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 $14,800.
The tournament results are listed below.
Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1950 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold. Note that the LPGA recognizes several pre-1950 tournaments as official wins.
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Jan 22 Tampa Open Florida Polly Riley (a) (2*) 295 3,500 Mar 19 Titleholders Championship Georgia Babe Zaharias (11) 298 1,500 700 Apr 30 Pebble Beach Weathervane California Babe Zaharias (12) 158 3,000 750 May 7 Chicago Weathervane Illinois Louise Suggs (7) 160 3,000 750 May 14 Cleveland Weathervane Ohio Babe Zaharias (13) 145 3,000 750 May 21 New York Weathervane New York Louise Suggs (8) 155 3,000 750 May 21 144 Hole Weathervane various Babe Zaharias (14) 629 5,000 5,000 May 28 Eastern Open Massachusetts Patty Berg (14) 217 3,000 750 Jun 24 Women's Western Open Colorado Babe Zaharias (15) 5 & 3 500 Aug 8 All American Open Illinois Babe Zaharias (16) 296 2,733 900 Aug 13 World Championship Illinois Babe Zaharias (17) 293 4,025 2,000 Sep 23 Sunset Hills Open Georgia Patty Berg (15) 217 (+1) 3,000 750 Oct 1 U.S. Women's Open Kansas Babe Zaharias (18) 291 (−9) 5,000 1,250 Oct 13 Texas Women's Open Texas Beverly Hanson (a) (1*) 1 up Oct 21 Hardscrabble Women's Invitational Arkansas Patty Berg (16) 2 up (a) - amateur * - non-member at time of win
References
External links LPGA Tour official site