1959 LPGA Tour

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1959 LPGA Tour season
Duration	January 11, 1959 (1959年01月11日) – September 26, 1959 (1959年09月26日)
Number of official events	29
Most wins	10 United States Betsy Rawls
Money leader	United States Betsy Rawls
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The 1959 LPGA Tour was the 10th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 11 to September 26. The season consisted of 29 official money events. Betsy Rawls won the most tournaments, 10. She also led the money list with earnings of 26,774ドル.

There was only one first-time winner in 1959, Ruth Jessen.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

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The following table shows all the official money events for the 1959 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 13	Mayfair Open	Florida	United States Marlene Hagge (16)	225	4,750	831
Jan 18	Tampa Open	Florida	United States Ruth Jessen (1)	301	7,500	1,247
Feb 1	MAGA Pro-Am	Florida	United States Wiffi Smith (4)	220	5,000	697
Feb 15	St. Petersburg Open	Florida	United States Louise Suggs (44)	282	7,500	1,247
Feb 22	Lake Worth Open	Florida	United States Betsy Rawls (29)	285	7,500	1,247
Mar 1	Golden Triangle Festival	Florida	United States Beverly Hanson (13)	146	3,500	475
Mar 8	Jacksonville Open	Florida	United States Mickey Wright (10)	286	5,710	997
Mar 15	Titleholders Championship	Georgia	United States Louise Suggs (45)	297	5,000	1,000
Mar 23	Royal Crown Open	Georgia	United States Betsy Rawls (30)	294	5,747	997
Apr 12	Babe Zaharias Open	Texas	United States Betsy Rawls (31)	215	5,500	997
Apr 19	Dallas Civitan Open	Texas	United States Louise Suggs (46)	287	10,000	1,662
Apr 26	Betsy Rawls Open	South Carolina	United States Wiffi Smith (5)	211	5,629	997
May 3	Land of the Sky Open	North Carolina	United States Betsy Rawls (32)	215	5,000	997
May 10	Howard Johnson Invitational	North Carolina	United States Joyce Ziske (2)	210	5,000	997
May 31	Cavalier Open	Virginia	United States Mickey Wright (11)	207	5,500	997
Jun 7	Triangle Round Robin	New Jersey	United States Betsy Rawls (33)	+62	9,000	1,425
Jun 14	American Women's Open	Minnesota	United States Beverly Hanson (14)	297	7,000	1,247
Jun 27	U.S. Women's Open	Pennsylvania	United States Mickey Wright (12)	287	7,200	1,800
Jul 6	LPGA Championship	Indiana	United States Betsy Rawls (34)	288	7,500	1,247
Jul 9	Hoosier Open	Indiana	United States Marlene Hagge (17)	141	4,000	700
Jul 19	Alliance Machine International Open	Ohio	United States Mickey Wright (13)	291	10,000	2,090
Jul 26	Mt. Prospect Open	Illinois	United States Betsy Rawls (35)	291	20,000	6,175
Aug 16	Women's Western Open	Washington	United States Betsy Rawls (36)	293	7,000	1,247
Aug 23	Spokane Open	Washington	United States Beverly Hanson (15)	287	7,500	1,247
Aug 31	Waterloo Open	Iowa	United States Betsy Rawls (37)	282	7,000	1,247
Sep 6	Cosmopolitan Open	Illinois	United States Kathy Cornelius (3)	214	5,700	997
Sep 13	Memphis Open	Tennessee	United States Marilynn Smith (5)	295	7,000	1,250
Sep 20	Links Invitation Open	Georgia	United States Beverly Hanson (16)	289	7,500	1,247
Sep 26	Opie Turner Open	Oklahoma	United States Betsy Rawls (38)	221	7,500	1,247