1960 LPGA Tour

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1960 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 15, 1960 (1960-01-15) – September 25, 1960 (1960-09-25)
Number of official events24
Most wins6 Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright
Money leader Flag of the United States.svg Louise Suggs
Vare Trophy Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright
← 1959
1961 →

The 1960 LPGA Tour was the 11th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 15 to September 25. The season consisted of 23 official money events. Mickey Wright won the most tournaments, six. Louise Suggs led the money list with earnings of $16,892.

Contents

There were no first-time winners in 1960, the only season in LPGA history that this happened.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1960 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 Mickey Wright (14)2195,700997
Feb 14 St. Petersburg Open Florida Flag of the United States.svg Beverly Hanson (17)2877,0001,247
Feb 21 Lake Worth Open Florida Flag of Uruguay.svg Fay Crocker (10)2857,0001,247
Feb 28 Tampa Open Florida Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (15)2177,0001,247
Mar 13 Titleholders Championship Georgia Flag of Uruguay.svg Fay Crocker (11)3036,0001,140
Mar 27 Royal Crown Open Georgia Flag of the United States.svg Wiffi Smith (6)2987,6001,330
Apr 10 Babe Zaharias Open Texas Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Rawls (39)2116,0001,083
Apr 24 Dallas Civitan Open Texas Flag of the United States.svg Louise Suggs (47)2819,5001,662
May 7 Betsy Rawls Peach Blossom Open South Carolina Flag of the United States.svg Wiffi Smith (7)2125,500997
Jun 5 Wolverine Open Michigan Flag of the United States.svg Joyce Ziske (3)2997,5001,247
Jun 12 Triangle Round Robin New York Flag of the United States.svg Louise Suggs (48)+5912,0001,245
Jun 19 Cosmopolitan Open Illinois Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Rawls (40)2087,5001,247
Jun 26 Women's Western Open Illinois Flag of the United States.svg Joyce Ziske (4)3017,0001,247
Jul 4 LPGA Championship Indiana Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (16)2928,5001,500
Jul 10 Youngstown Kitchens Trumbull Open Ohio Flag of the United States.svg Louise Suggs (49)28811,0002,500
Jul 23 U.S. Women's Open Massachusetts Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Rawls (41)2927,2001,710
Jul 31 American Women's Open Minnesota Flag of the United States.svg Patty Berg (50)2927,0001,247
Aug 7 Waterloo Open Iowa Flag of the United States.svg Wiffi Smith (8)2867,0001,247
Aug 21 Asheville Open North Carolina Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Rawls (42)2117,0001,247
Aug 27 Grossinger Open New York Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (17)2187,0001,247
Sep 1 Eastern Open Pennsylvania Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (18)2137,5001,247
Sep 18 Memphis Open Tennessee Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright (19)2787,5001,247
Sep 25 San Antonio Civitan Texas Flag of the United States.svg Louise Suggs (50)2156,5001,068

Awards

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