1956 LPGA Tour season

Duration	January 14, 1956 (1956-01-14) – October 21, 1956 (1956-10-21)
Number of official events	25
Most wins	5 Marlene Hagge
Money leader	Marlene Hagge
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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 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.

Tournament results[edit]

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.

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	Score	Purse ($)	1st prize ($)
Jan 15	Sea Island Open	Georgia	Marlene Hagge (4)	152	3,000	630
Jan 22	Tampa Open	Florida	Betsy Rawls (19)	293	4,500	900
Feb 5	Havana Open	Cuba	Louise Suggs (35)	227	4,500	1,000
Feb 12	Serbin Open	Florida	Fay Crocker (4)	144	3,500	630
Feb 19	St. Petersburg Open	Florida	Kathy Cornelius (1)	287	5,000	900
Feb 26	Sarasota Open	Florida	Betsy Rawls (20)	291	5,000	1,000
Mar 5	Jacksonville Open	Florida	Mickey Wright (1)	294	4,500	900
Mar 11	Titleholders Championship	Georgia	Louise Suggs (36)	302	5,000	1,000
Apr 15	Babe Zaharias Open	Texas	Marlene Hagge (5)	219	4,000	900
Apr 22	Dallas Open	Texas	Patty Berg (41)	291	7,500	1,350
Apr 29	Peach Blossom Open	South Carolina	Betsy Rawls (21)	292	4,000	900
Jun 3	Pittsburgh Open	Pennsylvania	Marlene Hagge (6)	293	6,000
Jun 10	Triangle Round Robin	Virginia	Marlene Hagge (7)	+50	10,000	2,000
Jun 24	LPGA Championship	Michigan	Marlene Hagge (8)	291	6,500	1,350
Jul 1	Women's Western Open	Iowa	Beverly Hanson (8)	304	5,000	1,000
Jul 8	Syracuse Open	New York	Joyce Ziske (1)	221	6,500	1,316
Jul 29	U.S. Women's Open	Minnesota	Kathy Cornelius (2)	302	6,000	1,500
Aug 5	All American Open	Illinois	Louise Suggs (37)	301	5,000	1,000
Aug 12	World Championship	Illinois	Marlene Hagge (9)	298	14,000	6,000
Aug 19	St. Louis Open	Missouri	Fay Crocker (5)	288	4,000	880
Aug 26	Denver Open	Colorado	Marlene Hagge (10)	284	4,000	800
Sep 16	Clock Open	California	Marlene Hagge (11)	292	4,500	900
Oct 7	Kansas City Open	Missouri	Mary Lena Faulk (1)	214	5,000	880
Oct 14	Arkansas Open	Arkansas	Patty Berg (42)	287	4,000	880
Oct 21	Lawton Open	Oklahoma	Betty Dodd (1)	214	4,000	880

Awards[edit]

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

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• LPGA Tour official site