1956 LPGA Tour

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1956 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 14, 1956 (1956-01-14) – October 21, 1956 (1956-10-21)
Number of official events25
Most wins5 Flag of the United States.svg Marlene Hagge
Money leader Flag of the United States.svg Marlene Hagge
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The 1956 LPGA Tour was the seventh season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 14 to October 21. The season consisted of 25 official money events. Marlene Hagge won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $20,235.

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The season saw the first tournament outside United States, the Havana Open in Cuba. There were five first-time winners in 1956, Kathy Cornelius, Betty Dodd, Mary Lena Faulk, Mickey Wright, and Joyce Ziske. Wright would win 82 LPGA events in her career, second only to Kathy Whitworth's 88.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1956 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 15 Sea Island Open Georgia Flag of the United States.svg Marlene Hagge (4)1523,000630
Jan 22 Tampa Open Florida Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Rawls (19)2934,500900
Feb 5 Havana Open Cuba Flag of the United States.svg Louise Suggs (35)2274,5001,000
Feb 12 Serbin Open Florida Flag of Uruguay.svg Fay Crocker (4)1443,500630
Feb 19 St. Petersburg Open Florida Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Cornelius (1)2875,000900
Feb 26 Sarasota Open Florida Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Rawls (20)2915,0001,000
Mar 5 Jacksonville Open Florida Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (1)2944,500900
Mar 11 Titleholders Championship Georgia Flag of the United States.svg Louise Suggs (36)3025,0001,000
Apr 15 Babe Zaharias Open Texas Flag of the United States.svg Marlene Hagge (5)2194,000900
Apr 22 Dallas Open Texas Flag of the United States.svg Patty Berg (41)2917,5001,350
Apr 29 Peach Blossom Open South Carolina Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Rawls (21)2924,000900
Jun 3 Pittsburgh Open Pennsylvania Flag of the United States.svg Marlene Hagge (6)2936,000
Jun 10 Triangle Round Robin Virginia Flag of the United States.svg Marlene Hagge (7)+5010,0002,000
Jun 24 LPGA Championship Michigan Flag of the United States.svg Marlene Hagge (8)2916,5001,350
Jul 1 Women's Western Open Iowa Flag of the United States.svg Beverly Hanson (8)3045,0001,000
Jul 8 Syracuse Open New York Flag of the United States.svg Joyce Ziske (1)2216,5001,316
Jul 29 U.S. Women's Open Minnesota Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Cornelius (2)3026,0001,500
Aug 5 All American Open Illinois Flag of the United States.svg Louise Suggs (37)3015,0001,000
Aug 12 World Championship Illinois Flag of the United States.svg Marlene Hagge (9)29814,0006,000
Aug 19 St. Louis Open Missouri Flag of Uruguay.svg Fay Crocker (5)2884,000880
Aug 26 Denver Open Colorado Flag of the United States.svg Marlene Hagge (10)2844,000800
Sep 16 Clock Open California Flag of the United States.svg Marlene Hagge (11)2924,500900
Oct 7 Kansas City Open Missouri Flag of the United States.svg Mary Lena Faulk (1)2145,000880
Oct 14 Arkansas Open Arkansas Flag of the United States.svg Patty Berg (42)2874,000880
Oct 21 Lawton Open Oklahoma Flag of the United States.svg Betty Dodd (1)2144,000880

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner Marlene Hagge Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Patty Berg (3)Flag of the United States.svg  United States

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