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.

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

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.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse ($)1st prize ($)
Jan 21Sea Island Women's InvitationalGeorgia Mickey Wright (30)2266,0001,000
Feb 7Royal Poinciana Plaza InvitationalFlorida Sam Snead (1)2114,5002,000
Feb 18St. Petersburg OpenFlorida Louise Suggs (56)2807,5001,200
Apr 22Sunshine OpenFlorida Marilynn Smith (6)2147,0001,200
Apr 29Titleholders ChampionshipGeorgia Mickey Wright (31)2957,5001,330
May 6Peach Blossom OpenSouth Carolina Mary Lena Faulk (8)2177,5001,100
May 13Women's Western OpenAlabama Mickey Wright (32)2957,0001,200
May 20Muskogee Civitan OpenOklahoma Patty Berg (51)2907,0001,200
May 27Dallas Civitan OpenTexas Ruth Jessen (3)2929,3001,500
Jun 10Austin Civitan OpenTexas Sandra Haynie (1)2897,0001,200
Jun 17Cosmopolitan OpenIllinois Sandra Haynie (2)2107,5001,200
Jun 24J.E. McAuliffe MemorialNew Jersey Betsy Rawls (45)295 (+3)8,0001,250
Jun 30U.S. Women's OpenSouth Carolina Murle Lindstrom (1)3018,0001,800
Jul 8Kelly Girls OpenMaryland Kathy Whitworth (1)2157,5001,300
Jul 15Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Mickey Wright (33)28910,0001,350
Jul 22Lady Carling OpenMassachusetts Shirley Englehorn (1)22610,0001,450
Aug 5Waterloo OpenIowa Marilynn Smith (7)2797,5001,200
Aug 12Heart of America InvitationalKansas Mickey Wright (34)2867,5001,000
Aug 19Albuquerque Swing ParadeNew Mexico Mickey Wright (35)2197,5001,000
Aug 26Salt Lake City OpenUtah Mickey Wright (36)2927,0001,200
Sep 3Spokane OpenWashington Mickey Wright (37)2757,0001,200
Sep 9Eugene OpenOregon Shirley Englehorn (2)2927,5001,250
Sep 16Sacramento OpenCalifornia Ruth Jessen (4)2187,5001,300
Sep 23Visalia OpenCalifornia Mary Lena Faulk (9)2897,5001,350
Sep 30Mickey Wright InvitationalCalifornia Mickey Wright (38)2865,0001,300
Oct 7LPGA ChampionshipNevada Judy Kimball (2)28215,0002,300
Oct 14Phoenix Thunderbird OpenArizona Kathy Whitworth (2)2138,4001,350
Oct 21Carlsbad Cavern OpenNew Mexico Mickey Wright (39)2197,0001,200
Nov 4San Antonio CivitanTexas Murle Lindstrom (2)2157,0001,200

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerMickey Wright (2) United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)Mickey Wright (3) United States
Rookie of the YearMary Mills United States

References
  1. LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969 Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
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