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 $16,272.
There was only one first-time winner in 1957, Wiffi Smith.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1957 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Jan 13 Sea Island Open Georgia Mickey Wright (2) 220 4,488 880 Jan 20 Tampa Open Florida Betsy Rawls (22) 298 4,488 880 Jan 27 Lake Worth Open Florida Betsy Rawls (23) 214 4,488 880 Feb 3 Havana Open Cuba Patty Berg (43) 210 4,488 880 Feb 10 Serbin Open Florida Fay Crocker (6) 143 3,500 630 Feb 17 St. Petersburg Open Florida Mary Lena Faulk (2) 279 4,488 880 Mar 3 Jacksonville Open Florida Mickey Wright (3) 295 5,000 880 Mar 16 Titleholders Championship Georgia Patty Berg (44) 296 5,000 1,000 Apr 14 Dallas Open Texas Wiffi Smith (1) 285 6,670 1,316 Apr 21 Babe Zaharias Open Texas Marlene Hagge (12) 222 4,640 882 Apr 28 Women's Western Open Alabama Patty Berg (45) 291 5,000 1,000 May 5 Peach Blossom Open South Carolina Betsy Rawls (24) 213 4,488 880 May 12 Smokey Open Tennessee Beverly Hanson (9) 295 7,500 1,350 May 26 Land of Sky Open North Carolina Beverly Hanson (10) 286 6,478 1,316 Jun 2 Triangle Round Robin Virginia Fay Crocker (7) +51 9,600 1,500 Jun 10 LPGA Championship Pennsylvania Louise Suggs (38) 285 6,750 1,316 Jun 29 U.S. Women's Open New York Betsy Rawls (25) 299 6,820 1,800 Jul 28 Wolverine Open Michigan Mickey Wright (4) 284 7,500 1,392 Aug 11 All American Open Illinois Patty Berg (46) 302 15,000 6,000 Aug 11 World Championship Illinois Patty Berg (47) 302 15,000 6,000 Aug 18 Colonial Open Mississippi Betty Dodd (2) 215 4,587 880 Sep 30 Reno Open Nevada Betsy Rawls (26) 143 (−1) 3,500 Oct 6 United Voluntary Services Open California Wiffi Smith (2) 221 4,744 831 Oct 7 Heart of America Invitational Missouri Louise Suggs (39) 220 4,382 880 Oct 21 Lawton Open Oklahoma Marlene Hagge (13) 216 4,489 800
Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Patty Berg (3) Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Louise Suggs
References
External links LPGA Tour official site