1958 LPGA Tour explained

Year:1958
Tour:LPGA Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:24
Most Wins:5 Mickey Wright
Honor1:Money leader
Honoree1: Beverly Hanson
Prevseason:1957
Nextseason:1959

The 1958 LPGA Tour was the ninth season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 10 to September 14. The season consisted of 24 official money events. Mickey Wright won the most tournaments, five. Beverly Hanson led the money list with earnings of $12,639.

There was only one first-time winner in 1958, Bonnie Randolph.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1958 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 12 Mickey Wright (5) 224 4,750 831
Jan 20 Betsy Rawls (27) 302 7,500 1,247
Jan 26 Marlene Hagge (14) 218 5,000 831
Feb 2 Fay Crocker (8) 222 5,000
Feb 16 Betsy Rawls (28) 291 7,000 1,248
Mar 2 Marilynn Smith (4) 299 5,000 875
Mar 16 Titleholders Championship Beverly Hanson (11) 299 5,275 1,000
Apr 20 Louise Suggs (40) 214 4,487 831
May 11 Beverly Hanson (12) 212 4,000 831
May 18 Wiffi Smith (3) 216 4,000 831
May 28 Marlene Hagge (15) 213 4,750 831
Jun 1 Louise Suggs (41) 222 4,750 831
Jun 8 LPGA Championship Mickey Wright (6) 288 7,500 1,247
Jun 15 Louise Suggs (42) +51 9,000 1,425
Jun 22 Women's Western Open Patty Berg (48) 293 4,750 950
Jun 28 U.S. Women's Open Mickey Wright (7) 290 7,200 1,800
Jul 13 Patty Berg (49) 288 7,000 1,225
Jul 27 Louise Suggs (43) 300 7,000 1,247
Aug 10 Mary Lena Faulk (3) 216 6,500 988
Aug 17 Bonnie Randolph (1) 219 4,750 831
Aug 24 Fay Crocker (9) 287 7,000 1,247
Sep 1 Mickey Wright (8) 222 7,500 1,247
Sep 8 Mickey Wright (9) 284 8,500 1,247
Sep 14 Jackie Pung (5) 220 4,748 831

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Notes and References

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