1954 LPGA Tour

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1954 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 15, 1954 (1954-01-15) – October 31, 1954 (1954-10-31)
Number of official events21
Most wins5 Flag of the United States.svg Louise Suggs, Flag of the United States.svg Babe Zaharias
Money leader Flag of the United States.svg Patty Berg
Vare Trophy Flag of the United States.svg Babe Zaharias
← 1953
1955 →

The 1954 LPGA Tour was the fifth season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 15 to October 31. The season consisted of 21 official money events. Louise Suggs and Babe Zaharias won the most tournaments, five each. Patty Berg led the money list with earnings of $16,011.

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There was only one first-time winner in 1954, Marilynn Smith.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1954 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.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse ($)1st prize ($)
Jan 17 Sea Island Open Georgia Flag of the United States.svg Louise Suggs (25)2313,500875
Jan 24 Tampa Women's Open Florida Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Rawls (15)3115,0001,200
Feb 14 St. Petersburg Open Florida Flag of the United States.svg Beverly Hanson (4)2163,500875
Feb 20 Serbin Open Florida Flag of the United States.svg Babe Zaharias (35)2945,0001,200
Mar 7 Sarasota Open Florida Flag of the United States.svg Babe Zaharias (36)2233,500875
Mar 14 Titleholders Championship Georgia Flag of the United States.svg Louise Suggs (26)2933,0001,000
Mar 28 Betsy Rawls Open South Carolina Flag of the United States.svg Louise Suggs (27)2203,500875
Apr 4 Carrollton Georgia Open Georgia Flag of the United States.svg Louise Suggs (28)2183,500875
Apr 11 New Orleans Open Louisiana Flag of the United States.svg Marlene Bauer (3)2975,0001,200
Apr 18 Babe Zaharias Open Texas Flag of the United States.svg Louise Suggs (29)2243,500700
May 16 Damon Runyon Cancer Fund Tournament Maryland Flag of the United States.svg Babe Zaharias (37)2995,0001,000
Jun 5 Triangle Round Robin Virginia Flag of the United States.svg Patty Berg (32)+737,0001,500
Jun 15 Women's Western Open Illinois Flag of the United States.svg Betty Jameson (9)6 & 53,0001,375
Jul 3 U.S. Women's Open Massachusetts Flag of the United States.svg Babe Zaharias (38)2917,5002,000
Jul 25 Fort Wayne Open Indiana Flag of the United States.svg Marilynn Smith (1)2163,500700
Aug 6 All American Open Illinois Flag of the United States.svg Babe Zaharias (39)2941,000
Aug 13 World Championship Illinois Flag of the United States.svg Patty Berg (33)29812,0005,000
Sep 12 St. Louis Open Missouri Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Rawls (16)2113,500700
Sep 19 Wichita Open Kansas Flag of the United States.svg Beverly Hanson (5)2955,0001,000
Sep 26 Ardmore Open Oklahoma Flag of the United States.svg Patty Berg (34)2995,0001,816
Oct 31 Texas Open Texas Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Rawls (17)1 up700

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner Patty Berg Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Babe Zaharias Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States

References

  1. ↑ "LPGA Tournament Chronology 1950-1959" (PDF). LPGA Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2010.
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