The 1962 LPGA Tour was the 13th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 19 to November 4. The season consisted of 29 official money events. Mickey Wright won the most tournaments, 10. She also led the money list with earnings of $21,641. The first Rookie of the Year was won by Mary Mills.
There were four first-time winners in 1962: Shirley Englehorn, Sandra Haynie, who would win 42 LPGA events, Murle Lindstrom, and Kathy Whitworth, who would win a record 88 LPGA events. The season saw the last wins of Louise Suggs (58 career wins) and Patty Berg (60). It also saw the first and only official win by a man, Sam Snead in the Royal Poinciana Plaza Invitational.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1962 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Jan 21 Sea Island Women's Invitational Georgia Mickey Wright (30) 226 6,000 1,000 Feb 7 Royal Poinciana Plaza Invitational Florida Sam Snead (1) 211 4,500 2,000 Feb 18 St. Petersburg Open Florida Louise Suggs (56) 280 7,500 1,200 Apr 22 Sunshine Open Florida Marilynn Smith (6) 214 7,000 1,200 Apr 29 Titleholders Championship Georgia Mickey Wright (31) 295 7,500 1,330 May 6 Peach Blossom Open South Carolina Mary Lena Faulk (8) 217 7,500 1,100 May 13 Women's Western Open Alabama Mickey Wright (32) 295 7,000 1,200 May 20 Muskogee Civitan Open Oklahoma Patty Berg (51) 290 7,000 1,200 May 27 Dallas Civitan Open Texas Ruth Jessen (3) 292 9,300 1,500 Jun 10 Austin Civitan Open Texas Sandra Haynie (1) 289 7,000 1,200 Jun 17 Cosmopolitan Open Illinois Sandra Haynie (2) 210 7,500 1,200 Jun 24 J.E. McAuliffe Memorial New Jersey Betsy Rawls (45) 295 (+3) 8,000 1,250 Jun 30 U.S. Women's Open South Carolina Murle Lindstrom (1) 301 8,000 1,800 Jul 8 Kelly Girls Open Maryland Kathy Whitworth (1) 215 7,500 1,300 Jul 15 Milwaukee Open Wisconsin Mickey Wright (33) 289 10,000 1,350 Jul 22 Lady Carling Open Massachusetts Shirley Englehorn (1) 226 10,000 1,450 Aug 5 Waterloo Open Iowa Marilynn Smith (7) 279 7,500 1,200 Aug 12 Heart of America Invitational Kansas Mickey Wright (34) 286 7,500 1,000 Aug 19 Albuquerque Swing Parade New Mexico Mickey Wright (35) 219 7,500 1,000 Aug 26 Salt Lake City Open Utah Mickey Wright (36) 292 7,000 1,200 Sep 3 Spokane Open Washington Mickey Wright (37) 275 7,000 1,200 Sep 9 Eugene Open Oregon Shirley Englehorn (2) 292 7,500 1,250 Sep 16 Sacramento Open California Ruth Jessen (4) 218 7,500 1,300 Sep 23 Visalia Open California Mary Lena Faulk (9) 289 7,500 1,350 Sep 30 Mickey Wright Invitational California Mickey Wright (38) 286 5,000 1,300 Oct 7 LPGA Championship Nevada Judy Kimball (2) 282 15,000 2,300 Oct 14 Phoenix Thunderbird Open Arizona Kathy Whitworth (2) 213 8,400 1,350 Oct 21 Carlsbad Cavern Open New Mexico Mickey Wright (39) 219 7,000 1,200 Nov 4 San Antonio Civitan Texas Murle Lindstrom (2) 215 7,000 1,200
Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Mickey Wright (2) Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Mickey Wright (3) Rookie of the Year Mary Mills
References
External links LPGA Tour official site