1960 LPGA Tour

1960 LPGA Tour season

Duration	January 15, 1960 (1960-01-15) – September 25, 1960 (1960-09-25)
Number of official events	24
Most wins	6 Mickey Wright
Money leader	Louise Suggs
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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.

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.

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	Score	Purse ($)	1st prize ($)
Jan 17	Sea Island Open	Georgia	Mickey Wright (14)	219	5,700	997
Feb 14	St. Petersburg Open	Florida	Beverly Hanson (17)	287	7,000	1,247
Feb 21	Lake Worth Open	Florida	Fay Crocker (10)	285	7,000	1,247
Feb 28	Tampa Open	Florida	Mickey Wright (15)	217	7,000	1,247
Mar 13	Titleholders Championship	Georgia	Fay Crocker (11)	303	6,000	1,140
Mar 27	Royal Crown Open	Georgia	Wiffi Smith (6)	298	7,600	1,330
Apr 10	Babe Zaharias Open	Texas	Betsy Rawls (39)	211	6,000	1,083
Apr 24	Dallas Civitan Open	Texas	Louise Suggs (47)	281	9,500	1,662
May 7	Betsy Rawls Peach Blossom Open	South Carolina	Wiffi Smith (7)	212	5,500	997
Jun 5	Wolverine Open	Michigan	Joyce Ziske (3)	299	7,500	1,247
Jun 12	Triangle Round Robin	New York	Louise Suggs (48)	+59	12,000	1,245
Jun 19	Cosmopolitan Open	Illinois	Betsy Rawls (40)	208	7,500	1,247
Jun 26	Women's Western Open	Illinois	Joyce Ziske (4)	301	7,000	1,247
Jul 4	LPGA Championship	Indiana	Mickey Wright (16)	292	8,500	1,500
Jul 10	Youngstown Kitchens Trumbull Open	Ohio	Louise Suggs (49)	288	11,000	2,500
Jul 23	U.S. Women's Open	Massachusetts	Betsy Rawls (41)	292	7,200	1,710
Jul 31	American Women's Open	Minnesota	Patty Berg (50)	292	7,000	1,247
Aug 7	Waterloo Open	Iowa	Wiffi Smith (8)	286	7,000	1,247
Aug 21	Asheville Open	North Carolina	Betsy Rawls (42)	211	7,000	1,247
Aug 27	Grossinger Open	New York	Mickey Wright (17)	218	7,000	1,247
Sep 1	Eastern Open	Pennsylvania	Mickey Wright (18)	213	7,500	1,247
Sep 18	Memphis Open	Tennessee	Mickey Wright (19)	278	7,500	1,247
Sep 25	San Antonio Civitan	Texas	Louise Suggs (50)	215	6,500	1,068

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner	Louise Suggs (2)	United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)	Mickey Wright	United States

References

External links

• LPGA Tour official site

This page was last edited on 13 August 2022, at 02:43