1961 LPGA Tour

Golf tour season December 2024 March 2026 1961 LPGA Tour 1961 2 9 – 1961 10 22 24 10 USA Mickey Wright Money leader USA Mickey Wright Vare Trophy USA Mickey Wright 1960 1962 The 1961 LPGA Tour was the 12th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 9 to October 22. The season consisted of 24 official money events. Mickey Wright won the most tournaments, 10. She also led the money list with earnings of $22,236. There was only one first-time winner in 1961, Judy Kimball. The tournament results and award winners are listed below. Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1961 season.http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology60-69.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969 LPGA https://web.archive.org/web/20110629124254/http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology60-69.pdf 2011-06-29 "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold. Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Feb 12 St. Petersburg Open Florida USA Mickey Wright (20) 279 7,500 1,247 Feb 14 Royal Poinciana Invitational Florida USA Louise Suggs (51) 156 4,000 1,200 Mar 12 Miami Open Florida USA Mickey Wright (21) 220 7,500 1,247 Mar 26 Golden Circle of Golf Festival Florida USA Louise Suggs (52) 293 7,500 1,247 Apr 16 Dallas Civitan Open Texas USA Louise Suggs (53) 291 9,500 1,662 Apr 23 Babe Zaharias Open Texas USA Mary Lena Faulk (4) 211 7,000 1,200 Apr 30 Titleholders Championship Georgia USA Mickey Wright (22) 299 7,000 1,200 May 7 Peach Blossom Open South Carolina USA Ruth Jessen (2) 212 7,000 1,083 May 14 Columbus Open Georgia USA Mickey Wright (23) 292 5,700 998 Jun 4 Women's Western Open Tennessee USA Mary Lena Faulk (5) 290 7,500 1,313 Jun 11 Triangle Round Robin New York USA Mary Lena Faulk (6) +35 8,000 1,100 Jun 18 Eastern Open Pennsylvania USA Mary Lena Faulk (7) 214 7,500 1,247 Jul 1 U.S. Women's Open New Jersey USA Mickey Wright (24) 293 8,000 1,800 Jul 16 Tippecanoe Open Indiana USA Kathy Cornelius (4) 204 5,700 997 Jul 23 Cosmopolitan Open Illinois USA Betsy Rawls (43) 213 7,500 1,247 Jul 30 American Women's Open Minnesota USA Judy Kimball (1) 295 7,500 1,247 Aug 6 Waterloo Open Iowa USA Mickey Wright (25) 286 7,500 1,247 Aug 13 Kansas City Open Kansas USA Louise Suggs (54) 295 7,500 1,247 Aug 27 Spokane Women's Open Washington USA Mickey Wright (26) 280 7,500 1,247 Sep 24 Sacramento Valley Open California USA Mickey Wright (27) 223 8,000 1,450 Oct 1 Mickey Wright Invitational California USA Mickey Wright (28) 290 8,000 1,450 Oct 8 Bill Brannin's Swing Parade New Mexico USA Betsy Rawls (44) 221 7,500 1,247 Oct 15 LPGA Championship Nevada USA Mickey Wright (29) 287 15,000 2,500 Oct 22 San Antonio Civitan Texas USA Louise Suggs (55) 212 7,500 1,247 Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Mickey Wright Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Mickey Wright (2) References External links LPGA Tour official site Category:LPGA Tour seasons LPGA Tour