1961 LPGA Tour

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1961 LPGA Tour season
DurationFebruary 9, 1961 (1961-02-09) – October 22, 1961 (1961-10-22)
Number of official events24
Most wins10 Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright
Money leader Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright
Vare Trophy Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright
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The 1961 LPGA Tour was the 12th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 9 to October 22. The season consisted of 24 official money events. Mickey Wright won the most tournaments, 10. She also led the money list with earnings of $22,236.

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There was only one first-time winner in 1961, Judy Kimball.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1961 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 ($)1st prize ($)
Feb 12 St. Petersburg Open Florida Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (20)2797,5001,247
Feb 14 Royal Poinciana Invitational Florida Flag of the United States.svg Louise Suggs (51)1564,0001,200
Mar 12 Miami Open Florida Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (21)2207,5001,247
Mar 26 Golden Circle of Golf Festival Florida Flag of the United States.svg Louise Suggs (52)2937,5001,247
Apr 16 Dallas Civitan Open Texas Flag of the United States.svg Louise Suggs (53)2919,5001,662
Apr 23 Babe Zaharias Open Texas Flag of the United States.svg Mary Lena Faulk (4)2117,0001,200
Apr 30 Titleholders Championship Georgia Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (22)2997,0001,200
May 7 Peach Blossom Open South Carolina Flag of the United States.svg Ruth Jessen (2)2127,0001,083
May 14 Columbus Open Georgia Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (23)2925,700998
Jun 4 Women's Western Open Tennessee Flag of the United States.svg Mary Lena Faulk (5)2907,5001,313
Jun 11 Triangle Round Robin New York Flag of the United States.svg Mary Lena Faulk (6)+358,0001,100
Jun 18 Eastern Open Pennsylvania Flag of the United States.svg Mary Lena Faulk (7)2147,5001,247
Jul 1 U.S. Women's Open New Jersey Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (24)2938,0001,800
Jul 16 Tippecanoe Open Indiana Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Cornelius (4)2045,700997
Jul 23 Cosmopolitan Open Illinois Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Rawls (43)2137,5001,247
Jul 30 American Women's Open Minnesota Flag of the United States.svg Judy Kimball (1)2957,5001,247
Aug 6 Waterloo Open Iowa Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (25)2867,5001,247
Aug 13 Kansas City Open Kansas Flag of the United States.svg Louise Suggs (54)2957,5001,247
Aug 27 Spokane Women's Open Washington Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (26)2807,5001,247
Sep 24 Sacramento Valley Open California Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (27)2238,0001,450
Oct 1 Mickey Wright Invitational California Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (28)2908,0001,450
Oct 8 Bill Brannin's Swing Parade New Mexico Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Rawls (44)2217,5001,247
Oct 15 LPGA Championship Nevada Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (29)28715,0002,500
Oct 22 San Antonio Civitan Texas Flag of the United States.svg Louise Suggs (55)2127,5001,247

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner Mickey Wright Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Mickey Wright (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States

References

  1. ↑ "LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969" (PDF). LPGA Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 29, 2011.
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