1951 LPGA Tour

The 1951 LPGA Tour was the second season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 5 to October 19. The season consisted of 19 official money events. Babe Zaharias won the most tournaments, nine. She also led the money list with earnings of $15,087.

1951 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 5, 1951 (1951-01-05) – October 19, 1951 (1951-10-19)
Number of official events19
Most wins9 – Babe Zaharias
Money leaderBabe Zaharias ($15,087)
← 1950
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There were two first-time winners in 1951, Pat O'Sullivan, an amateur, and Betsy Rawls, who won 55 LPGA events in her career.

The tournament results are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1951 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.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse ($)1st prize ($)
Jan 7Ponte Vedra Beach Women's OpenFlorida Babe Zaharias (19)2233,000750
Jan 21Tampa Women's OpenFlorida Babe Zaharias (20)2883,5001,000
Mar 18Titleholders ChampionshipGeorgia Pat O'Sullivan (a) (1*)3011,500
Mar 26Sandhills Women's OpenNorth Carolina Patty Berg (17)2213,000750
Apr 15Lakewood WeathervaneTexas Babe Zaharias (21)1493,000750
Apr 23Richmond Women's OpenCalifornia Babe Zaharias (22)2243,000750
Apr 24Sacramento Women's Invitational OpenCalifornia Betsy Rawls (1)722,000225
May 1Valley OpenCalifornia Babe Zaharias (23)2253,000750
May 6Pebble Beach WeathervaneCalifornia Patty Berg (18)1523,000750
May 20Meridian Hills WeathervaneIndiana Babe Zaharias (24)1453,000750
May 27New York WeathervaneNew York Patty Berg (19)1493,000750
Jun 15144 Hole WeathervaneNew York Patty Berg (20)601[2]7,5005,000
Jun 21Women's Western OpenPennsylvania Patty Berg (21)2 up
Jul 1Eastern OpenPennsylvania Beverly Hanson (2)2153,5001,000
Aug 7All American OpenIllinois Babe Zaharias (25)2985,5002,100
Aug 12World ChampionshipIllinois Babe Zaharias (26)2951,000
Sep 9Carrollton Georgia OpenGeorgia Louise Suggs (9)2213,000750
Sep 16U.S. Women's OpenGeorgia Betsy Rawls (2)2937,500
Oct 19Texas Women's OpenTexas Babe Zaharias (27)7 & 6

(a) - amateur
* - non-member at time of win

References
  1. LPGA Tournament Chronology 1950-1959 Archived 2010-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Defeated Babe Zaharias in 36-hole playoff, 146 to 147
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