1965 LPGA Tour

Golf tour season December 2024 March 2026 1965 LPGA Tour 1965 3 18 – 1965 11 28 30 8 USA Kathy Whitworth Money leader USA Kathy Whitworth Vare Trophy USA Kathy Whitworth Rookie of the Year USA Margie Masters 1964 1966 The 1965 LPGA Tour was the 16th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from March 18 to November 28. The season consisted of 30 official money events. Kathy Whitworth won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $28,658. There were two first-time winners in 1965: Susie Maxwell and Jo Ann Prentice. The tournament results and award winners are listed below. Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1965 season.http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology60-69.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969 LPGA https://web.archive.org/web/20110629124254/http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology60-69.pdf 2011-06-29 "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold. Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Mar 21 St. Petersburg Open Florida USA Kathy Whitworth (12) 281 9,600 1,500 Mar 28 All State Ladies' Invitational Mississippi USA Jo Ann Prentice (1) 146^ 8,000 1,275 Apr 4 Baton Rouge Invitational Louisiana USA Mickey Wright (64) 214 8,000 1,275 Apr 25 Pensacola Invitational Florida USA Betsy Rawls (49) 218 8,000 1,275 May 2 Shreveport Kiwanis Invitational Louisiana USA Kathy Whitworth (13) 210 8,000 1,275 May 2 Peach Blossom Open South Carolina USA Marilynn Smith (14) 213 8,000 1,275 May 16 Muskogee Civitan Open Oklahoma USA Susie Maxwell (1) 213 8,000 1,275 May 23 Dallas Civitan Open Texas USA Mickey Wright (65) 283 14,000 2,100 May 30 Babe Zaharias Open Texas USA Marlene Hagge (20) 215 8,000 1,275 Jun 6 Blue Grass Invitational Kentucky USA Kathy Whitworth (14) 213 8,500 1,350 Jun 13 Women's Western Open Illinois USA Susie Maxwell (2) 290 9,600 1,500 Jun 20 Cosmopolitan Open Illinois USA Sandra Haynie (6) 210 8,000 1,275 Jun 27 Lady Carling Open Maryland USA Carol Mann (2) 211 10,000 1,500 Jul 3 U.S. Women's Open New Jersey USA Carol Mann (3) 290 17,780 4,000 Jul 11 Lady Carling Midwest Open Ohio USA Kathy Whitworth (15) 219 10,000 1,500 Jul 18 Yankee Open Michigan USA Kathy Whitworth (16) 213 15,000 2,250 Jul 25 Buckeye Savings Invitational Ohio USA Kathy Whitworth (17) 207 10,000 1,500 Aug 1 Waterloo Open Iowa USA Betsy Rawls (50) 214 8,000 1,275 Aug 8 Milwaukee Open Wisconsin USA Marlene Hagge (21) 287 12,000 1,875 Aug 15 St. Louis Open Missouri USA Mary Mills (4) 216 12,500 1,875 Aug 22 Omaha Jaycee Open Nebraska USA Clifford Ann Creed (4) 208 11,500 1,500 Sep 12 Eugene Open Oregon USA Mary Mills (5) 294 10,000 1,350 Sep 19 Visalia Open California USA Clifford Ann Creed (5) 289 8,500 1,350 Sep 26 LPGA Championship Nevada USA Sandra Haynie (7) 279 15,830 2,475 Oct 3 Mickey Wright Invitational California USA Kathy Whitworth (18) 283 8,600 1,350 Oct 24 Phoenix Thunderbirds Open Arizona USA Marlene Hagge (22) 290 8,600 1,350 Oct 30 Las Cruces Open New Mexico USA Clifford Ann Creed (6) 215 9,000 1,350 Nov 7 LPGA Tall City Open Texas USA Marlene Hagge (23) 206 10,000 1,350 Nov 14 Alamo Open Texas USA Marlene Hagge (24) 216 8,800 1,500 Nov 28 Titleholders Championship Georgia USA Kathy Whitworth (19) 287 10,000 1,500 ^ - weather-shortened tournament Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Kathy Whitworth Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Kathy Whitworth Rookie of the Year Margie Masters References External links LPGA Tour official site 1965 season coverage at golfobserver.com Category:LPGA Tour seasons LPGA Tour