Year: | 1950 |
Tour: | LPGA Tour |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 15 |
Most Wins: | 8 – Babe Zaharias |
Honor1: | Money leader |
Honoree1: | Babe Zaharias ($14,800) |
Nextseason: | 1951 |
The 1950 LPGA Tour was the first official season of the LPGA Tour. The season ran from January 19 to October 21. It consisted of 15 official money events. Babe Zaharias won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $14,800.
The tournament results are listed below.
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1950 season.[1] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold. Note that the LPGA recognizes several pre-1950 tournaments as official wins.
Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | Score | Purse ($) | 1st prize ($) | |
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Jan 22 | Polly Riley (a) (2*) | 295 | 3,500 | ||||
Mar 19 | Titleholders Championship | Babe Zaharias (11) | 298 | 1,500 | 700 | ||
Apr 30 | Babe Zaharias (12) | 158 | 3,000 | 750 | |||
May 7 | Louise Suggs (7) | 160 | 3,000 | 750 | |||
May 14 | Babe Zaharias (13) | 145 | 3,000 | 750 | |||
May 21 | Louise Suggs (8) | 155 | 3,000 | 750 | |||
May 21 | various | Babe Zaharias (14) | 629 | 5,000 | 5,000 | ||
May 28 | Patty Berg (14) | 217 | 3,000 | 750 | |||
Jun 24 | Women's Western Open | Babe Zaharias (15) | 5 & 3 | 500 | |||
Aug 8 | Babe Zaharias (16) | 296 | 2,733 | 900 | |||
Aug 13 | Babe Zaharias (17) | 293 | 4,025 | 2,000 | |||
Sep 23 | Patty Berg (15) | 217 (+1) | 3,000 | 750 | |||
Oct 1 | U.S. Women's Open | Babe Zaharias (18) | 291 (−9) | 5,000 | 1,250 | ||
Oct 13 | Beverly Hanson (a) (1*) | 1 up | |||||
Oct 21 | Patty Berg (16) | 2 up |