1952 LPGA Tour

Golf tour season December 2024 March 2026 1952 LPGA Tour 1952 1 4 – 1952 10 28 24 8 USA Betsy Rawls Money leader USA Betsy Rawls 1951 1953 The 1952 LPGA Tour was the third season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 4 to October 28. The season consisted of 24 official money events. Betsy Rawls won the most tournaments, eight. Rawls led the money list with earnings of $14,505. There was only one first-time winner in 1952, Marlene Bauer. The tournament results are listed below. Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1952 season.http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology50-59.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 1950-1959 LPGA https://web.archive.org/web/20100102110028/http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology50-59.pdf 2010-01-02 "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold. Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Jan 6 Jacksonville Open Florida USA Louise Suggs (10) 277 3,000 750 Jan 20 Tampa Open Florida USA Louise Suggs (11) 293 3,500 1,000 Feb 17 Miami Weathervane Florida USA Babe Zaharias (28) 145 3,000 750 Mar 2 Sarasota Open Florida USA Marlene Bauer (1) 71 350 Mar 16 Titleholders Championship Georgia USA Babe Zaharias (29) 299 2,100 1,000 Mar 30 New Orleans Women's Open Louisiana USA Patty Berg (22) 299 3,925 1,000 Apr 12 Houston Weathervane Texas USA Betsy Rawls (3) 140 3,000 750 Apr 14 Corpus Christi Tournament Texas USA Betty Jameson (5) 74 375 Apr 28 Richmond Open California USA Patty Berg (23) 210 3,000 750 Apr 30 Stockton Open California USA Louise Suggs (12) 72 375 May 1 Bakersfield Open California USA Marlene Bauer (2) (tie)USA Betty Jameson (6)USA Betsy Rawls (4)USA Babe Zaharias (30) 74 225each May 4 Fresno Open California USA Babe Zaharias (31) 226 5,000 1,175 May 11 Seattle Weathervane Washington USA Betsy Rawls (5) 139 3,000 750 Jun 1 New York Weathervane New York USA Patty Berg (24) 148 3,000 750 Jun 4 Cross Country 144 Hole Weathervane various USA Betsy Rawls (6) 590 5,000 5,000 Jun 8 Eastern Women's Open Pennsylvania USA Betsy Rawls (7) 226 875 Jun 21 Women's Western Open Illinois USA Betsy Rawls (8) 1 up 5,000 1,000 Jun 29 U.S. Women's Open Pennsylvania USA Louise Suggs (13) 284 7,500 2,000 Aug 10 All American Open Illinois USA Louise Suggs (14) 300 2,550 1,000 Aug 17 World Championship Illinois USA Betty Jameson (7) 303 5,000 Sep 7 Carrollton Open Georgia USA Betsy Rawls (9) 214 (−2) 3,000 750 Sep 10 Thomasville Open Georgia USA Betsy Rawls (10) 74 375 Oct 19 Betty Jameson Open Texas USA Louise Suggs (15) 212 875 Oct 28 Women's Texas Open Texas USA Babe Zaharias (32) 7 & 6 300 References External links LPGA Tour official site Category:LPGA Tour seasons LPGA Tour