiaUnited States Betsy Rawls (18)2185,0001,000
May 1Peach Blossom OpenSouth CarolinaUnited States Babe Zaharias (41)2935,0001,000
May 28Wolverine OpenMichiganUruguay Fay Crocker (2)2915,0001,000
Jun 5Eastern OpenPennsylvaniaUnited States Louise Suggs (32)2915,0001,000
Jun 16Triangle Round RobinNew YorkUnited States Louise Suggs (33)+443,5001,500
Jun 26Women's Western OpenWisconsinUnited States Patty Berg (37)2925,0001,000
Jul 2U.S. Women's OpenKansasUruguay Fay Crocker (3)2997,5002,000
Jul 17LPGA ChampionshipIndianaUnited States Beverly Hanson (6)2206,0001,200
Jul 31Battle Creek OpenMichiganUnited States Beverly Hanson (7)2205,0001,000
Aug 7All American OpenIllinoisUnited States Patty Berg (38)3025,0001,000
Aug 14World ChampionshipIllinoisUnited States Patty Berg (39)29812,0005,000
Aug 23White Mountain OpenNew HampshireUnited States Betty Jameson (12)2184,000900
Aug 28Heart of America OpenMissouriUnited States Marilynn Smith (2)2204,500900
Sep 12St. Louis OpenMissouriUnited States Louise Suggs (34)2894,300900
Sep 18Mile High OpenColoradoUnited States Marilynn Smith (3)2215,000900
Sep 25Clock OpenCaliforniaUnited States Patty Berg (40)2884,500900
Oct 9Richmond OpenCaliforniaUnited States Betty Jameson (13)2205,000900

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerPatty Berg (2) United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)Patty Berg (2) United States

References

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