1953 LPGA Tour

1953 LPGA Tour season

Duration	January 15, 1953 (1953-01-15) – October 18, 1953 (1953-10-18)
Number of official events	25
Most wins	9 Louise Suggs
Money leader	Louise Suggs
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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. "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 18	Tampa Open	Florida	Louise Suggs (16)	288	5,000	1,250
Feb 8	Serbin Miami Beach Open	Florida	Betty Jameson (8)	222	5,000	875
Feb 14	Boca Raton Weathervane	Florida	Beverly Hanson (3)	148	3,000	750
Mar 1	Sarasota Open	Florida	Babe Zaharias (33)	217	3,517	875
Mar 8	Jacksonville Open	Florida	Patty Berg (25)	214		875
Mar 15	Titleholders Championship	Georgia	Patty Berg (26)	294	2,200	1,000
Mar 22	Betsy Rawls Open	South Carolina	Louise Suggs (17)	216	3,500	875
Mar 29	New Orleans Women's Open	Louisiana	Patty Berg (27)	227	3,500	875
Apr 5	Babe Zaharias Open	Texas	Babe Zaharias (34)	217		875
Apr 12	Phoenix Weathervane	Arizona	Patty Berg (28) (tie) Louise Suggs (18)	148	3,000
Apr 16	Palm Springs Open	California	Jackie Pung (1)	145	3,000	750
Apr 19	San Diego Open	California	Louise Suggs (19)	144	3,500	750
Apr 26	Bakersfield Open	California	Louise Suggs (20)	149	3,500	875
May 3	San Francisco Weathervane	California	Louise Suggs (21)	149	3,000	750
May 10	Barbara Romack Open	California	Betsy Rawls (11)	145	3,236	875
May 17	Reno Open	Nevada	Patty Berg (29)	151	3,500	875
May 31	Philadelphia Weathervane	Pennsylvania	Louise Suggs (22)	146	3,000	750
May 31	144 Hole Weathervane	various	Louise Suggs (23)	593	5,000	5,000
Jun 7	Eastern Open	Pennsylvania	Betsy Rawls (12)	293	5,000	1,250
Jun 20	Women's Western Open	Georgia	Louise Suggs (24)	6 & 5		1,000
Jun 28	U.S. Women's Open	New York	Betsy Rawls (13)	302	7,500	2,000
Jul 5	Triangle Round Robin	New Jersey	Jackie Pung (2)	+38	7,500	1,500
Aug 3	All American Open	Illinois	Patty Berg (30)	308		1,000
Aug 9	World Championship	Illinois	Patty Berg (31)	300	12,000	5,000
Oct 18	Fort Worth Open	Texas	Betsy Rawls (14)	5 & 4	1,500	500

Awards

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

External links

• LPGA Tour official site