The 1964 LPGA Tour was the 15th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from March 19 to November 22. The season consisted of 32 official money events. Mickey Wright won the most tournaments, 11. She also led the money list with earnings of $29,800.
There were two first-time winners in 1964: Clifford Ann Creed and Carol Mann.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1964 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Mar 22 Women's Western Open Florida Carol Mann (1) 308 7,500 1,200 Apr 5 St. Petersburg Women's Open Invitational Florida Mary Lena Faulk (10) 289 10,000 1,500 Apr 12 Baton Rouge Ladies' Open Invitational Louisiana Sandra Haynie (4) 211 7,500 1,200 Apr 19 Peach Blossom Invitational South Carolina Mickey Wright (53) 215 7,500 1,200 Apr 26 Titleholders Championship Georgia Marilynn Smith (12) 289 7,500 1,300 May 3 Clifford Ann Creed Invitational Louisiana Mickey Wright (54) 214 8,000 1,250 May 10 Squirt Ladies' Open Invitational Missouri Mickey Wright (55) 215 12,500 2,000 May 17 Muskogee Civitan Open Oklahoma Mickey Wright (56) 213 8,000 1,250 May 24 Dallas Civitan Open Invitational Texas Betsy Rawls (47) 282 13,500 2,100 May 31 Babe Zaharias Open Invitational Texas Ruth Jessen (6) 214 8,500 1,300 Jun 14 Lady Carling Open Maryland Clifford Ann Creed (1) 217 10,000 1,500 Jun 21 Lady Carling Eastern Open Massachusetts Mickey Wright (57) 220 10,000 1,500 Jun 28 Waldemar Open New York Mickey Wright (58) 215 9,200 1,350 Jul 11 U.S. Women's Open California Mickey Wright (59) 290 9,900 2,200 Jul 19 Yankee Women's Open Michigan Ruth Jessen (7) 213 10,000 1,500 Jul 26 Cosmopolitan Women's Open Illinois Clifford Ann Creed (2) 211 8,500 1,300 Aug 2 Milwaukee Jaycee Open Wisconsin Mickey Wright (60) 289 12,500 2,000 Aug 9 Waterloo Women's Open Invitational Iowa Shirley Englehorn (4) 211 8,500 1,300 Aug 16 Omaha Jaycee Open Invitational Nebraska Ruth Jessen (8) 200 9,000 1,350 Aug 23 Albuquerque Pro-Am New Mexico Marilynn Smith (13) 216 9,000 1,350 Aug 30 Riverside Ladies Open Utah Clifford Ann Creed (3) 286 9,000 1,350 Sep 7 Valhalla Open Washington Betsy Rawls (48) 290 10,000 1,500 Sep 13 Eugene Ladies' Open Oregon Mary Mills (2) 289 9,000 1,350 Sep 27 Visalia Ladies' Open California Mickey Wright (61) 284 9,000 1,350 Oct 4 LPGA Championship Nevada Mary Mills (3) 278 16,500 2,450 Oct 11 Hillside House Ladies' Open California Ruth Jessen (9) 209 8,500 1,300 Oct 18 Mickey Wright Invitational California Marlene Hagge (19) 287 8,500 1,300 Oct 25 Phoenix Thunderbirds Ladies' Open Arizona Ruth Jessen (10) 289 9,000 1,350 Nov 1 Las Cruces Ladies' Open New Mexico Sandra Haynie (5) 208 8,500 1,300 Nov 8 Tall City Open Texas Mickey Wright (62) 207 9,000 1,350 Nov 15 San Antonio Civitan Open Texas Kathy Whitworth (11) 283 10,000 1,500 Nov 22 Mary Mills Mississippi Gulf Coast Invitational Mississippi Mickey Wright (63) 215 17,000 2,550
Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Mickey Wright (4) Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Mickey Wright (5) Rookie of the Year Susie Maxwell
References
External links LPGA Tour official site 1964 season coverage at golfobserver.com