1957 LPGA Tour

The 1957 LPGA Tour was the eighth season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 11 to October 21. The season consisted of 25 official money events. Patty Berg and Betsy Rawls won the most tournaments, five each. Berg led the money list with earnings of $16,272.

There was only one first-time winner in 1957, Wiffi Smith.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1957 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 13Sea Island OpenGeorgia Mickey Wright (2)2204,488880
Jan 20Tampa OpenFlorida Betsy Rawls (22)2984,488880
Jan 27Lake Worth OpenFlorida Betsy Rawls (23)2144,488880
Feb 3Havana OpenCuba Patty Berg (43)2104,488880
Feb 10Serbin OpenFlorida Fay Crocker (6)1433,500630
Feb 17St. Petersburg OpenFlorida Mary Lena Faulk (2)2794,488880
Mar 3Jacksonville OpenFlorida Mickey Wright (3)2955,000880
Mar 16Titleholders ChampionshipGeorgia Patty Berg (44)2965,0001,000
Apr 14Dallas OpenTexas Wiffi Smith (1)2856,6701,316
Apr 21Babe Zaharias OpenTexas Marlene Hagge (12)2224,640882
Apr 28Women's Western OpenAlabama Patty Berg (45)2915,0001,000
May 5Peach Blossom OpenSouth Carolina Betsy Rawls (24)2134,488880
May 12Smokey OpenTennessee Beverly Hanson (9)2957,5001,350
May 26Land of Sky OpenNorth Carolina Beverly Hanson (10)2866,4781,316
Jun 2Triangle Round RobinVirginia Fay Crocker (7)+519,6001,500
Jun 10LPGA ChampionshipPennsylvania Louise Suggs (38)2856,7501,316
Jun 29U.S. Women's OpenNew York Betsy Rawls (25)2996,8201,800
Jul 28Wolverine OpenMichigan Mickey Wright (4)2847,5001,392
Aug 11All American OpenIllinois Patty Berg (46)30215,0006,000
Aug 11World ChampionshipIllinois Patty Berg (47)30215,0006,000
Aug 18Colonial OpenMississippi Betty Dodd (2)2154,587880
Sep 30Reno OpenNevada Betsy Rawls (26)143 (−1)3,500
Oct 6United Voluntary Services OpenCalifornia Wiffi Smith (2)2214,744831
Oct 7Heart of America InvitationalMissouri Louise Suggs (39)2204,382880
Oct 21Lawton OpenOklahoma Marlene Hagge (13)2164,489800

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerPatty Berg (3) United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)Louise Suggs United States

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