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1962 LPGA Tour

The 1962 LPGA Tour was the 13th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 19 to November 4. The season consisted of 29 official money events. Mickey Wright won the most tournaments, 10. She also led the money list with earnings of $21,641. The first Rookie of the Year was won by Mary Mills.

1962 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 19, 1962 (1962-01-19) – November 4, 1962 (1962-11-04)
Number of official events29
Most wins10 United States Mickey Wright
Money leaderUnited States Mickey Wright
Rookie of the YearUnited States Mary Mills
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There were four first-time winners in 1962: Shirley Englehorn, Sandra Haynie, who would win 42 LPGA events, Murle Lindstrom, and Kathy Whitworth, who would win a record 88 LPGA events. The season saw the last wins of Louise Suggs (58 career wins) and Patty Berg (60). It also saw the first and only official win by a man, Sam Snead in the Royal Poinciana Plaza Invitational.

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 1962 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 21 Sea Island Women's Invitational Georgia   Mickey Wright (30) 226 6,000 1,000
Feb 7 Royal Poinciana Plaza Invitational Florida   Sam Snead (1) 211 4,500 2,000
Feb 18 St. Petersburg Open Florida   Louise Suggs (56) 280 7,500 1,200
Apr 22 Sunshine Open Florida   Marilynn Smith (6) 214 7,000 1,200
Apr 29 Titleholders Championship Georgia   Mickey Wright (31) 295 7,500 1,330
May 6 Peach Blossom Open South Carolina   Mary Lena Faulk (8) 217 7,500 1,100
May 13 Women's Western Open Alabama   Mickey Wright (32) 295 7,000 1,200
May 20 Muskogee Civitan Open Oklahoma   Patty Berg (51) 290 7,000 1,200
May 27 Dallas Civitan Open Texas   Ruth Jessen (3) 292 9,300 1,500
Jun 10 Austin Civitan Open Texas   Sandra Haynie (1) 289 7,000 1,200
Jun 17 Cosmopolitan Open Illinois   Sandra Haynie (2) 210 7,500 1,200
Jun 24 J.E. McAuliffe Memorial New Jersey   Betsy Rawls (45) 295 (+3) 8,000 1,250
Jun 30 U.S. Women's Open South Carolina   Murle Lindstrom (1) 301 8,000 1,800
Jul 8 Kelly Girls Open Maryland   Kathy Whitworth (1) 215 7,500 1,300
Jul 15 Milwaukee Open Wisconsin   Mickey Wright (33) 289 10,000 1,350
Jul 22 Lady Carling Open Massachusetts   Shirley Englehorn (1) 226 10,000 1,450
Aug 5 Waterloo Open Iowa   Marilynn Smith (7) 279 7,500 1,200
Aug 12 Heart of America Invitational Kansas   Mickey Wright (34) 286 7,500 1,000
Aug 19 Albuquerque Swing Parade New Mexico   Mickey Wright (35) 219 7,500 1,000
Aug 26 Salt Lake City Open Utah   Mickey Wright (36) 292 7,000 1,200
Sep 3 Spokane Open Washington   Mickey Wright (37) 275 7,000 1,200
Sep 9 Eugene Open Oregon   Shirley Englehorn (2) 292 7,500 1,250
Sep 16 Sacramento Open California   Ruth Jessen (4) 218 7,500 1,300
Sep 23 Visalia Open California   Mary Lena Faulk (9) 289 7,500 1,350
Sep 30 Mickey Wright Invitational California   Mickey Wright (38) 286 5,000 1,300
Oct 7 LPGA Championship Nevada   Judy Kimball (2) 282 15,000 2,300
Oct 14 Phoenix Thunderbird Open Arizona   Kathy Whitworth (2) 213 8,400 1,350
Oct 21 Carlsbad Cavern Open New Mexico   Mickey Wright (39) 219 7,000 1,200
Nov 4 San Antonio Civitan Texas   Murle Lindstrom (2) 215 7,000 1,200

Awards

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Award Winner Country
Money winner Mickey Wright (2)   United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Mickey Wright (3)   United States
Rookie of the Year Mary Mills   United States

References

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  1. ^ "LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969" (PDF). LPGA Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 29, 2011.
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