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 $16,011.
There was only one first-time winner in 1954, Marilynn Smith.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1954 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Jan 17 Sea Island Open Georgia Louise Suggs (25) 231 3,500 875 Jan 24 Tampa Women's Open Florida Betsy Rawls (15) 311 5,000 1,200 Feb 14 St. Petersburg Open Florida Beverly Hanson (4) 216 3,500 875 Feb 20 Serbin Open Florida Babe Zaharias (35) 294 5,000 1,200 Mar 7 Sarasota Open Florida Babe Zaharias (36) 223 3,500 875 Mar 14 Titleholders Championship Georgia Louise Suggs (26) 293 3,000 1,000 Mar 28 Betsy Rawls Open South Carolina Louise Suggs (27) 220 3,500 875 Apr 4 Carrollton Georgia Open Georgia Louise Suggs (28) 218 3,500 875 Apr 11 New Orleans Open Louisiana Marlene Bauer (3) 297 5,000 1,200 Apr 18 Babe Zaharias Open Texas Louise Suggs (29) 224 3,500 700 May 16 Damon Runyon Cancer Fund Tournament Maryland Babe Zaharias (37) 299 5,000 1,000 Jun 5 Triangle Round Robin Virginia Patty Berg (32) +73 7,000 1,500 Jun 15 Women's Western Open Illinois Betty Jameson (9) 6 & 5 3,000 1,375 Jul 3 U.S. Women's Open Massachusetts Babe Zaharias (38) 291 7,500 2,000 Jul 25 Fort Wayne Open Indiana Marilynn Smith (1) 216 3,500 700 Aug 6 All American Open Illinois Babe Zaharias (39) 294 1,000 Aug 13 World Championship Illinois Patty Berg (33) 298 12,000 5,000 Sep 12 St. Louis Open Missouri Betsy Rawls (16) 211 3,500 700 Sep 19 Wichita Open Kansas Beverly Hanson (5) 295 5,000 1,000 Sep 26 Ardmore Open Oklahoma Patty Berg (34) 299 5,000 1,816 Oct 31 Texas Open Texas Betsy Rawls (17) 1 up 700
Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Patty Berg Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Babe Zaharias
References
External links LPGA Tour official site