1950 LPGA Tour

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1950 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 19, 1950 (1950-01-19) – October 21, 1950 (1950-10-21)
Number of official events15
Most wins8 – Babe Zaharias
Money leader Babe Zaharias ($14,800)
1951

The 1950 LPGA Tour was the first official season of the LPGA Tour. The season ran from January 19 to October 21. It consisted of 15 official money events. Babe Zaharias won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $14,800.

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The tournament results are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1950 season. [1] "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. Note that the LPGA recognizes several pre-1950 tournaments as official wins.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse ($)1st prize ($)
Jan 22 Tampa Open Florida Flag of the United States.svg Polly Riley (a) (2*)2953,500
Mar 19 Titleholders Championship Georgia Flag of the United States.svg Babe Zaharias (11)2981,500700
Apr 30 Pebble Beach Weathervane California Flag of the United States.svg Babe Zaharias (12)1583,000750
May 7 Chicago Weathervane Illinois Flag of the United States.svg Louise Suggs (7)1603,000750
May 14 Cleveland Weathervane Ohio Flag of the United States.svg Babe Zaharias (13)1453,000750
May 21 New York Weathervane New York Flag of the United States.svg Louise Suggs (8)1553,000750
May 21 144 Hole Weathervane various Flag of the United States.svg Babe Zaharias (14)6295,0005,000
May 28 Eastern Open Massachusetts Flag of the United States.svg Patty Berg (14)2173,000750
Jun 24 Women's Western Open Colorado Flag of the United States.svg Babe Zaharias (15)5 & 3500
Aug 8 All American Open Illinois Flag of the United States.svg Babe Zaharias (16)2962,733900
Aug 13 World Championship Illinois Flag of the United States.svg Babe Zaharias (17)2934,0252,000
Sep 23 Sunset Hills Open Georgia Flag of the United States.svg Patty Berg (15)217 (+1)3,000750
Oct 1 U.S. Women's Open Kansas Flag of the United States.svg Babe Zaharias (18)291 (−9)5,0001,250
Oct 13 Texas Women's Open Texas Flag of the United States.svg Beverly Hanson (a) (1*)1 up
Oct 21 Hardscrabble Women's Invitational Arkansas Flag of the United States.svg Patty Berg (16)2 up

(a) - amateur
* - non-member at time of win

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