1960 LPGA Tour

Golf tour season December 2024 March 2026 1960 LPGA Tour 1960 1 15 – 1960 9 25 24 6 USA Mickey Wright Money leader USA Louise Suggs Vare Trophy USA Mickey Wright 1959 1961 The 1960 LPGA Tour was the 11th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 15 to September 25. The season consisted of 23 official money events. Mickey Wright won the most tournaments, six. Louise Suggs led the money list with earnings of $16,892. There were no first-time winners in 1960, the only season in LPGA history that this happened. The tournament results and award winners are listed below. Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1960 season.http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology60-69.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969 LPGA https://web.archive.org/web/20110629124254/http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology60-69.pdf 2011-06-29 "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold. Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Jan 17 Sea Island Open Georgia USA Mickey Wright (14) 219 5,700 997 Feb 14 St. Petersburg Open Florida USA Beverly Hanson (17) 287 7,000 1,247 Feb 21 Lake Worth Open Florida URU Fay Crocker (10) 285 7,000 1,247 Feb 28 Tampa Open Florida USA Mickey Wright (15) 217 7,000 1,247 Mar 13 Titleholders Championship Georgia URU Fay Crocker (11) 303 6,000 1,140 Mar 27 Royal Crown Open Georgia USA Wiffi Smith (6) 298 7,600 1,330 Apr 10 Babe Zaharias Open Texas USA Betsy Rawls (39) 211 6,000 1,083 Apr 24 Dallas Civitan Open Texas USA Louise Suggs (47) 281 9,500 1,662 May 7 Betsy Rawls Peach Blossom Open South Carolina USA Wiffi Smith (7) 212 5,500 997 Jun 5 Wolverine Open Michigan USA Joyce Ziske (3) 299 7,500 1,247 Jun 12 Triangle Round Robin New York USA Louise Suggs (48) +59 12,000 1,245 Jun 19 Cosmopolitan Open Illinois USA Betsy Rawls (40) 208 7,500 1,247 Jun 26 Women's Western Open Illinois USA Joyce Ziske (4) 301 7,000 1,247 Jul 4 LPGA Championship Indiana USA Mickey Wright (16) 292 8,500 1,500 Jul 10 Youngstown Kitchens Trumbull Open Ohio USA Louise Suggs (49) 288 11,000 2,500 Jul 23 U.S. Women's Open Massachusetts USA Betsy Rawls (41) 292 7,200 1,710 Jul 31 American Women's Open Minnesota USA Patty Berg (50) 292 7,000 1,247 Aug 7 Waterloo Open Iowa USA Wiffi Smith (8) 286 7,000 1,247 Aug 21 Asheville Open North Carolina USA Betsy Rawls (42) 211 7,000 1,247 Aug 27 Grossinger Open New York USA Mickey Wright (17) 218 7,000 1,247 Sep 1 Eastern Open Pennsylvania USA Mickey Wright (18) 213 7,500 1,247 Sep 18 Memphis Open Tennessee USA Mickey Wright (19) 278 7,500 1,247 Sep 25 San Antonio Civitan Texas USA Louise Suggs (50) 215 6,500 1,068 Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Louise Suggs (2) Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Mickey Wright References External links LPGA Tour official site Category:LPGA Tour seasons LPGA Tour