The 1951 LPGA Tour was the second season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 5 to October 19. The season consisted of 19 official money events. Babe Zaharias won the most tournaments, nine. She also led the money list with earnings of $15,087.
There were two first-time winners in 1951, Pat O'Sullivan, an amateur, and Betsy Rawls, who won 55 LPGA events in her career.
The tournament results are listed below.
Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1951 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Jan 7 Ponte Vedra Beach Women's Open Florida Babe Zaharias (19) 223 3,000 750 Jan 21 Tampa Women's Open Florida Babe Zaharias (20) 288 3,500 1,000 Mar 18 Titleholders Championship Georgia Pat O'Sullivan (a) (1*) 301 1,500 Mar 26 Sandhills Women's Open North Carolina Patty Berg (17) 221 3,000 750 Apr 15 Lakewood Weathervane Texas Babe Zaharias (21) 149 3,000 750 Apr 23 Richmond Women's Open California Babe Zaharias (22) 224 3,000 750 Apr 24 Sacramento Women's Invitational Open California Betsy Rawls (1) 72 2,000 225 May 1 Valley Open California Babe Zaharias (23) 225 3,000 750 May 6 Pebble Beach Weathervane California Patty Berg (18) 152 3,000 750 May 20 Meridian Hills Weathervane Indiana Babe Zaharias (24) 145 3,000 750 May 27 New York Weathervane New York Patty Berg (19) 149 3,000 750 Jun 15 144 Hole Weathervane New York Patty Berg (20) 601Defeated Babe Zaharias in 36-hole playoff, 146 to 147 7,500 5,000 Jun 21 Women's Western Open Pennsylvania Patty Berg (21) 2 up Jul 1 Eastern Open Pennsylvania Beverly Hanson (2) 215 3,500 1,000 Aug 7 All American Open Illinois Babe Zaharias (25) 298 5,500 2,100 Aug 12 World Championship Illinois Babe Zaharias (26) 295 1,000 Sep 9 Carrollton Georgia Open Georgia Louise Suggs (9) 221 3,000 750 Sep 16 U.S. Women's Open Georgia Betsy Rawls (2) 293 7,500 Oct 19 Texas Women's Open Texas Babe Zaharias (27) 7 & 6 (a) - amateur * - non-member at time of win
References
External links LPGA Tour official site