1959 LPGA Tour

Golf tour season December 2024 March 2026 December 2021 1959 LPGA Tour 1959 1 11 – 1959 9 26 29 10 USA Betsy Rawls Money leader USA Betsy Rawls Vare Trophy USA Betsy Rawls 1958 1960 The 1959 LPGA Tour was the 10th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 11 to September 26. The season consisted of 29 official money events. Betsy Rawls won the most tournaments, 10. She also led the money list with earnings of $26,774. There was only one first-time winner in 1959, Ruth Jessen. The tournament results and award winners are listed below. Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1959 season.http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology50-59.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 1950-1959 LPGA https://web.archive.org/web/20100102110028/http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology50-59.pdf January 2, 2010 "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold. Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Jan 13 Mayfair Open Florida USA Marlene Hagge (16) 225 4,750 831 Jan 18 Tampa Open Florida USA Ruth Jessen (1) 301 7,500 1,247 Feb 1 MAGA Pro-Am Florida USA Wiffi Smith (4) 220 5,000 697 Feb 15 St. Petersburg Open Florida USA Louise Suggs (44) 282 7,500 1,247 Feb 22 Lake Worth Open Florida USA Betsy Rawls (29) 285 7,500 1,247 Mar 1 Golden Triangle Festival Florida USA Beverly Hanson (13) 146 3,500 475 Mar 8 Jacksonville Open Florida USA Mickey Wright (10) 286 5,710 997 Mar 15 Titleholders Championship Georgia USA Louise Suggs (45) 297 5,000 1,000 Mar 23 Royal Crown Open Georgia USA Betsy Rawls (30) 294 5,747 997 Apr 12 Babe Zaharias Open Texas USA Betsy Rawls (31) 215 5,500 997 Apr 19 Dallas Civitan Open Texas USA Louise Suggs (46) 287 10,000 1,662 Apr 26 Betsy Rawls Open South Carolina USA Wiffi Smith (5) 211 5,629 997 May 3 Land of the Sky Open North Carolina USA Betsy Rawls (32) 215 5,000 997 May 10 Howard Johnson Invitational North Carolina USA Joyce Ziske (2) 210 5,000 997 May 31 Cavalier Open Virginia USA Mickey Wright (11) 207 5,500 997 Jun 7 Triangle Round Robin New Jersey USA Betsy Rawls (33) +62 9,000 1,425 Jun 14 American Women's Open Minnesota USA Beverly Hanson (14) 297 7,000 1,247 Jun 27 U.S. Women's Open Pennsylvania USA Mickey Wright (12) 287 7,200 1,800 Jul 6 LPGA Championship Indiana USA Betsy Rawls (34) 288 7,500 1,247 Jul 9 Hoosier Open Indiana USA Marlene Hagge (17) 141 4,000 700 Jul 19 Alliance Machine International Open Ohio USA Mickey Wright (13) 291 10,000 2,090 Jul 26 Mt. Prospect Open Illinois USA Betsy Rawls (35) 291 20,000 6,175 Aug 16 Women's Western Open Washington USA Betsy Rawls (36) 293 7,000 1,247 Aug 23 Spokane Open Washington USA Beverly Hanson (15) 287 7,500 1,247 Aug 31 Waterloo Open Iowa USA Betsy Rawls (37) 282 7,000 1,247 Sep 6 Cosmopolitan Open Illinois USA Kathy Cornelius (3) 214 5,700 997 Sep 13 Memphis Open Tennessee USA Marilynn Smith (5) 295 7,000 1,250 Sep 20 Links Invitation Open Georgia USA Beverly Hanson (16) 289 7,500 1,247 Sep 26 Opie Turner Open Oklahoma USA Betsy Rawls (38) 221 7,500 1,247 Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Betsy Rawls (2) 1959 Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Betsy Rawls 1959 References External links LPGA Tour official site Category:LPGA Tour seasons LPGA Tour