1953 LPGA Tour
Year1953
TourLPGA Tour
Regular seasonJanuary 15, 1953 – October 18, 1953
No of events25
Most wins9 Louise Suggs
Honor 1Money leader
Honoree 1Louise Suggs
Honor 2Vare Trophy
Honoree 2Patty Berg
Prevseason1952
Nextseason1954

The 1953 LPGA Tour was the fourth season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 15 to October 18. The season consisted of 25 official money events. Louise Suggs won the most tournaments, nine. She also led the money list with earnings of $19,816.

This season also saw the introduction of the Vare Trophy for the lowest scoring average, won by Patty Berg. There was only one first-time winner in 1953, Jackie Pung.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1953 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 18Tampa OpenFloridaLouise Suggs (16)2885,0001,250
Feb 8Serbin Miami Beach OpenFloridaBetty Jameson (8)2225,000875
Feb 14Boca Raton WeathervaneFloridaBeverly Hanson (3)1483,000750
Mar 1Sarasota OpenFloridaBabe Zaharias (33)2173,517875
Mar 8Jacksonville OpenFloridaPatty Berg (25)214875
Mar 15Titleholders ChampionshipGeorgiaPatty Berg (26)2942,2001,000
Mar 22Betsy Rawls OpenSouth CarolinaLouise Suggs (17)2163,500875
Mar 29New Orleans Women's OpenLouisianaPatty Berg (27)2273,500875
Apr 5Babe Zaharias OpenTexasBabe Zaharias (34)217875
Apr 12Phoenix WeathervaneArizonaPatty Berg (28) (tie)
Louise Suggs (18)		1483,000
Apr 16Palm Springs OpenCaliforniaJackie Pung (1)1453,000750
Apr 19San Diego OpenCaliforniaLouise Suggs (19)1443,500750
Apr 26Bakersfield OpenCaliforniaLouise Suggs (20)1493,500875
May 3San Francisco WeathervaneCaliforniaLouise Suggs (21)1493,000750
May 10Barbara Romack OpenCaliforniaBetsy Rawls (11)1453,236875
May 17Reno OpenNevadaPatty Berg (29)1513,500875
May 31Philadelphia WeathervanePennsylvaniaLouise Suggs (22)1463,000750
May 31144 Hole WeathervanevariousLouise Suggs (23)5935,0005,000
Jun 7Eastern OpenPennsylvaniaBetsy Rawls (12)2935,0001,250
Jun 20Women's Western OpenGeorgiaLouise Suggs (24)6 & 51,000
Jun 28U.S. Women's OpenNew YorkBetsy Rawls (13)3027,5002,000
Jul 5Triangle Round RobinNew JerseyJackie Pung (2)+387,5001,500
Aug 3All American OpenIllinoisPatty Berg (30)3081,000
Aug 9World ChampionshipIllinoisPatty Berg (31)30012,0005,000
Oct 18Fort Worth OpenTexasBetsy Rawls (14)5 & 41,500500

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerLouise Suggs
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)Patty Berg

References

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