1953 LPGA Tour

Golf tour season December 2024 March 2026 1953 LPGA Tour 1953 1 15 – 1953 10 18 25 9 USA Louise Suggs Money leader USA Louise Suggs Vare Trophy USA Patty Berg 1952 1954 The 1953 LPGA Tour was the fourth season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 15 to October 18. The season consisted of 25 official money events. Louise Suggs won the most tournaments, nine. She also led the money list with earnings of $19,816. This season also saw the introduction of the Vare Trophy for the lowest scoring average, won by Patty Berg. There was only one first-time winner in 1953, Jackie Pung. The tournament results and award winners are listed below. Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1953 season.http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology50-59.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 1950-1959 LPGA https://web.archive.org/web/20100102110028/http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology50-59.pdf 2010-01-02 "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold. Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Jan 18 Tampa Open Florida USA Louise Suggs (16) 288 5,000 1,250 Feb 8 Serbin Miami Beach Open Florida USA Betty Jameson (8) 222 5,000 875 Feb 14 Boca Raton Weathervane Florida USA Beverly Hanson (3) 148 3,000 750 Mar 1 Sarasota Open Florida USA Babe Zaharias (33) 217 3,517 875 Mar 8 Jacksonville Open Florida USA Patty Berg (25) 214 875 Mar 15 Titleholders Championship Georgia USA Patty Berg (26) 294 2,200 1,000 Mar 22 Betsy Rawls Open South Carolina USA Louise Suggs (17) 216 3,500 875 Mar 29 New Orleans Women's Open Louisiana USA Patty Berg (27) 227 3,500 875 Apr 5 Babe Zaharias Open Texas USA Babe Zaharias (34) 217 875 Apr 12 Phoenix Weathervane Arizona USA Patty Berg (28) (tie)USA Louise Suggs (18) 148 3,000 Apr 16 Palm Springs Open California USA Jackie Pung (1) 145 3,000 750 Apr 19 San Diego Open California USA Louise Suggs (19) 144 3,500 750 Apr 26 Bakersfield Open California USA Louise Suggs (20) 149 3,500 875 May 3 San Francisco Weathervane California USA Louise Suggs (21) 149 3,000 750 May 10 Barbara Romack Open California USA Betsy Rawls (11) 145 3,236 875 May 17 Reno Open Nevada USA Patty Berg (29) 151 3,500 875 May 31 Philadelphia Weathervane Pennsylvania USA Louise Suggs (22) 146 3,000 750 May 31 144 Hole Weathervane various USA Louise Suggs (23) 593 5,000 5,000 Jun 7 Eastern Open Pennsylvania USA Betsy Rawls (12) 293 5,000 1,250 Jun 20 Women's Western Open Georgia USA Louise Suggs (24) 6 & 5 1,000 Jun 28 U.S. Women's Open New York USA Betsy Rawls (13) 302 7,500 2,000 Jul 5 Triangle Round Robin New Jersey USA Jackie Pung (2) +38 7,500 1,500 Aug 3 All American Open Illinois USA Patty Berg (30) 308 1,000 Aug 9 World Championship Illinois USA Patty Berg (31) 300 12,000 5,000 Oct 18 Fort Worth Open Texas USA Betsy Rawls (14) 5 & 4 1,500 500 Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Louise Suggs 1912 Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Patty Berg 1912 References External links LPGA Tour official site Category:LPGA Tour seasons LPGA Tour