1950 LPGA Tour

The 1950 LPGA Tour was the first official season of the LPGA Tour. The season ran from January 19 to October 21. It consisted of 15 official money events. Babe Zaharias won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $14,800.

1950 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 19, 1950 (1950-01-19) – October 21, 1950 (1950-10-21)
Number of official events15
Most wins8 – Babe Zaharias
Money leaderBabe Zaharias ($14,800)
1951 →

The tournament results are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1950 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. Note that the LPGA recognizes several pre-1950 tournaments as official wins.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse ($)1st prize ($)
Jan 22Tampa OpenFlorida Polly Riley (a) (2*)2953,500
Mar 19Titleholders ChampionshipGeorgia Babe Zaharias (11)2981,500700
Apr 30Pebble Beach WeathervaneCalifornia Babe Zaharias (12)1583,000750
May 7Chicago WeathervaneIllinois Louise Suggs (7)1603,000750
May 14Cleveland WeathervaneOhio Babe Zaharias (13)1453,000750
May 21New York WeathervaneNew York Louise Suggs (8)1553,000750
May 21144 Hole Weathervanevarious Babe Zaharias (14)6295,0005,000
May 28Eastern OpenMassachusetts Patty Berg (14)2173,000750
Jun 24Women's Western OpenColorado Babe Zaharias (15)5 & 3500
Aug 8All American OpenIllinois Babe Zaharias (16)2962,733900
Aug 13World ChampionshipIllinois Babe Zaharias (17)2934,0252,000
Sep 23Sunset Hills OpenGeorgia Patty Berg (15)217 (+1)3,000750
Oct 1U.S. Women's OpenKansas Babe Zaharias (18)291 (−9)5,0001,250
Oct 13Texas Women's OpenTexas Beverly Hanson (a) (1*)1 up
Oct 21Hardscrabble Women's InvitationalArkansas Patty Berg (16)2 up

(a) - amateur
* - non-member at time of win

References
  1. LPGA Tournament Chronology 1950-1959 Archived 2010-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
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