1957 LPGA Tour

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1957 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 11, 1957 (1957-01-11) – October 21, 1957 (1957-10-21)
Number of official events25
Most wins5 Flag of the United States.svg Patty Berg, Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Rawls
Money leader Flag of the United States.svg Patty Berg
Vare Trophy Flag of the United States.svg Louise Suggs
← 1956
1958 →

The 1957 LPGA Tour was the eighth season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 11 to October 21. The season consisted of 25 official money events. Patty Berg and Betsy Rawls won the most tournaments, five each. Berg led the money list with earnings of $16,272.

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There was only one first-time winner in 1957, Wiffi Smith.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1957 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 13 Sea Island Open Georgia Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (2)2204,488880
Jan 20 Tampa Open Florida Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Rawls (22)2984,488880
Jan 27 Lake Worth Open Florida Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Rawls (23)2144,488880
Feb 3 Havana Open Cuba Flag of the United States.svg Patty Berg (43)2104,488880
Feb 10 Serbin Open Florida Flag of Uruguay.svg Fay Crocker (6)1433,500630
Feb 17 St. Petersburg Open Florida Flag of the United States.svg Mary Lena Faulk (2)2794,488880
Mar 3 Jacksonville Open Florida Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (3)2955,000880
Mar 16 Titleholders Championship Georgia Flag of the United States.svg Patty Berg (44)2965,0001,000
Apr 14 Dallas Open Texas Flag of the United States.svg Wiffi Smith (1)2856,6701,316
Apr 21 Babe Zaharias Open Texas Flag of the United States.svg Marlene Hagge (12)2224,640882
Apr 28 Women's Western Open Alabama Flag of the United States.svg Patty Berg (45)2915,0001,000
May 5 Peach Blossom Open South Carolina Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Rawls (24)2134,488880
May 12 Smokey Open Tennessee Flag of the United States.svg Beverly Hanson (9)2957,5001,350
May 26 Land of Sky Open North Carolina Flag of the United States.svg Beverly Hanson (10)2866,4781,316
Jun 2 Triangle Round Robin Virginia Flag of Uruguay.svg Fay Crocker (7)+519,6001,500
Jun 10 LPGA Championship Pennsylvania Flag of the United States.svg Louise Suggs (38)2856,7501,316
Jun 29 U.S. Women's Open New York Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Rawls (25)2996,8201,800
Jul 28 Wolverine Open Michigan Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (4)2847,5001,392
Aug 11 All American Open Illinois Flag of the United States.svg Patty Berg (46)30215,0006,000
Aug 11 World Championship Illinois Flag of the United States.svg Patty Berg (47)30215,0006,000
Aug 18 Colonial Open Mississippi Flag of the United States.svg Betty Dodd (2)2154,587880
Sep 30 Reno Open Nevada Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Rawls (26)143 (−1)3,500
Oct 6 United Voluntary Services Open California Flag of the United States.svg Wiffi Smith (2)2214,744831
Oct 7 Heart of America Invitational Missouri Flag of the United States.svg Louise Suggs (39)2204,382880
Oct 21 Lawton Open Oklahoma Flag of the United States.svg Marlene Hagge (13)2164,489800

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner Patty Berg (3)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Louise Suggs 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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