Year: | 1955 |
Tour: | LPGA Tour |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 27 |
Honor1: | Money leader |
Honoree1: | Patty Berg |
Prevseason: | 1954 |
Nextseason: | 1956 |
The 1955 LPGA Tour was the sixth season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 6 to October 9. The season consisted of 27 official money events. Patty Berg won the most tournaments, six. She also led the money list with earnings of $16,492.
The season saw the first winner from outside the United States, Fay Crocker from Uruguay. It also included the last of Babe Zaharias's 41 wins, she died the following year. The LPGA added a major championship to its schedule, the LPGA Championship, won by Beverly Hanson. Another major, the Women's Western Open, changed its format from match play to stroke play.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1955 season.[1] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | Score | Purse ($) | 1st prize ($) | |
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Jan 8 | Louise Suggs (30) | 224 | 5,000 | 1,000 | |||
Jan 16 | Jackie Pung (3) | 151 | 3,500 | 700 | |||
Jan 23 | Babe Zaharias (40) | 298 | 5,000 | 1,000 | |||
Feb 13 | Patty Berg (35) | 292 | 5,000 | 1,000 | |||
Feb 20 | Fay Crocker (1) | 296 | 5,000 | 1,000 | |||
Feb 27 | Betty Jameson (10) | 285 | 5,000 | 1,000 | |||
Mar 6 | Jackie Pung (4) | 297 | 5,000 | 1,000 | |||
Mar 13 | Titleholders Championship | Patty Berg (36) | 292 | 5,000 | 1,000 | ||
Apr 3 | Louise Suggs (31) | 229 | 5,000 | 1,000 | |||
Apr 17 | Betty Jameson (11) | 210 | 5,000 | 1,000 | |||
Apr 23 | Betsy Rawls (18) | 218 | 5,000 | 1,000 | |||
May 1 | Babe Zaharias (41) | 293 | 5,000 | 1,000 | |||
May 28 | Fay Crocker (2) | 291 | 5,000 | 1,000 | |||
Jun 5 | Louise Suggs (32) | 291 | 5,000 | 1,000 | |||
Jun 16 | Louise Suggs (33) | +44 | 3,500 | 1,500 | |||
Jun 26 | Women's Western Open | Patty Berg (37) | 292 | 5,000 | 1,000 | ||
Jul 2 | U.S. Women's Open | Fay Crocker (3) | 299 | 7,500 | 2,000 | ||
Jul 17 | LPGA Championship | Beverly Hanson (6) | 220 | 6,000 | 1,200 | ||
Jul 31 | Beverly Hanson (7) | 220 | 5,000 | 1,000 | |||
Aug 7 | Patty Berg (38) | 302 | 5,000 | 1,000 | |||
Aug 14 | Patty Berg (39) | 298 | 12,000 | 5,000 | |||
Aug 23 | Betty Jameson (12) | 218 | 4,000 | 900 | |||
Aug 28 | Marilynn Smith (2) | 220 | 4,500 | 900 | |||
Sep 12 | Louise Suggs (34) | 289 | 4,300 | 900 | |||
Sep 18 | Marilynn Smith (3) | 221 | 5,000 | 900 | |||
Sep 25 | Patty Berg (40) | 288 | 4,500 | 900 | |||
Oct 9 | Betty Jameson (13) | 220 | 5,000 | 900 |
Award | Winner | Country | |
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Patty Berg (2) | |||
Patty Berg (2) |