Year: | 1952 |
Tour: | LPGA Tour |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 24 |
Honor1: | Money leader |
Honoree1: | Betsy Rawls |
Prevseason: | 1951 |
Nextseason: | 1953 |
The 1952 LPGA Tour was the third season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 4 to October 28. The season consisted of 24 official money events. Betsy Rawls won the most tournaments, eight. Rawls led the money list with earnings of $14,505.
There was only one first-time winner in 1952, Marlene Bauer.
The tournament results are listed below.
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1952 season.[1] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | Score | Purse ($) | 1st prize ($) | |
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Jan 6 | Louise Suggs (10) | 277 | 3,000 | 750 | |||
Jan 20 | Louise Suggs (11) | 293 | 3,500 | 1,000 | |||
Feb 17 | Babe Zaharias (28) | 145 | 3,000 | 750 | |||
Mar 2 | Marlene Bauer (1) | 71 | 350 | ||||
Mar 16 | Titleholders Championship | Babe Zaharias (29) | 299 | 2,100 | 1,000 | ||
Mar 30 | Patty Berg (22) | 299 | 3,925 | 1,000 | |||
Apr 12 | Betsy Rawls (3) | 140 | 3,000 | 750 | |||
Apr 14 | Betty Jameson (5) | 74 | 375 | ||||
Apr 28 | Patty Berg (23) | 210 | 3,000 | 750 | |||
Apr 30 | Louise Suggs (12) | 72 | 375 | ||||
May 1 | Marlene Bauer (2) (tie) Betty Jameson (6) Betsy Rawls (4) Babe Zaharias (30) | 74 | 225 each | ||||
May 4 | Babe Zaharias (31) | 226 | 5,000 | 1,175 | |||
May 11 | Betsy Rawls (5) | 139 | 3,000 | 750 | |||
Jun 1 | Patty Berg (24) | 148 | 3,000 | 750 | |||
Jun 4 | various | Betsy Rawls (6) | 590 | 5,000 | 5,000 | ||
Jun 8 | Betsy Rawls (7) | 226 | 875 | ||||
Jun 21 | Women's Western Open | Betsy Rawls (8) | 1 up | 5,000 | 1,000 | ||
Jun 29 | U.S. Women's Open | Louise Suggs (13) | 284 | 7,500 | 2,000 | ||
Aug 10 | Louise Suggs (14) | 300 | 2,550 | 1,000 | |||
Aug 17 | Betty Jameson (7) | 303 | 5,000 | ||||
Sep 7 | Betsy Rawls (9) | 214 (−2) | 3,000 | 750 | |||
Sep 10 | Betsy Rawls (10) | 74 | 375 | ||||
Oct 19 | Louise Suggs (15) | 212 | 875 | ||||
Oct 28 | Babe Zaharias (32) | 7 & 6 | 300 |