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1964 LPGA Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	1964
tour	LPGA Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	32
most_wins	11 USA Mickey Wright
honor1	Money leader
honoree1	USA Mickey Wright
honor2	Rookie of the Year
honoree2	USA Susie Maxwell
prevseason	1963
nextseason	1965

The 1964 LPGA Tour was the 15th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from March 19 to November 22. The season consisted of 32 official money events. Mickey Wright won the most tournaments, 11. She also led the money list with earnings of $29,800.

There were two first-time winners in 1964: Clifford Ann Creed and Carol Mann.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1964 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 ($)	1st prize ($)
Mar 22	Women's Western Open	Florida	USA Carol Mann (1)	308	7,500	1,200
Apr 5	St. Petersburg Women's Open Invitational	Florida	USA Mary Lena Faulk (10)	289	10,000	1,500
Apr 12	Baton Rouge Ladies' Open Invitational	Louisiana	USA Sandra Haynie (4)	211	7,500	1,200
Apr 19	Peach Blossom Invitational	South Carolina	USA Mickey Wright (53)	215	7,500	1,200
Apr 26	Titleholders Championship	Georgia	USA Marilynn Smith (12)	289	7,500	1,300
May 3	Clifford Ann Creed Invitational	Louisiana	USA Mickey Wright (54)	214	8,000	1,250
May 10	Squirt Ladies' Open Invitational	Missouri	USA Mickey Wright (55)	215	12,500	2,000
May 17	Muskogee Civitan Open	Oklahoma	USA Mickey Wright (56)	213	8,000	1,250
May 24	Dallas Civitan Open Invitational	Texas	USA Betsy Rawls (47)	282	13,500	2,100
May 31	Babe Zaharias Open Invitational	Texas	USA Ruth Jessen (6)	214	8,500	1,300
Jun 14	Lady Carling Open	Maryland	USA Clifford Ann Creed (1)	217	10,000	1,500
Jun 21	Lady Carling Eastern Open	Massachusetts	USA Mickey Wright (57)	220	10,000	1,500
Jun 28	Waldemar Open	New York	USA Mickey Wright (58)	215	9,200	1,350
Jul 11	U.S. Women's Open	California	USA Mickey Wright (59)	290	9,900	2,200
Jul 19	Yankee Women's Open	Michigan	USA Ruth Jessen (7)	213	10,000	1,500
Jul 26	Cosmopolitan Women's Open	Illinois	USA Clifford Ann Creed (2)	211	8,500	1,300
Aug 2	Milwaukee Jaycee Open	Wisconsin	USA Mickey Wright (60)	289	12,500	2,000
Aug 9	Waterloo Women's Open Invitational	Iowa	USA Shirley Englehorn (4)	211	8,500	1,300
Aug 16	Omaha Jaycee Open Invitational	Nebraska	USA Ruth Jessen (8)	200	9,000	1,350
Aug 23	Albuquerque Pro-Am	New Mexico	USA Marilynn Smith (13)	216	9,000	1,350
Aug 30	Riverside Ladies Open	Utah	USA Clifford Ann Creed (3)	286	9,000	1,350
Sep 7	Valhalla Open	Washington	USA Betsy Rawls (48)	290	10,000	1,500
Sep 13	Eugene Ladies' Open	Oregon	USA Mary Mills (2)	289	9,000	1,350
Sep 27	Visalia Ladies' Open	California	USA Mickey Wright (61)	284	9,000	1,350
Oct 4	LPGA Championship	Nevada	USA Mary Mills (3)	278	16,500	2,450
Oct 11	Hillside House Ladies' Open	California	USA Ruth Jessen (9)	209	8,500	1,300
Oct 18	Mickey Wright Invitational	California	USA Marlene Hagge (19)	287	8,500	1,300
Oct 25	Phoenix Thunderbirds Ladies' Open	Arizona	USA Ruth Jessen (10)	289	9,000	1,350
Nov 1	Las Cruces Ladies' Open	New Mexico	USA Sandra Haynie (5)	208	8,500	1,300
Nov 8	Tall City Open	Texas	USA Mickey Wright (62)	207	9,000	1,350
Nov 15	San Antonio Civitan Open	Texas	USA Kathy Whitworth (11)	283	10,000	1,500
Nov 22	Mary Mills Mississippi Gulf Coast Invitational	Mississippi	USA Mickey Wright (63)	215	17,000	2,550

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner	Mickey Wright (4)
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)	Mickey Wright (5)
Rookie of the Year	Susie Maxwell

References

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

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