Year: | 1965 |
Tour: | LPGA Tour |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 30 |
Most Wins: | 8 Kathy Whitworth |
Honor1: | Money leader |
Honoree1: | Kathy Whitworth |
Honor2: | Rookie of the Year |
Honoree2: | Margie Masters |
Prevseason: | 1964 |
Nextseason: | 1966 |
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 $28,658.
There were two first-time winners in 1965: Susie Maxwell and Jo Ann Prentice.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1965 season.[1] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | Score | Purse ($) | 1st prize ($) | |
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Mar 21 | Kathy Whitworth (12) | 281 | 9,600 | 1,500 | |||
Mar 28 | Jo Ann Prentice (1) | 146^ | 8,000 | 1,275 | |||
Apr 4 | Mickey Wright (64) | 214 | 8,000 | 1,275 | |||
Apr 25 | Betsy Rawls (49) | 218 | 8,000 | 1,275 | |||
May 2 | Kathy Whitworth (13) | 210 | 8,000 | 1,275 | |||
May 2 | Marilynn Smith (14) | 213 | 8,000 | 1,275 | |||
May 16 | Susie Maxwell (1) | 213 | 8,000 | 1,275 | |||
May 23 | Mickey Wright (65) | 283 | 14,000 | 2,100 | |||
May 30 | Marlene Hagge (20) | 215 | 8,000 | 1,275 | |||
Jun 6 | Kathy Whitworth (14) | 213 | 8,500 | 1,350 | |||
Jun 13 | Women's Western Open | Susie Maxwell (2) | 290 | 9,600 | 1,500 | ||
Jun 20 | Sandra Haynie (6) | 210 | 8,000 | 1,275 | |||
Jun 27 | Carol Mann (2) | 211 | 10,000 | 1,500 | |||
Jul 3 | U.S. Women's Open | Carol Mann (3) | 290 | 17,780 | 4,000 | ||
Jul 11 | Kathy Whitworth (15) | 219 | 10,000 | 1,500 | |||
Jul 18 | Kathy Whitworth (16) | 213 | 15,000 | 2,250 | |||
Jul 25 | Kathy Whitworth (17) | 207 | 10,000 | 1,500 | |||
Aug 1 | Betsy Rawls (50) | 214 | 8,000 | 1,275 | |||
Aug 8 | Marlene Hagge (21) | 287 | 12,000 | 1,875 | |||
Aug 15 | Mary Mills (4) | 216 | 12,500 | 1,875 | |||
Aug 22 | Clifford Ann Creed (4) | 208 | 11,500 | 1,500 | |||
Sep 12 | Mary Mills (5) | 294 | 10,000 | 1,350 | |||
Sep 19 | Clifford Ann Creed (5) | 289 | 8,500 | 1,350 | |||
Sep 26 | LPGA Championship | Sandra Haynie (7) | 279 | 15,830 | 2,475 | ||
Oct 3 | Kathy Whitworth (18) | 283 | 8,600 | 1,350 | |||
Oct 24 | Marlene Hagge (22) | 290 | 8,600 | 1,350 | |||
Oct 30 | Clifford Ann Creed (6) | 215 | 9,000 | 1,350 | |||
Nov 7 | Marlene Hagge (23) | 206 | 10,000 | 1,350 | |||
Nov 14 | Marlene Hagge (24) | 216 | 8,800 | 1,500 | |||
Nov 28 | Titleholders Championship | Kathy Whitworth (19) | 287 | 10,000 | 1,500 |