1956 LPGA Tour

The 1956 LPGA Tour was the seventh season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 14 to October 21. The season consisted of 25 official money events. Marlene Hagge won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $20,235.

The season saw the first tournament outside United States, the Havana Open in Cuba. There were five first-time winners in 1956, Kathy Cornelius, Betty Dodd, Mary Lena Faulk, Mickey Wright, and Joyce Ziske. Wright would win 82 LPGA events in her career, second only to Kathy Whitworth's 88.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1956 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 15Sea Island OpenGeorgia Marlene Hagge (4)1523,000630
Jan 22Tampa OpenFlorida Betsy Rawls (19)2934,500900
Feb 5Havana OpenCuba Louise Suggs (35)2274,5001,000
Feb 12Serbin OpenFlorida Fay Crocker (4)1443,500630
Feb 19St. Petersburg OpenFlorida Kathy Cornelius (1)2875,000900
Feb 26Sarasota OpenFlorida Betsy Rawls (20)2915,0001,000
Mar 5Jacksonville OpenFlorida Mickey Wright (1)2944,500900
Mar 11Titleholders ChampionshipGeorgia Louise Suggs (36)3025,0001,000
Apr 15Babe Zaharias OpenTexas Marlene Hagge (5)2194,000900
Apr 22Dallas OpenTexas Patty Berg (41)2917,5001,350
Apr 29Peach Blossom OpenSouth Carolina Betsy Rawls (21)2924,000900
Jun 3Pittsburgh OpenPennsylvania Marlene Hagge (6)2936,000
Jun 10Triangle Round RobinVirginia Marlene Hagge (7)+5010,0002,000
Jun 24LPGA ChampionshipMichigan Marlene Hagge (8)2916,5001,350
Jul 1Women's Western OpenIowa Beverly Hanson (8)3045,0001,000
Jul 8Syracuse OpenNew York Joyce Ziske (1)2216,5001,316
Jul 29U.S. Women's OpenMinnesota Kathy Cornelius (2)3026,0001,500
Aug 5All American OpenIllinois Louise Suggs (37)3015,0001,000
Aug 12World ChampionshipIllinois Marlene Hagge (9)29814,0006,000
Aug 19St. Louis OpenMissouri Fay Crocker (5)2884,000880
Aug 26Denver OpenColorado Marlene Hagge (10)2844,000800
Sep 16Clock OpenCalifornia Marlene Hagge (11)2924,500900
Oct 7Kansas City OpenMissouri Mary Lena Faulk (1)2145,000880
Oct 14Arkansas OpenArkansas Patty Berg (42)2874,000880
Oct 21Lawton OpenOklahoma Betty Dodd (1)2144,000880

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerMarlene Hagge United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)Patty Berg (3) United States

References
  1. LPGA Tournament Chronology 1950-1959 Archived 2010-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
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