Golf tour season
The 1952 LPGA Tour was the third season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 4 to October 28. The season consisted of 24 official money events. Betsy Rawls won the most tournaments, eight. Rawls led the money list with earnings of 14,505ドル.
There was only one first-time winner in 1952, Marlene Bauer.
The tournament results are listed below.
Tournament results
[edit ]The following table shows all the official money events for the 1952 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 ($) |
1st prize ($)
|
| Jan 6 |
Jacksonville Open |
Florida |
United States Louise Suggs (10) |
277 |
3,000 |
750
|
| Jan 20 |
Tampa Open |
Florida |
United States Louise Suggs (11) |
293 |
3,500 |
1,000
|
| Feb 17 |
Miami Weathervane |
Florida |
United States Babe Zaharias (28) |
145 |
3,000 |
750
|
| Mar 2 |
Sarasota Open |
Florida |
United States Marlene Bauer (1) |
71 |
350
|
| Mar 16 |
Titleholders Championship |
Georgia |
United States Babe Zaharias (29) |
299 |
2,100 |
1,000
|
| Mar 30 |
New Orleans Women's Open |
Louisiana |
United States Patty Berg (22) |
299 |
3,925 |
1,000
|
| Apr 12 |
Houston Weathervane |
Texas |
United States Betsy Rawls (3) |
140 |
3,000 |
750
|
| Apr 14 |
Corpus Christi Tournament |
Texas |
United States Betty Jameson (5) |
74 |
375
|
| Apr 28 |
Richmond Open |
California |
United States Patty Berg (23) |
210 |
3,000 |
750
|
| Apr 30 |
Stockton Open |
California |
United States Louise Suggs (12) |
72 |
375
|
| May 1 |
Bakersfield Open |
California |
United States Marlene Bauer (2) (tie)
United States Betty Jameson (6)
United States Betsy Rawls (4)
United States Babe Zaharias (30) |
74 |
225
each
|
| May 4 |
Fresno Open |
California |
United States Babe Zaharias (31) |
226 |
5,000 |
1,175
|
| May 11 |
Seattle Weathervane |
Washington |
United States Betsy Rawls (5) |
139 |
3,000 |
750
|
| Jun 1 |
New York Weathervane |
New York |
United States Patty Berg (24) |
148 |
3,000 |
750
|
| Jun 4 |
Cross Country 144 Hole Weathervane |
various |
United States Betsy Rawls (6) |
590 |
5,000 |
5,000
|
| Jun 8 |
Eastern Women's Open |
Pennsylvania |
United States Betsy Rawls (7) |
226 |
875
|
| Jun 21 |
Women's Western Open |
Illinois |
United States Betsy Rawls (8) |
1 up |
5,000 |
1,000
|
| Jun 29 |
U.S. Women's Open |
Pennsylvania |
United States Louise Suggs (13) |
284 |
7,500 |
2,000
|
| Aug 10 |
All American Open |
Illinois |
United States Louise Suggs (14) |
300 |
2,550 |
1,000
|
| Aug 17 |
World Championship |
Illinois |
United States Betty Jameson (7) |
303 |
5,000
|
| Sep 7 |
Carrollton Open |
Georgia |
United States Betsy Rawls (9) |
214 (−2) |
3,000 |
750
|
| Sep 10 |
Thomasville Open |
Georgia |
United States Betsy Rawls (10) |
74 |
375
|
| Oct 19 |
Betty Jameson Open |
Texas |
United States Louise Suggs (15) |
212 |
875
|
| Oct 28 |
Women's Texas Open |
Texas |
United States Babe Zaharias (32) |
7 & 6 |
300
|