The 1961 LPGA Tour was the 12th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 9 to October 22. The season consisted of 24 official money events. Mickey Wright won the most tournaments, 10. She also led the money list with earnings of $22,236.
There was only one first-time winner in 1961, Judy Kimball.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1961 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Feb 12 St. Petersburg Open Florida Mickey Wright (20) 279 7,500 1,247 Feb 14 Royal Poinciana Invitational Florida Louise Suggs (51) 156 4,000 1,200 Mar 12 Miami Open Florida Mickey Wright (21) 220 7,500 1,247 Mar 26 Golden Circle of Golf Festival Florida Louise Suggs (52) 293 7,500 1,247 Apr 16 Dallas Civitan Open Texas Louise Suggs (53) 291 9,500 1,662 Apr 23 Babe Zaharias Open Texas Mary Lena Faulk (4) 211 7,000 1,200 Apr 30 Titleholders Championship Georgia Mickey Wright (22) 299 7,000 1,200 May 7 Peach Blossom Open South Carolina Ruth Jessen (2) 212 7,000 1,083 May 14 Columbus Open Georgia Mickey Wright (23) 292 5,700 998 Jun 4 Women's Western Open Tennessee Mary Lena Faulk (5) 290 7,500 1,313 Jun 11 Triangle Round Robin New York Mary Lena Faulk (6) +35 8,000 1,100 Jun 18 Eastern Open Pennsylvania Mary Lena Faulk (7) 214 7,500 1,247 Jul 1 U.S. Women's Open New Jersey Mickey Wright (24) 293 8,000 1,800 Jul 16 Tippecanoe Open Indiana Kathy Cornelius (4) 204 5,700 997 Jul 23 Cosmopolitan Open Illinois Betsy Rawls (43) 213 7,500 1,247 Jul 30 American Women's Open Minnesota Judy Kimball (1) 295 7,500 1,247 Aug 6 Waterloo Open Iowa Mickey Wright (25) 286 7,500 1,247 Aug 13 Kansas City Open Kansas Louise Suggs (54) 295 7,500 1,247 Aug 27 Spokane Women's Open Washington Mickey Wright (26) 280 7,500 1,247 Sep 24 Sacramento Valley Open California Mickey Wright (27) 223 8,000 1,450 Oct 1 Mickey Wright Invitational California Mickey Wright (28) 290 8,000 1,450 Oct 8 Bill Brannin's Swing Parade New Mexico Betsy Rawls (44) 221 7,500 1,247 Oct 15 LPGA Championship Nevada Mickey Wright (29) 287 15,000 2,500 Oct 22 San Antonio Civitan Texas Louise Suggs (55) 212 7,500 1,247
Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Mickey Wright Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Mickey Wright (2)
References
External links LPGA Tour official site