1965 LPGA Tour

The 1965 LPGA Tour was the 16th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from March 18 to November 28. The season consisted of 30 official money events. Kathy Whitworth won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $28,658.

There were two first-time winners in 1965: Susie Maxwell and Jo Ann Prentice.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1965 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 ($)1st prize ($)
Mar 21St. Petersburg OpenFlorida Kathy Whitworth (12)2819,6001,500
Mar 28All State Ladies' InvitationalMississippi Jo Ann Prentice (1)146^8,0001,275
Apr 4Baton Rouge InvitationalLouisiana Mickey Wright (64)2148,0001,275
Apr 25Pensacola InvitationalFlorida Betsy Rawls (49)2188,0001,275
May 2Shreveport Kiwanis InvitationalLouisiana Kathy Whitworth (13)2108,0001,275
May 2Peach Blossom OpenSouth Carolina Marilynn Smith (14)2138,0001,275
May 16Muskogee Civitan OpenOklahoma Susie Maxwell (1)2138,0001,275
May 23Dallas Civitan OpenTexas Mickey Wright (65)28314,0002,100
May 30Babe Zaharias OpenTexas Marlene Hagge (20)2158,0001,275
Jun 6Blue Grass InvitationalKentucky Kathy Whitworth (14)2138,5001,350
Jun 13Women's Western OpenIllinois Susie Maxwell (2)2909,6001,500
Jun 20Cosmopolitan OpenIllinois Sandra Haynie (6)2108,0001,275
Jun 27Lady Carling OpenMaryland Carol Mann (2)21110,0001,500
Jul 3U.S. Women's OpenNew Jersey Carol Mann (3)29017,7804,000
Jul 11Lady Carling Midwest OpenOhio Kathy Whitworth (15)21910,0001,500
Jul 18Yankee OpenMichigan Kathy Whitworth (16)21315,0002,250
Jul 25Buckeye Savings InvitationalOhio Kathy Whitworth (17)20710,0001,500
Aug 1Waterloo OpenIowa Betsy Rawls (50)2148,0001,275
Aug 8Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Marlene Hagge (21)28712,0001,875
Aug 15St. Louis OpenMissouri Mary Mills (4)21612,5001,875
Aug 22Omaha Jaycee OpenNebraska Clifford Ann Creed (4)20811,5001,500
Sep 12Eugene OpenOregon Mary Mills (5)29410,0001,350
Sep 19Visalia OpenCalifornia Clifford Ann Creed (5)2898,5001,350
Sep 26LPGA ChampionshipNevada Sandra Haynie (7)27915,8302,475
Oct 3Mickey Wright InvitationalCalifornia Kathy Whitworth (18)2838,6001,350
Oct 24Phoenix Thunderbirds OpenArizona Marlene Hagge (22)2908,6001,350
Oct 30Las Cruces OpenNew Mexico Clifford Ann Creed (6)2159,0001,350
Nov 7LPGA Tall City OpenTexas Marlene Hagge (23)20610,0001,350
Nov 14Alamo OpenTexas Marlene Hagge (24)2168,8001,500
Nov 28Titleholders ChampionshipGeorgia Kathy Whitworth (19)28710,0001,500

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Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerKathy Whitworth United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)Kathy Whitworth United States
Rookie of the YearMargie Masters United States

References
  1. LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969 Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
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