1960 LPGA Tour

The 1960 LPGA Tour was the 11th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 15 to September 25. The season consisted of 23 official money events. Mickey Wright won the most tournaments, six. Louise Suggs led the money list with earnings of $16,892.

There were no first-time winners in 1960, the only season in LPGA history that this happened.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1960 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 17Sea Island OpenGeorgia Mickey Wright (14)2195,700997
Feb 14St. Petersburg OpenFlorida Beverly Hanson (17)2877,0001,247
Feb 21Lake Worth OpenFlorida Fay Crocker (10)2857,0001,247
Feb 28Tampa OpenFlorida Mickey Wright (15)2177,0001,247
Mar 13Titleholders ChampionshipGeorgia Fay Crocker (11)3036,0001,140
Mar 27Royal Crown OpenGeorgia Wiffi Smith (6)2987,6001,330
Apr 10Babe Zaharias OpenTexas Betsy Rawls (39)2116,0001,083
Apr 24Dallas Civitan OpenTexas Louise Suggs (47)2819,5001,662
May 7Betsy Rawls Peach Blossom OpenSouth Carolina Wiffi Smith (7)2125,500997
Jun 5Wolverine OpenMichigan Joyce Ziske (3)2997,5001,247
Jun 12Triangle Round RobinNew York Louise Suggs (48)+5912,0001,245
Jun 19Cosmopolitan OpenIllinois Betsy Rawls (40)2087,5001,247
Jun 26Women's Western OpenIllinois Joyce Ziske (4)3017,0001,247
Jul 4LPGA ChampionshipIndiana Mickey Wright (16)2928,5001,500
Jul 10Youngstown Kitchens Trumbull OpenOhio Louise Suggs (49)28811,0002,500
Jul 23U.S. Women's OpenMassachusetts Betsy Rawls (41)2927,2001,710
Jul 31American Women's OpenMinnesota Patty Berg (50)2927,0001,247
Aug 7Waterloo OpenIowa Wiffi Smith (8)2867,0001,247
Aug 21Asheville OpenNorth Carolina Betsy Rawls (42)2117,0001,247
Aug 27Grossinger OpenNew York Mickey Wright (17)2187,0001,247
Sep 1Eastern OpenPennsylvania Mickey Wright (18)2137,5001,247
Sep 18Memphis OpenTennessee Mickey Wright (19)2787,5001,247
Sep 25San Antonio CivitanTexas Louise Suggs (50)2156,5001,068

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerLouise Suggs (2) United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)Mickey Wright United States

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