1962 LPGA Tour

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1962 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 19, 1962 (1962-01-19) – November 4, 1962 (1962-11-04)
Number of official events29
Most wins10 Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright
Money leader Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright
Rookie of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Mary Mills
1961
1963

The 1962 LPGA Tour was the 13th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 19 to November 4. The season consisted of 29 official money events. Mickey Wright won the most tournaments, 10. She also led the money list with earnings of $21,641. The first Rookie of the Year was won by Mary Mills.

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There were four first-time winners in 1962: Shirley Englehorn, Sandra Haynie, who would win 42 LPGA events, Murle Lindstrom, and Kathy Whitworth, who would win a record 88 LPGA events. The season saw the last wins of Louise Suggs (58 career wins) and Patty Berg (60). It also saw the first and only official win by a man, Sam Snead in the Royal Poinciana Plaza Invitational.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1962 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 21 Sea Island Women's Invitational Georgia Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (30)2266,0001,000
Feb 7 Royal Poinciana Plaza Invitational Florida Flag of the United States.svg Sam Snead (1)2114,5002,000
Feb 18 St. Petersburg Open Florida Flag of the United States.svg Louise Suggs (56)2807,5001,200
Apr 22 Sunshine Open Florida Flag of the United States.svg Marilynn Smith (6)2147,0001,200
Apr 29 Titleholders Championship Georgia Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (31)2957,5001,330
May 6 Peach Blossom Open South Carolina Flag of the United States.svg Mary Lena Faulk (8)2177,5001,100
May 13 Women's Western Open Alabama Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (32)2957,0001,200
May 20 Muskogee Civitan Open Oklahoma Flag of the United States.svg Patty Berg (51)2907,0001,200
May 27 Dallas Civitan Open Texas Flag of the United States.svg Ruth Jessen (3)2929,3001,500
Jun 10 Austin Civitan Open Texas Flag of the United States.svg Sandra Haynie (1)2897,0001,200
Jun 17 Cosmopolitan Open Illinois Flag of the United States.svg Sandra Haynie (2)2107,5001,200
Jun 24 J.E. McAuliffe Memorial New Jersey Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Rawls (45)295 (+3)8,0001,250
Jun 30 U.S. Women's Open South Carolina Flag of the United States.svg Murle Lindstrom (1)3018,0001,800
Jul 8 Kelly Girls Open Maryland Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Whitworth (1)2157,5001,300
Jul 15 Milwaukee Open Wisconsin Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (33)28910,0001,350
Jul 22 Lady Carling Open Massachusetts Flag of the United States.svg Shirley Englehorn (1)22610,0001,450
Aug 5 Waterloo Open Iowa Flag of the United States.svg Marilynn Smith (7)2797,5001,200
Aug 12 Heart of America Invitational Kansas Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (34)2867,5001,000
Aug 19 Albuquerque Swing Parade New Mexico Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (35)2197,5001,000
Aug 26 Salt Lake City Open Utah Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (36)2927,0001,200
Sep 3 Spokane Open Washington Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (37)2757,0001,200
Sep 9 Eugene Open Oregon Flag of the United States.svg Shirley Englehorn (2)2927,5001,250
Sep 16 Sacramento Open California Flag of the United States.svg Ruth Jessen (4)2187,5001,300
Sep 23 Visalia Open California Flag of the United States.svg Mary Lena Faulk (9)2897,5001,350
Sep 30 Mickey Wright Invitational California Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (38)2865,0001,300
Oct 7 LPGA Championship Nevada Flag of the United States.svg Judy Kimball (2)28215,0002,300
Oct 14 Phoenix Thunderbird Open Arizona Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Whitworth (2)2138,4001,350
Oct 21 Carlsbad Cavern Open New Mexico Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (39)2197,0001,200
Nov 4 San Antonio Civitan Texas Flag of the United States.svg Murle Lindstrom (2)2157,0001,200

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner Mickey Wright (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Mickey Wright (3)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Rookie of the Year Mary Mills 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.