1957 LPGA Tour

1957 LPGA Tour season

Duration	January 11, 1957 (1957-01-11) – October 21, 1957 (1957-10-21)
Number of official events	25
Most wins	5 Patty Berg and Betsy Rawls
Money leader	Patty Berg
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The 1957 LPGA Tour was the eighth season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 11 to October 21. The season consisted of 25 official money events. Patty Berg and Betsy Rawls won the most tournaments, five each. Berg led the money list with earnings of $16,272.

There was only one first-time winner in 1957, Wiffi Smith.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1957 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 13	Sea Island Open	Georgia	Mickey Wright (2)	220	4,488	880
Jan 20	Tampa Open	Florida	Betsy Rawls (22)	298	4,488	880
Jan 27	Lake Worth Open	Florida	Betsy Rawls (23)	214	4,488	880
Feb 3	Havana Open	Cuba	Patty Berg (43)	210	4,488	880
Feb 10	Serbin Open	Florida	Fay Crocker (6)	143	3,500	630
Feb 17	St. Petersburg Open	Florida	Mary Lena Faulk (2)	279	4,488	880
Mar 3	Jacksonville Open	Florida	Mickey Wright (3)	295	5,000	880
Mar 16	Titleholders Championship	Georgia	Patty Berg (44)	296	5,000	1,000
Apr 14	Dallas Open	Texas	Wiffi Smith (1)	285	6,670	1,316
Apr 21	Babe Zaharias Open	Texas	Marlene Hagge (12)	222	4,640	882
Apr 28	Women's Western Open	Alabama	Patty Berg (45)	291	5,000	1,000
May 5	Peach Blossom Open	South Carolina	Betsy Rawls (24)	213	4,488	880
May 12	Smokey Open	Tennessee	Beverly Hanson (9)	295	7,500	1,350
May 26	Land of Sky Open	North Carolina	Beverly Hanson (10)	286	6,478	1,316
Jun 2	Triangle Round Robin	Virginia	Fay Crocker (7)	+51	9,600	1,500
Jun 10	LPGA Championship	Pennsylvania	Louise Suggs (38)	285	6,750	1,316
Jun 29	U.S. Women's Open	New York	Betsy Rawls (25)	299	6,820	1,800
Jul 28	Wolverine Open	Michigan	Mickey Wright (4)	284	7,500	1,392
Aug 11	All American Open	Illinois	Patty Berg (46)	302	15,000	6,000
Aug 11	World Championship	Illinois	Patty Berg (47)	302	15,000	6,000
Aug 18	Colonial Open	Mississippi	Betty Dodd (2)	215	4,587	880
Sep 30	Reno Open	Nevada	Betsy Rawls (26)	143 (−1)	3,500
Oct 6	United Voluntary Services Open	California	Wiffi Smith (2)	221	4,744	831
Oct 7	Heart of America Invitational	Missouri	Louise Suggs (39)	220	4,382	880
Oct 21	Lawton Open	Oklahoma	Marlene Hagge (13)	216	4,489	800

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner	Patty Berg (3)	United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)	Louise Suggs	United States

External links

• LPGA Tour official site