The 1965 LPGA Tour was the 16th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from March 18 to November 28. The season consisted of 30 official money events. Kathy Whitworth won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $28,658.
There were two first-time winners in 1965: Susie Maxwell and Jo Ann Prentice.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1965 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Mar 21 St. Petersburg Open Florida Kathy Whitworth (12) 281 9,600 1,500 Mar 28 All State Ladies' Invitational Mississippi Jo Ann Prentice (1) 146^ 8,000 1,275 Apr 4 Baton Rouge Invitational Louisiana Mickey Wright (64) 214 8,000 1,275 Apr 25 Pensacola Invitational Florida Betsy Rawls (49) 218 8,000 1,275 May 2 Shreveport Kiwanis Invitational Louisiana Kathy Whitworth (13) 210 8,000 1,275 May 2 Peach Blossom Open South Carolina Marilynn Smith (14) 213 8,000 1,275 May 16 Muskogee Civitan Open Oklahoma Susie Maxwell (1) 213 8,000 1,275 May 23 Dallas Civitan Open Texas Mickey Wright (65) 283 14,000 2,100 May 30 Babe Zaharias Open Texas Marlene Hagge (20) 215 8,000 1,275 Jun 6 Blue Grass Invitational Kentucky Kathy Whitworth (14) 213 8,500 1,350 Jun 13 Women's Western Open Illinois Susie Maxwell (2) 290 9,600 1,500 Jun 20 Cosmopolitan Open Illinois Sandra Haynie (6) 210 8,000 1,275 Jun 27 Lady Carling Open Maryland Carol Mann (2) 211 10,000 1,500 Jul 3 U.S. Women's Open New Jersey Carol Mann (3) 290 17,780 4,000 Jul 11 Lady Carling Midwest Open Ohio Kathy Whitworth (15) 219 10,000 1,500 Jul 18 Yankee Open Michigan Kathy Whitworth (16) 213 15,000 2,250 Jul 25 Buckeye Savings Invitational Ohio Kathy Whitworth (17) 207 10,000 1,500 Aug 1 Waterloo Open Iowa Betsy Rawls (50) 214 8,000 1,275 Aug 8 Milwaukee Open Wisconsin Marlene Hagge (21) 287 12,000 1,875 Aug 15 St. Louis Open Missouri Mary Mills (4) 216 12,500 1,875 Aug 22 Omaha Jaycee Open Nebraska Clifford Ann Creed (4) 208 11,500 1,500 Sep 12 Eugene Open Oregon Mary Mills (5) 294 10,000 1,350 Sep 19 Visalia Open California Clifford Ann Creed (5) 289 8,500 1,350 Sep 26 LPGA Championship Nevada Sandra Haynie (7) 279 15,830 2,475 Oct 3 Mickey Wright Invitational California Kathy Whitworth (18) 283 8,600 1,350 Oct 24 Phoenix Thunderbirds Open Arizona Marlene Hagge (22) 290 8,600 1,350 Oct 30 Las Cruces Open New Mexico Clifford Ann Creed (6) 215 9,000 1,350 Nov 7 LPGA Tall City Open Texas Marlene Hagge (23) 206 10,000 1,350 Nov 14 Alamo Open Texas Marlene Hagge (24) 216 8,800 1,500 Nov 28 Titleholders Championship Georgia Kathy Whitworth (19) 287 10,000 1,500 ^ - weather-shortened tournament
Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Kathy Whitworth Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Kathy Whitworth Rookie of the Year Margie Masters
References
External links LPGA Tour official site 1965 season coverage at golfobserver.com