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1959 LPGA Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	1959
tour	LPGA Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	29
most_wins	10 USA Betsy Rawls
honor1	Money leader
honoree1	USA Betsy Rawls
prevseason	[1958](1958-lpga-tour)
nextseason	[1960](1960-lpga-tour)

The 1959 LPGA Tour was the 10th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 11 to September 26. The season consisted of 29 official money events. Betsy Rawls won the most tournaments, 10. She also led the money list with earnings of $26,774.

There was only one first-time winner in 1959, Ruth Jessen.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1959 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 13	Mayfair Open	Florida	USA Marlene Hagge (16)	225	4,750	831
Jan 18	Tampa Open	Florida	USA Ruth Jessen (1)	301	7,500	1,247
Feb 1	MAGA Pro-Am	Florida	USA Wiffi Smith (4)	220	5,000	697
Feb 15	St. Petersburg Open	Florida	USA Louise Suggs (44)	282	7,500	1,247
Feb 22	Lake Worth Open	Florida	USA Betsy Rawls (29)	285	7,500	1,247
Mar 1	Golden Triangle Festival	Florida	USA Beverly Hanson (13)	146	3,500	475
Mar 8	Jacksonville Open	Florida	USA Mickey Wright (10)	286	5,710	997
Mar 15	[Titleholders Championship](1959-titleholders-championship)	Georgia	USA Louise Suggs (45)	297	5,000	1,000
Mar 23	Royal Crown Open	Georgia	USA Betsy Rawls (30)	294	5,747	997
Apr 12	Babe Zaharias Open	Texas	USA Betsy Rawls (31)	215	5,500	997
Apr 19	Dallas Civitan Open	Texas	USA Louise Suggs (46)	287	10,000	1,662
Apr 26	Betsy Rawls Open	South Carolina	USA Wiffi Smith (5)	211	5,629	997
May 3	Land of the Sky Open	North Carolina	USA Betsy Rawls (32)	215	5,000	997
May 10	Howard Johnson Invitational	North Carolina	USA Joyce Ziske (2)	210	5,000	997
May 31	Cavalier Open	Virginia	USA Mickey Wright (11)	207	5,500	997
Jun 7	Triangle Round Robin	New Jersey	USA Betsy Rawls (33)	+62	9,000	1,425
Jun 14	American Women's Open	Minnesota	USA Beverly Hanson (14)	297	7,000	1,247
Jun 27	[U.S. Women's Open](1959-u-s-women-s-open)	Pennsylvania	USA Mickey Wright (12)	287	7,200	1,800
Jul 6	[LPGA Championship](1959-lpga-championship)	Indiana	USA Betsy Rawls (34)	288	7,500	1,247
Jul 9	Hoosier Open	Indiana	USA Marlene Hagge (17)	141	4,000	700
Jul 19	Alliance Machine International Open	Ohio	USA Mickey Wright (13)	291	10,000	2,090
Jul 26	Mt. Prospect Open	Illinois	USA Betsy Rawls (35)	291	20,000	6,175
Aug 16	[Women's Western Open](1959-women-s-western-open)	Washington	USA Betsy Rawls (36)	293	7,000	1,247
Aug 23	Spokane Open	Washington	USA Beverly Hanson (15)	287	7,500	1,247
Aug 31	Waterloo Open	Iowa	USA Betsy Rawls (37)	282	7,000	1,247
Sep 6	Cosmopolitan Open	Illinois	USA Kathy Cornelius (3)	214	5,700	997
Sep 13	Memphis Open	Tennessee	USA Marilynn Smith (5)	295	7,000	1,250
Sep 20	Links Invitation Open	Georgia	USA Beverly Hanson (16)	289	7,500	1,247
Sep 26	Opie Turner Open	Oklahoma	USA Betsy Rawls (38)	221	7,500	1,247

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner	Betsy Rawls (2)
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)	Betsy Rawls

References

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

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