1956 LPGA Tour

Golf tour season December 2024 March 2026 1956 LPGA Tour 1956 1 14 – 1956 10 21 25 5 USA Marlene Hagge Money leader USA Marlene Hagge Vare Trophy USA Patty Berg 1955 1957 The 1956 LPGA Tour was the seventh season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 14 to October 21. The season consisted of 25 official money events. Marlene Hagge won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $20,235. The season saw the first tournament outside United States, the Havana Open in Cuba. There were five first-time winners in 1956, Kathy Cornelius, Betty Dodd, Mary Lena Faulk, Mickey Wright, and Joyce Ziske. Wright would win 82 LPGA events in her career, second only to Kathy Whitworth's 88. The tournament results and award winners are listed below. Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1956 season.http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology50-59.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 1950-1959 LPGA https://web.archive.org/web/20100102110028/http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology50-59.pdf 2010-01-02 "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold. Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Jan 15 Sea Island Open Georgia USA Marlene Hagge (4) 152 3,000 630 Jan 22 Tampa Open Florida USA Betsy Rawls (19) 293 4,500 900 Feb 5 Havana Open Cuba USA Louise Suggs (35) 227 4,500 1,000 Feb 12 Serbin Open Florida URU Fay Crocker (4) 144 3,500 630 Feb 19 St. Petersburg Open Florida USA Kathy Cornelius (1) 287 5,000 900 Feb 26 Sarasota Open Florida USA Betsy Rawls (20) 291 5,000 1,000 Mar 5 Jacksonville Open Florida USA Mickey Wright (1) 294 4,500 900 Mar 11 Titleholders Championship Georgia USA Louise Suggs (36) 302 5,000 1,000 Apr 15 Babe Zaharias Open Texas USA Marlene Hagge (5) 219 4,000 900 Apr 22 Dallas Open Texas USA Patty Berg (41) 291 7,500 1,350 Apr 29 Peach Blossom Open South Carolina USA Betsy Rawls (21) 292 4,000 900 Jun 3 Pittsburgh Open Pennsylvania USA Marlene Hagge (6) 293 6,000 Jun 10 Triangle Round Robin Virginia USA Marlene Hagge (7) +50 10,000 2,000 Jun 24 LPGA Championship Michigan USA Marlene Hagge (8) 291 6,500 1,350 Jul 1 Women's Western Open Iowa USA Beverly Hanson (8) 304 5,000 1,000 Jul 8 Syracuse Open New York USA Joyce Ziske (1) 221 6,500 1,316 Jul 29 U.S. Women's Open Minnesota USA Kathy Cornelius (2) 302 6,000 1,500 Aug 5 All American Open Illinois USA Louise Suggs (37) 301 5,000 1,000 Aug 12 World Championship Illinois USA Marlene Hagge (9) 298 14,000 6,000 Aug 19 St. Louis Open Missouri URU Fay Crocker (5) 288 4,000 880 Aug 26 Denver Open Colorado USA Marlene Hagge (10) 284 4,000 800 Sep 16 Clock Open California USA Marlene Hagge (11) 292 4,500 900 Oct 7 Kansas City Open Missouri USA Mary Lena Faulk (1) 214 5,000 880 Oct 14 Arkansas Open Arkansas USA Patty Berg (42) 287 4,000 880 Oct 21 Lawton Open Oklahoma USA Betty Dodd (1) 214 4,000 880 Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Marlene Hagge 1912 Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Patty Berg (3) 1912 References External links LPGA Tour official site Category:LPGA Tour seasons LPGA Tour