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1961 LPGA Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	1961
tour	LPGA Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	24
most_wins	10 USA Mickey Wright
honor1	Money leader
honoree1	USA Mickey Wright
prevseason	[1960](1960-lpga-tour)
nextseason	[1962](1962-lpga-tour)

The 1961 LPGA Tour was the 12th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 9 to October 22. The season consisted of 24 official money events. Mickey Wright won the most tournaments, 10. She also led the money list with earnings of $22,236.

There was only one first-time winner in 1961, Judy Kimball.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1961 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 ($)	1st prize ($)
Feb 12	St. Petersburg Open	Florida	USA Mickey Wright (20)	279	7,500	1,247
Feb 14	Royal Poinciana Invitational	Florida	USA Louise Suggs (51)	156	4,000	1,200
Mar 12	Miami Open	Florida	USA Mickey Wright (21)	220	7,500	1,247
Mar 26	Golden Circle of Golf Festival	Florida	USA Louise Suggs (52)	293	7,500	1,247
Apr 16	Dallas Civitan Open	Texas	USA Louise Suggs (53)	291	9,500	1,662
Apr 23	Babe Zaharias Open	Texas	USA Mary Lena Faulk (4)	211	7,000	1,200
Apr 30	[Titleholders Championship](1961-titleholders-championship)	Georgia	USA Mickey Wright (22)	299	7,000	1,200
May 7	Peach Blossom Open	South Carolina	USA Ruth Jessen (2)	212	7,000	1,083
May 14	Columbus Open	Georgia	USA Mickey Wright (23)	292	5,700	998
Jun 4	[Women's Western Open](1961-women-s-western-open)	Tennessee	USA Mary Lena Faulk (5)	290	7,500	1,313
Jun 11	Triangle Round Robin	New York	USA Mary Lena Faulk (6)	+35	8,000	1,100
Jun 18	Eastern Open	Pennsylvania	USA Mary Lena Faulk (7)	214	7,500	1,247
Jul 1	[U.S. Women's Open](1961-u-s-women-s-open)	New Jersey	USA Mickey Wright (24)	293	8,000	1,800
Jul 16	Tippecanoe Open	Indiana	USA Kathy Cornelius (4)	204	5,700	997
Jul 23	Cosmopolitan Open	Illinois	USA Betsy Rawls (43)	213	7,500	1,247
Jul 30	American Women's Open	Minnesota	USA Judy Kimball (1)	295	7,500	1,247
Aug 6	Waterloo Open	Iowa	USA Mickey Wright (25)	286	7,500	1,247
Aug 13	Kansas City Open	Kansas	USA Louise Suggs (54)	295	7,500	1,247
Aug 27	Spokane Women's Open	Washington	USA Mickey Wright (26)	280	7,500	1,247
Sep 24	Sacramento Valley Open	California	USA Mickey Wright (27)	223	8,000	1,450
Oct 1	Mickey Wright Invitational	California	USA Mickey Wright (28)	290	8,000	1,450
Oct 8	Bill Brannin's Swing Parade	New Mexico	USA Betsy Rawls (44)	221	7,500	1,247
Oct 15	[LPGA Championship](1961-lpga-championship)	Nevada	USA Mickey Wright (29)	287	15,000	2,500
Oct 22	San Antonio Civitan	Texas	USA Louise Suggs (55)	212	7,500	1,247

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner	Mickey Wright
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)	Mickey Wright (2)

References

"LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969". LPGA Tour.

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