Year: | 1957 |
Tour: | LPGA Tour |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 25 |
Most Wins: | 5 Patty Berg and Betsy Rawls |
Honor1: | Money leader |
Honoree1: | Patty Berg |
Prevseason: | 1956 |
Nextseason: | 1958 |
The 1957 LPGA Tour was the eighth season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 11 to October 21. The season consisted of 25 official money events. Patty Berg and Betsy Rawls won the most tournaments, five each. Berg led the money list with earnings of $16,272.
There was only one first-time winner in 1957, Wiffi Smith.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1957 season.[1] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | Score | Purse ($) | 1st prize ($) | |
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Jan 13 | Mickey Wright (2) | 220 | 4,488 | 880 | |||
Jan 20 | Betsy Rawls (22) | 298 | 4,488 | 880 | |||
Jan 27 | Betsy Rawls (23) | 214 | 4,488 | 880 | |||
Feb 3 | Patty Berg (43) | 210 | 4,488 | 880 | |||
Feb 10 | Fay Crocker (6) | 143 | 3,500 | 630 | |||
Feb 17 | Mary Lena Faulk (2) | 279 | 4,488 | 880 | |||
Mar 3 | Mickey Wright (3) | 295 | 5,000 | 880 | |||
Mar 16 | Titleholders Championship | Patty Berg (44) | 296 | 5,000 | 1,000 | ||
Apr 14 | Wiffi Smith (1) | 285 | 6,670 | 1,316 | |||
Apr 21 | Marlene Hagge (12) | 222 | 4,640 | 882 | |||
Apr 28 | Women's Western Open | Patty Berg (45) | 291 | 5,000 | 1,000 | ||
May 5 | Betsy Rawls (24) | 213 | 4,488 | 880 | |||
May 12 | Beverly Hanson (9) | 295 | 7,500 | 1,350 | |||
May 26 | Beverly Hanson (10) | 286 | 6,478 | 1,316 | |||
Jun 2 | Fay Crocker (7) | +51 | 9,600 | 1,500 | |||
Jun 10 | LPGA Championship | Louise Suggs (38) | 285 | 6,750 | 1,316 | ||
Jun 29 | U.S. Women's Open | Betsy Rawls (25) | 299 | 6,820 | 1,800 | ||
Jul 28 | Mickey Wright (4) | 284 | 7,500 | 1,392 | |||
Aug 11 | Patty Berg (46) | 302 | 15,000 | 6,000 | |||
Aug 11 | Patty Berg (47) | 302 | 15,000 | 6,000 | |||
Aug 18 | Betty Dodd (2) | 215 | 4,587 | 880 | |||
Sep 30 | Betsy Rawls (26) | 143 (−1) | 3,500 | ||||
Oct 6 | Wiffi Smith (2) | 221 | 4,744 | 831 | |||
Oct 7 | Louise Suggs (39) | 220 | 4,382 | 880 | |||
Oct 21 | Marlene Hagge (13) | 216 | 4,489 | 800 |