1962 LPGA Tour

The 1962 LPGA Tour was the 13th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 19 to November 4. The season consisted of 29 official money events. Mickey Wright won the most tournaments, 10. She also led the money list with earnings of $21,641. The first Rookie of the Year was won by Mary Mills.

There were four first-time winners in 1962: Shirley Englehorn, Sandra Haynie, who would win 42 LPGA events, Murle Lindstrom, and Kathy Whitworth, who would win a record 88 LPGA events. The season saw the last wins of Louise Suggs (58 career wins) and Patty Berg (60). It also saw the first and only official win by a man, Sam Snead in the Royal Poinciana Plaza Invitational.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1962 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 21Sea Island Women's InvitationalGeorgiaUnited States Mickey Wright (30)2266,0001,000
Feb 7Royal Poinciana Plaza InvitationalFloridaUnited States Sam Snead (1)2114,5002,000
Feb 18St. Petersburg OpenFloridaUnited States Louise Suggs (56)2807,5001,200
Apr 22Sunshine OpenFloridaUnited States Marilynn Smith (6)2147,0001,200
Apr 29Titleholders ChampionshipGeorgiaUnited States Mickey Wright (31)2957,5001,330
May 6Peach Blossom OpenSouth CarolinaUnited States Mary Lena Faulk (8)2177,5001,100
May 13Women's Western OpenAlabamaUnited States Mickey Wright (32)2957,0001,200
May 20Muskogee Civitan OpenOklahomaUnited States Patty Berg (51)2907,0001,200
May 27Dallas Civitan OpenTexasUnited States Ruth Jessen (3)2929,3001,500
Jun 10Austin Civitan OpenTexasUnited States Sandra Haynie (1)2897,0001,200
Jun 17Cosmopolitan OpenIllinoisUnited States Sandra Haynie (2)2107,5001,200
Jun 24J.E. McAuliffe MemorialNew JerseyUnited States Betsy Rawls (45)295 (+3)8,0001,250
Jun 30U.S. Women's OpenSouth CarolinaUnited States Murle Lindstrom (1)3018,0001,800
Jul 8Kelly Girls OpenMarylandUnited States Kathy Whitworth (1)2157,5001,300
Jul 15Milwaukee OpenWisconsinUnited States Mickey Wright (33)28910,0001,350
Jul 22Lady Carling OpenMassachusettsUnited States Shirley Englehorn (1)22610,0001,450
Aug 5Waterloo OpenIowaUnited States Marilynn Smith (7)2797,5001,200
Aug 12Heart of America InvitationalKansasUnited States Mickey Wright (34)2867,5001,000
Aug 19Albuquerque Swing ParadeNew MexicoUnited States Mickey Wright (35)2197,5001,000
Aug 26Salt Lake City OpenUtahUnited States Mickey Wright (36)2927,0001,200
Sep 3Spokane OpenWashingtonUnited States Mickey Wright (37)2757,0001,200
Sep 9Eugene OpenOregonUnited States Shirley Englehorn (2)2927,5001,250
Sep 16Sacramento OpenCaliforniaUnited States Ruth Jessen (4)2187,5001,300
Sep 23Visalia OpenCaliforniaUnited States Mary Lena Faulk (9)2897,5001,350
Sep 30Mickey Wright InvitationalCaliforniaUnited States Mickey Wright (38)2865,0001,300
Oct 7LPGA ChampionshipNevadaUnited States Judy Kimball (2)28215,0002,300
Oct 14Phoenix Thunderbird OpenArizonaUnited States Kathy Whitworth (2)2138,4001,350
Oct 21Carlsbad Cavern OpenNew MexicoUnited States Mickey Wright (39)2197,0001,200
Nov 4San Antonio CivitanTexasUnited States Murle Lindstrom (2)2157,0001,200

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerMickey Wright (2) United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)Mickey Wright (3) United States
Rookie of the YearMary Mills United States

References

  1. ↑ LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969 Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine.
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