1952 LPGA Tour explained

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.

Tournament results

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 ($) 1st prize ($)
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

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology50-59.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 1950-1959