The 1956 LPGA Tour was the seventh season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 14 to October 21. The season consisted of 25 official money events. Marlene Hagge won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $20,235.
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1956 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.
^LPGA Tournament Chronology 1950-1959 2010-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
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1956, lpga, tour, seventh, season, since, lpga, tour, officially, began, 1950, season, from, january, october, season, consisted, official, money, events, marlene, hagge, most, tournaments, eight, also, money, list, with, earnings, seasondurationjanuary, 1956,. The 1956 LPGA Tour was the seventh season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950 The season ran from January 14 to October 21 The season consisted of 25 official money events Marlene Hagge won the most tournaments eight She also led the money list with earnings of 20 235 1956 LPGA Tour seasonDurationJanuary 14 1956 1956 01 14 October 21 1956 1956 10 21 Number of official events25Most wins5 Marlene HaggeMoney leaderMarlene Hagge 19551957 The season saw the first tournament outside United States the Havana Open in Cuba There were five first time winners in 1956 Kathy Cornelius Betty Dodd Mary Lena Faulk Mickey Wright and Joyce Ziske Wright would win 82 LPGA events in her career second only to Kathy Whitworth s 88 The tournament results and award winners are listed below Contents 1 Tournament results 2 Awards 3 References 4 External linksTournament results editThe following table shows all the official money events for the 1956 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 Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse 1st prize Jan 15 Sea Island Open Georgia nbsp Marlene Hagge 4 152 3 000 630 Jan 22 Tampa Open Florida nbsp Betsy Rawls 19 293 4 500 900 Feb 5 Havana Open Cuba nbsp Louise Suggs 35 227 4 500 1 000 Feb 12 Serbin Open Florida nbsp Fay Crocker 4 144 3 500 630 Feb 19 St Petersburg Open Florida nbsp Kathy Cornelius 1 287 5 000 900 Feb 26 Sarasota Open Florida nbsp Betsy Rawls 20 291 5 000 1 000 Mar 5 Jacksonville Open Florida nbsp Mickey Wright 1 294 4 500 900 Mar 11 Titleholders Championship Georgia nbsp Louise Suggs 36 302 5 000 1 000 Apr 15 Babe Zaharias Open Texas nbsp Marlene Hagge 5 219 4 000 900 Apr 22 Dallas Open Texas nbsp Patty Berg 41 291 7 500 1 350 Apr 29 Peach Blossom Open South Carolina nbsp Betsy Rawls 21 292 4 000 900 Jun 3 Pittsburgh Open Pennsylvania nbsp Marlene Hagge 6 293 6 000 Jun 10 Triangle Round Robin Virginia nbsp Marlene Hagge 7 50 10 000 2 000 Jun 24 LPGA Championship Michigan nbsp Marlene Hagge 8 291 6 500 1 350 Jul 1 Women s Western Open Iowa nbsp Beverly Hanson 8 304 5 000 1 000 Jul 8 Syracuse Open New York nbsp Joyce Ziske 1 221 6 500 1 316 Jul 29 U S Women s Open Minnesota nbsp Kathy Cornelius 2 302 6 000 1 500 Aug 5 All American Open Illinois nbsp Louise Suggs 37 301 5 000 1 000 Aug 12 World Championship Illinois nbsp Marlene Hagge 9 298 14 000 6 000 Aug 19 St Louis Open Missouri nbsp Fay Crocker 5 288 4 000 880 Aug 26 Denver Open Colorado nbsp Marlene Hagge 10 284 4 000 800 Sep 16 Clock Open California nbsp Marlene Hagge 11 292 4 500 900 Oct 7 Kansas City Open Missouri nbsp Mary Lena Faulk 1 214 5 000 880 Oct 14 Arkansas Open Arkansas nbsp Patty Berg 42 287 4 000 880 Oct 21 Lawton Open Oklahoma nbsp Betty Dodd 1 214 4 000 880Awards editAward Winner Country Money winner Marlene Hagge nbsp United States Scoring leader Vare Trophy Patty Berg 3 nbsp United StatesReferences edit LPGA Tournament Chronology 1950 1959 Archived 2010 01 02 at the Wayback MachineExternal links editLPGA Tour official site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1956 LPGA Tour amp oldid 1104157574, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
