1954 LPGA Tour

The 1954 LPGA Tour was the fifth season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 15 to October 31. The season consisted of 21 official money events. Louise Suggs and Babe Zaharias won the most tournaments, five each. Patty Berg led the money list with earnings of $16,011.

1954 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 15, 1954 (1954-01-15) – October 31, 1954 (1954-10-31)
Number of official events21
Most wins5 United States Louise Suggs and United States Babe Zaharias
Money leaderUnited States Patty Berg
← 1953
1955 →

There was only one first-time winner in 1954, Marilynn Smith.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1954 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 17Sea Island OpenGeorgiaUnited States Louise Suggs (25)2313,500875
Jan 24Tampa Women's OpenFloridaUnited States Betsy Rawls (15)3115,0001,200
Feb 14St. Petersburg OpenFloridaUnited States Beverly Hanson (4)2163,500875
Feb 20Serbin OpenFloridaUnited States Babe Zaharias (35)2945,0001,200
Mar 7Sarasota OpenFloridaUnited States Babe Zaharias (36)2233,500875
Mar 14Titleholders ChampionshipGeorgiaUnited States Louise Suggs (26)2933,0001,000
Mar 28Betsy Rawls OpenSouth CarolinaUnited States Louise Suggs (27)2203,500875
Apr 4Carrollton Georgia OpenGeorgiaUnited States Louise Suggs (28)2183,500875
Apr 11New Orleans OpenLouisianaUnited States Marlene Bauer (3)2975,0001,200
Apr 18Babe Zaharias OpenTexasUnited States Louise Suggs (29)2243,500700
May 16Damon Runyon Cancer Fund TournamentMarylandUnited States Babe Zaharias (37)2995,0001,000
Jun 5Triangle Round RobinVirginiaUnited States Patty Berg (32)+737,0001,500
Jun 15Women's Western OpenIllinoisUnited States Betty Jameson (9)6 & 53,0001,375
Jul 3U.S. Women's OpenMassachusettsUnited States Babe Zaharias (38)2917,5002,000
Jul 25Fort Wayne OpenIndianaUnited States Marilynn Smith (1)2163,500700
Aug 6All American OpenIllinoisUnited States Babe Zaharias (39)2941,000
Aug 13World ChampionshipIllinoisUnited States Patty Berg (33)29812,0005,000
Sep 12St. Louis OpenMissouriUnited States Betsy Rawls (16)2113,500700
Sep 19Wichita OpenKansasUnited States Beverly Hanson (5)2955,0001,000
Sep 26Ardmore OpenOklahomaUnited States Patty Berg (34)2995,0001,816
Oct 31Texas OpenTexasUnited States Betsy Rawls (17)1 up700

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerPatty Berg United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)Babe Zaharias United States

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