1956 LPGA Tour

Golf tour season

1956 LPGA Tour seasonDuration| January 14, 1956 (1956-01-14) – October 21, 1956 (1956-10-21)

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Number of official events| 25
Most wins| 5  Marlene Hagge
Money leader|  Marlene Hagge

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The 1956 LPGA Tour was the seventh season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 14 to October 21. The season consisted of 25 official money events. Marlene Hagge won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $20,235.

The season saw the first tournament outside United States, the Havana Open in Cuba. There were five first-time winners in 1956, Kathy Cornelius, Betty Dodd, Mary Lena Faulk, Mickey Wright, and Joyce Ziske. Wright would win 82 LPGA events in her career, second only to Kathy Whitworth's 88.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

## Tournament results

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The following table shows all the official money events for the 1956 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 ($) | 1st prize ($)

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Jan 15 | Sea Island Open | Georgia |  Marlene Hagge (4) | 152 | 3,000 | 630
Jan 22 | Tampa Open | Florida |  Betsy Rawls (19) | 293 | 4,500 | 900
Feb 5 | Havana Open | Cuba |  Louise Suggs (35) | 227 | 4,500 | 1,000
Feb 12 | Serbin Open | Florida |  Fay Crocker (4) | 144 | 3,500 | 630
Feb 19 | St. Petersburg Open | Florida |  Kathy Cornelius (1) | 287 | 5,000 | 900
Feb 26 | Sarasota Open | Florida |  Betsy Rawls (20) | 291 | 5,000 | 1,000
Mar 5 | Jacksonville Open | Florida |  Mickey Wright (1) | 294 | 4,500 | 900
Mar 11 | Titleholders Championship | Georgia |  Louise Suggs (36) | 302 | 5,000 | 1,000
Apr 15 | Babe Zaharias Open | Texas |  Marlene Hagge (5) | 219 | 4,000 | 900
Apr 22 | Dallas Open | Texas |  Patty Berg (41) | 291 | 7,500 | 1,350
Apr 29 | Peach Blossom Open | South Carolina |  Betsy Rawls (21) | 292 | 4,000 | 900
Jun 3 | Pittsburgh Open | Pennsylvania |  Marlene Hagge (6) | 293 | 6,000 |
Jun 10 | Triangle Round Robin | Virginia |  Marlene Hagge (7) | +50 | 10,000 | 2,000
Jun 24 | LPGA Championship | Michigan |  Marlene Hagge (8) | 291 | 6,500 | 1,350
Jul 1 | Women's Western Open | Iowa |  Beverly Hanson (8) | 304 | 5,000 | 1,000
Jul 8 | Syracuse Open | New York |  Joyce Ziske (1) | 221 | 6,500 | 1,316
Jul 29 | U.S. Women's Open | Minnesota |  Kathy Cornelius (2) | 302 | 6,000 | 1,500
Aug 5 | All American Open | Illinois |  Louise Suggs (37) | 301 | 5,000 | 1,000
Aug 12 | World Championship | Illinois |  Marlene Hagge (9) | 298 | 14,000 | 6,000
Aug 19 | St. Louis Open | Missouri |  Fay Crocker (5) | 288 | 4,000 | 880
Aug 26 | Denver Open | Colorado |  Marlene Hagge (10) | 284 | 4,000 | 800
Sep 16 | Clock Open | California |  Marlene Hagge (11) | 292 | 4,500 | 900
Oct 7 | Kansas City Open | Missouri |  Mary Lena Faulk (1) | 214 | 5,000 | 880
Oct 14 | Arkansas Open | Arkansas |  Patty Berg (42) | 287 | 4,000 | 880
Oct 21 | Lawton Open | Oklahoma |  Betty Dodd (1) | 214 | 4,000 | 880

## Awards

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Award | Winner | Country

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Money winner | Marlene Hagge |  United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) | Patty Berg (3) |  United States

## References

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1. ^ "LPGA Tournament Chronology 1950-1959" (PDF). LPGA Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2010.

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