1954 LPGA Tour

1954 LPGA Tour season

Duration	January 15, 1954 (1954-01-15) – October 31, 1954 (1954-10-31)
Number of official events	21
Most wins	5 Louise Suggs and Babe Zaharias
Money leader	Patty Berg
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The 1954 LPGA Tour was the fifth season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 15 to October 31. The season consisted of 21 official money events. Louise Suggs and Babe Zaharias won the most tournaments, five each. Patty Berg led the money list with earnings of $16,011.

There was only one first-time winner in 1954, Marilynn Smith.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1954 season. "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 17	Sea Island Open	Georgia	Louise Suggs (25)	231	3,500	875
Jan 24	Tampa Women's Open	Florida	Betsy Rawls (15)	311	5,000	1,200
Feb 14	St. Petersburg Open	Florida	Beverly Hanson (4)	216	3,500	875
Feb 20	Serbin Open	Florida	Babe Zaharias (35)	294	5,000	1,200
Mar 7	Sarasota Open	Florida	Babe Zaharias (36)	223	3,500	875
Mar 14	Titleholders Championship	Georgia	Louise Suggs (26)	293	3,000	1,000
Mar 28	Betsy Rawls Open	South Carolina	Louise Suggs (27)	220	3,500	875
Apr 4	Carrollton Georgia Open	Georgia	Louise Suggs (28)	218	3,500	875
Apr 11	New Orleans Open	Louisiana	Marlene Bauer (3)	297	5,000	1,200
Apr 18	Babe Zaharias Open	Texas	Louise Suggs (29)	224	3,500	700
May 16	Damon Runyon Cancer Fund Tournament	Maryland	Babe Zaharias (37)	299	5,000	1,000
Jun 5	Triangle Round Robin	Virginia	Patty Berg (32)	+73	7,000	1,500
Jun 15	Women's Western Open	Illinois	Betty Jameson (9)	6 & 5	3,000	1,375
Jul 3	U.S. Women's Open	Massachusetts	Babe Zaharias (38)	291	7,500	2,000
Jul 25	Fort Wayne Open	Indiana	Marilynn Smith (1)	216	3,500	700
Aug 6	All American Open	Illinois	Babe Zaharias (39)	294		1,000
Aug 13	World Championship	Illinois	Patty Berg (33)	298	12,000	5,000
Sep 12	St. Louis Open	Missouri	Betsy Rawls (16)	211	3,500	700
Sep 19	Wichita Open	Kansas	Beverly Hanson (5)	295	5,000	1,000
Sep 26	Ardmore Open	Oklahoma	Patty Berg (34)	299	5,000	1,816
Oct 31	Texas Open	Texas	Betsy Rawls (17)	1 up		700

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner	Patty Berg	United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)	Babe Zaharias	United States

External links

• LPGA Tour official site