The 1953 LPGA Tour was the fourth season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 15 to October 18. The season consisted of 25 official money events. Louise Suggs won the most tournaments, nine. She also led the money list with earnings of $19,816.
This season also saw the introduction of the Vare Trophy for the lowest scoring average, won by Patty Berg. There was only one first-time winner in 1953, Jackie Pung.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1953 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Jan 18 Tampa Open Florida Louise Suggs (16) 288 5,000 1,250 Feb 8 Serbin Miami Beach Open Florida Betty Jameson (8) 222 5,000 875 Feb 14 Boca Raton Weathervane Florida Beverly Hanson (3) 148 3,000 750 Mar 1 Sarasota Open Florida Babe Zaharias (33) 217 3,517 875 Mar 8 Jacksonville Open Florida Patty Berg (25) 214 875 Mar 15 Titleholders Championship Georgia Patty Berg (26) 294 2,200 1,000 Mar 22 Betsy Rawls Open South Carolina Louise Suggs (17) 216 3,500 875 Mar 29 New Orleans Women's Open Louisiana Patty Berg (27) 227 3,500 875 Apr 5 Babe Zaharias Open Texas Babe Zaharias (34) 217 875 Apr 12 Phoenix Weathervane Arizona Patty Berg (28) (tie) Louise Suggs (18) 148 3,000 Apr 16 Palm Springs Open California Jackie Pung (1) 145 3,000 750 Apr 19 San Diego Open California Louise Suggs (19) 144 3,500 750 Apr 26 Bakersfield Open California Louise Suggs (20) 149 3,500 875 May 3 San Francisco Weathervane California Louise Suggs (21) 149 3,000 750 May 10 Barbara Romack Open California Betsy Rawls (11) 145 3,236 875 May 17 Reno Open Nevada Patty Berg (29) 151 3,500 875 May 31 Philadelphia Weathervane Pennsylvania Louise Suggs (22) 146 3,000 750 May 31 144 Hole Weathervane various Louise Suggs (23) 593 5,000 5,000 Jun 7 Eastern Open Pennsylvania Betsy Rawls (12) 293 5,000 1,250 Jun 20 Women's Western Open Georgia Louise Suggs (24) 6 & 5 1,000 Jun 28 U.S. Women's Open New York Betsy Rawls (13) 302 7,500 2,000 Jul 5 Triangle Round Robin New Jersey Jackie Pung (2) +38 7,500 1,500 Aug 3 All American Open Illinois Patty Berg (30) 308 1,000 Aug 9 World Championship Illinois Patty Berg (31) 300 12,000 5,000 Oct 18 Fort Worth Open Texas Betsy Rawls (14) 5 & 4 1,500 500
Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Louise Suggs Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Patty Berg
References
External links LPGA Tour official site