1962 LPGA Tour season

Duration	January 19, 1962 (1962-01-19) – November 4, 1962 (1962-11-04)
Number of official events	29
Most wins	10 Mickey Wright
Money leader	Mickey Wright
Rookie of the Year	Mary Mills
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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[edit]

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.

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	Score	Purse ($)	1st prize ($)
Jan 21	Sea Island Women's Invitational	Georgia	Mickey Wright (30)	226	6,000	1,000
Feb 7	Royal Poinciana Plaza Invitational	Florida	Sam Snead (1)	211	4,500	2,000
Feb 18	St. Petersburg Open	Florida	Louise Suggs (56)	280	7,500	1,200
Apr 22	Sunshine Open	Florida	Marilynn Smith (6)	214	7,000	1,200
Apr 29	Titleholders Championship	Georgia	Mickey Wright (31)	295	7,500	1,330
May 6	Peach Blossom Open	South Carolina	Mary Lena Faulk (8)	217	7,500	1,100
May 13	Women's Western Open	Alabama	Mickey Wright (32)	295	7,000	1,200
May 20	Muskogee Civitan Open	Oklahoma	Patty Berg (51)	290	7,000	1,200
May 27	Dallas Civitan Open	Texas	Ruth Jessen (3)	292	9,300	1,500
Jun 10	Austin Civitan Open	Texas	Sandra Haynie (1)	289	7,000	1,200
Jun 17	Cosmopolitan Open	Illinois	Sandra Haynie (2)	210	7,500	1,200
Jun 24	J.E. McAuliffe Memorial	New Jersey	Betsy Rawls (45)	295 (+3)	8,000	1,250
Jun 30	U.S. Women's Open	South Carolina	Murle Lindstrom (1)	301	8,000	1,800
Jul 8	Kelly Girls Open	Maryland	Kathy Whitworth (1)	215	7,500	1,300
Jul 15	Milwaukee Open	Wisconsin	Mickey Wright (33)	289	10,000	1,350
Jul 22	Lady Carling Open	Massachusetts	Shirley Englehorn (1)	226	10,000	1,450
Aug 5	Waterloo Open	Iowa	Marilynn Smith (7)	279	7,500	1,200
Aug 12	Heart of America Invitational	Kansas	Mickey Wright (34)	286	7,500	1,000
Aug 19	Albuquerque Swing Parade	New Mexico	Mickey Wright (35)	219	7,500	1,000
Aug 26	Salt Lake City Open	Utah	Mickey Wright (36)	292	7,000	1,200
Sep 3	Spokane Open	Washington	Mickey Wright (37)	275	7,000	1,200
Sep 9	Eugene Open	Oregon	Shirley Englehorn (2)	292	7,500	1,250
Sep 16	Sacramento Open	California	Ruth Jessen (4)	218	7,500	1,300
Sep 23	Visalia Open	California	Mary Lena Faulk (9)	289	7,500	1,350
Sep 30	Mickey Wright Invitational	California	Mickey Wright (38)	286	5,000	1,300
Oct 7	LPGA Championship	Nevada	Judy Kimball (2)	282	15,000	2,300
Oct 14	Phoenix Thunderbird Open	Arizona	Kathy Whitworth (2)	213	8,400	1,350
Oct 21	Carlsbad Cavern Open	New Mexico	Mickey Wright (39)	219	7,000	1,200
Nov 4	San Antonio Civitan	Texas	Murle Lindstrom (2)	215	7,000	1,200

Awards[edit]

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner	Mickey Wright (2)	United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)	Mickey Wright (3)	United States
Rookie of the Year	Mary Mills	United States

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• LPGA Tour official site