1960 LPGA Tour explained

Year:1960
Tour:LPGA Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:24
Most Wins:6 Mickey Wright
Honor1:Money leader
Honoree1: Louise Suggs
Prevseason:1959
Nextseason:1961

The 1960 LPGA Tour was the 11th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 15 to September 25. The season consisted of 23 official money events. Mickey Wright won the most tournaments, six. Louise Suggs led the money list with earnings of $16,892.

There were no first-time winners in 1960, the only season in LPGA history that this happened.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1960 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 17 Mickey Wright (14) 219 5,700 997
Feb 14 Beverly Hanson (17) 287 7,000 1,247
Feb 21 Fay Crocker (10) 285 7,000 1,247
Feb 28 Mickey Wright (15) 217 7,000 1,247
Mar 13 Titleholders Championship Fay Crocker (11) 303 6,000 1,140
Mar 27 Wiffi Smith (6) 298 7,600 1,330
Apr 10 Betsy Rawls (39) 211 6,000 1,083
Apr 24 Louise Suggs (47) 281 9,500 1,662
May 7 Wiffi Smith (7) 212 5,500 997
Jun 5 Joyce Ziske (3) 299 7,500 1,247
Jun 12 Louise Suggs (48) +59 12,000 1,245
Jun 19 Betsy Rawls (40) 208 7,500 1,247
Jun 26 Women's Western Open Joyce Ziske (4) 301 7,000 1,247
Jul 4 LPGA Championship Mickey Wright (16) 292 8,500 1,500
Jul 10 Louise Suggs (49) 288 11,000 2,500
Jul 23 U.S. Women's Open Betsy Rawls (41) 292 7,200 1,710
Jul 31 Patty Berg (50) 292 7,000 1,247
Aug 7 Wiffi Smith (8) 286 7,000 1,247
Aug 21 Betsy Rawls (42) 211 7,000 1,247
Aug 27 Mickey Wright (17) 218 7,000 1,247
Sep 1 Mickey Wright (18) 213 7,500 1,247
Sep 18 Mickey Wright (19) 278 7,500 1,247
Sep 25 Louise Suggs (50) 215 6,500 1,068

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology60-69.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969