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.

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 OpenGeorgia Louise Suggs (25)2313,500875
Jan 24Tampa Women's OpenFlorida Betsy Rawls (15)3115,0001,200
Feb 14St. Petersburg OpenFlorida Beverly Hanson (4)2163,500875
Feb 20Serbin OpenFlorida Babe Zaharias (35)2945,0001,200
Mar 7Sarasota OpenFlorida Babe Zaharias (36)2233,500875
Mar 14Titleholders ChampionshipGeorgia Louise Suggs (26)2933,0001,000
Mar 28Betsy Rawls OpenSouth Carolina Louise Suggs (27)2203,500875
Apr 4Carrollton Georgia OpenGeorgia Louise Suggs (28)2183,500875
Apr 11New Orleans OpenLouisiana Marlene Bauer (3)2975,0001,200
Apr 18Babe Zaharias OpenTexas Louise Suggs (29)2243,500700
May 16Damon Runyon Cancer Fund TournamentMaryland Babe Zaharias (37)2995,0001,000
Jun 5Triangle Round RobinVirginia Patty Berg (32)+737,0001,500
Jun 15Women's Western OpenIllinois Betty Jameson (9)6 & 53,0001,375
Jul 3U.S. Women's OpenMassachusetts Babe Zaharias (38)2917,5002,000
Jul 25Fort Wayne OpenIndiana Marilynn Smith (1)2163,500700
Aug 6All American OpenIllinois Babe Zaharias (39)2941,000
Aug 13World ChampionshipIllinois Patty Berg (33)29812,0005,000
Sep 12St. Louis OpenMissouri Betsy Rawls (16)2113,500700
Sep 19Wichita OpenKansas Beverly Hanson (5)2955,0001,000
Sep 26Ardmore OpenOklahoma Patty Berg (34)2995,0001,816
Oct 31Texas OpenTexas 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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