The 1960 LPGA Tour was the 11th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 15 to September 25. The season consisted of 23 official money events. Mickey Wright won the most tournaments, six. Louise Suggs led the money list with earnings of $16,892.
There were no first-time winners in 1960, the only season in LPGA history that this happened.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1960 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Jan 17 Sea Island Open Georgia Mickey Wright (14) 219 5,700 997 Feb 14 St. Petersburg Open Florida Beverly Hanson (17) 287 7,000 1,247 Feb 21 Lake Worth Open Florida Fay Crocker (10) 285 7,000 1,247 Feb 28 Tampa Open Florida Mickey Wright (15) 217 7,000 1,247 Mar 13 Titleholders Championship Georgia Fay Crocker (11) 303 6,000 1,140 Mar 27 Royal Crown Open Georgia Wiffi Smith (6) 298 7,600 1,330 Apr 10 Babe Zaharias Open Texas Betsy Rawls (39) 211 6,000 1,083 Apr 24 Dallas Civitan Open Texas Louise Suggs (47) 281 9,500 1,662 May 7 Betsy Rawls Peach Blossom Open South Carolina Wiffi Smith (7) 212 5,500 997 Jun 5 Wolverine Open Michigan Joyce Ziske (3) 299 7,500 1,247 Jun 12 Triangle Round Robin New York Louise Suggs (48) +59 12,000 1,245 Jun 19 Cosmopolitan Open Illinois Betsy Rawls (40) 208 7,500 1,247 Jun 26 Women's Western Open Illinois Joyce Ziske (4) 301 7,000 1,247 Jul 4 LPGA Championship Indiana Mickey Wright (16) 292 8,500 1,500 Jul 10 Youngstown Kitchens Trumbull Open Ohio Louise Suggs (49) 288 11,000 2,500 Jul 23 U.S. Women's Open Massachusetts Betsy Rawls (41) 292 7,200 1,710 Jul 31 American Women's Open Minnesota Patty Berg (50) 292 7,000 1,247 Aug 7 Waterloo Open Iowa Wiffi Smith (8) 286 7,000 1,247 Aug 21 Asheville Open North Carolina Betsy Rawls (42) 211 7,000 1,247 Aug 27 Grossinger Open New York Mickey Wright (17) 218 7,000 1,247 Sep 1 Eastern Open Pennsylvania Mickey Wright (18) 213 7,500 1,247 Sep 18 Memphis Open Tennessee Mickey Wright (19) 278 7,500 1,247 Sep 25 San Antonio Civitan Texas Louise Suggs (50) 215 6,500 1,068
Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Louise Suggs (2) Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Mickey Wright
References
External links LPGA Tour official site