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1958 LPGA Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	1958
tour	LPGA Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	24
most_wins	5 USA Mickey Wright
honor1	Money leader
honoree1	USA Beverly Hanson
prevseason	[1957](1957-lpga-tour)
nextseason	[1959](1959-lpga-tour)

The 1958 LPGA Tour was the ninth season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 10 to September 14. The season consisted of 24 official money events. Mickey Wright won the most tournaments, five. Beverly Hanson led the money list with earnings of $12,639.

There was only one first-time winner in 1958, Bonnie Randolph.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1958 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 12	Sea Island Open	Georgia	USA Mickey Wright (5)	224	4,750	831
Jan 20	Tampa Open	Florida	USA Betsy Rawls (27)	302	7,500	1,247
Jan 26	Lake Worth Open Invitational	Florida	USA Marlene Hagge (14)	218	5,000	831
Feb 2	Havana Biltmore Open	Cuba	URU Fay Crocker (8)	222	5,000
Feb 16	St. Petersburg Open	Florida	USA Betsy Rawls (28)	291	7,000	1,248
Mar 2	Jacksonville Open	Florida	USA Marilynn Smith (4)	299	5,000	875
Mar 16	[Titleholders Championship](1958-titleholders-championship)	Georgia	USA Beverly Hanson (11)	299	5,275	1,000
Apr 20	Babe Zaharias Open	Texas	USA Louise Suggs (40)	214	4,487	831
May 11	Lawton Open	Oklahoma	USA Beverly Hanson (12)	212	4,000	831
May 18	Peach Blossom Open	South Carolina	USA Wiffi Smith (3)	216	4,000	831
May 28	Land of Sky Open	North Carolina	USA Marlene Hagge (15)	213	4,750	831
Jun 1	Gatlinburg Open	Tennessee	USA Louise Suggs (41)	222	4,750	831
Jun 8	[LPGA Championship](1958-lpga-championship)	Pennsylvania	USA Mickey Wright (6)	288	7,500	1,247
Jun 15	Triangle Round Robin	Massachusetts	USA Louise Suggs (42)	+51	9,000	1,425
Jun 22	[Women's Western Open](1958-women-s-western-open)	Pennsylvania	USA Patty Berg (48)	293	4,750	950
Jun 28	[U.S. Women's Open](1958-u-s-women-s-open)	Michigan	USA Mickey Wright (7)	290	7,200	1,800
Jul 13	American Women's Open	Minnesota	USA Patty Berg (49)	288	7,000	1,225
Jul 27	French Lick Open	Indiana	USA Louise Suggs (43)	300	7,000	1,247
Aug 10	Macktown Open	Illinois	USA Mary Lena Faulk (3)	216	6,500	988
Aug 17	Kansas City Open	Missouri	USA Bonnie Randolph (1)	219	4,750	831
Aug 24	Waterloo Open	Iowa	URU Fay Crocker (9)	287	7,000	1,247
Sep 1	Opie Turner Open	Oklahoma	USA Mickey Wright (8)	222	7,500	1,247
Sep 8	Dallas Open	Texas	USA Mickey Wright (9)	284	8,500	1,247
Sep 14	Jackson Open	Mississippi	USA Jackie Pung (5)	220	4,748	831

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner	Beverly Hanson
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)	Beverly Hanson

References

"LPGA Tournament Chronology 1950-1959". LPGA Tour.

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