The 1959 LPGA Tour was the 10th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 11 to September 26. The season consisted of 29 official money events. Betsy Rawls won the most tournaments, 10. She also led the money list with earnings of $26,774.
There was only one first-time winner in 1959, Ruth Jessen.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1959 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Jan 13 Mayfair Open Florida Marlene Hagge (16) 225 4,750 831 Jan 18 Tampa Open Florida Ruth Jessen (1) 301 7,500 1,247 Feb 1 MAGA Pro-Am Florida Wiffi Smith (4) 220 5,000 697 Feb 15 St. Petersburg Open Florida Louise Suggs (44) 282 7,500 1,247 Feb 22 Lake Worth Open Florida Betsy Rawls (29) 285 7,500 1,247 Mar 1 Golden Triangle Festival Florida Beverly Hanson (13) 146 3,500 475 Mar 8 Jacksonville Open Florida Mickey Wright (10) 286 5,710 997 Mar 15 Titleholders Championship Georgia Louise Suggs (45) 297 5,000 1,000 Mar 23 Royal Crown Open Georgia Betsy Rawls (30) 294 5,747 997 Apr 12 Babe Zaharias Open Texas Betsy Rawls (31) 215 5,500 997 Apr 19 Dallas Civitan Open Texas Louise Suggs (46) 287 10,000 1,662 Apr 26 Betsy Rawls Open South Carolina Wiffi Smith (5) 211 5,629 997 May 3 Land of the Sky Open North Carolina Betsy Rawls (32) 215 5,000 997 May 10 Howard Johnson Invitational North Carolina Joyce Ziske (2) 210 5,000 997 May 31 Cavalier Open Virginia Mickey Wright (11) 207 5,500 997 Jun 7 Triangle Round Robin New Jersey Betsy Rawls (33) +62 9,000 1,425 Jun 14 American Women's Open Minnesota Beverly Hanson (14) 297 7,000 1,247 Jun 27 U.S. Women's Open Pennsylvania Mickey Wright (12) 287 7,200 1,800 Jul 6 LPGA Championship Indiana Betsy Rawls (34) 288 7,500 1,247 Jul 9 Hoosier Open Indiana Marlene Hagge (17) 141 4,000 700 Jul 19 Alliance Machine International Open Ohio Mickey Wright (13) 291 10,000 2,090 Jul 26 Mt. Prospect Open Illinois Betsy Rawls (35) 291 20,000 6,175 Aug 16 Women's Western Open Washington Betsy Rawls (36) 293 7,000 1,247 Aug 23 Spokane Open Washington Beverly Hanson (15) 287 7,500 1,247 Aug 31 Waterloo Open Iowa Betsy Rawls (37) 282 7,000 1,247 Sep 6 Cosmopolitan Open Illinois Kathy Cornelius (3) 214 5,700 997 Sep 13 Memphis Open Tennessee Marilynn Smith (5) 295 7,000 1,250 Sep 20 Links Invitation Open Georgia Beverly Hanson (16) 289 7,500 1,247 Sep 26 Opie Turner Open Oklahoma Betsy Rawls (38) 221 7,500 1,247
Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Betsy Rawls (2) Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Betsy Rawls
References
External links LPGA Tour official site