1964 LPGA Tour season
DurationMarch 19, 1964 (1964-03-19) – November 22, 1964 (1964-11-22)
Number of official events32
Most wins11 United States Mickey Wright
Money leaderUnited States Mickey Wright
Rookie of the YearUnited States Susie Maxwell
← 1963
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.[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.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse ($)1st prize ($)
Mar 22Women's Western OpenFloridaUnited States Carol Mann (1)3087,5001,200
Apr 5St. Petersburg Women's Open InvitationalFloridaUnited States Mary Lena Faulk (10)28910,0001,500
Apr 12Baton Rouge Ladies' Open InvitationalLouisianaUnited States Sandra Haynie (4)2117,5001,200
Apr 19Peach Blossom InvitationalSouth CarolinaUnited States Mickey Wright (53)2157,5001,200
Apr 26Titleholders ChampionshipGeorgiaUnited States Marilynn Smith (12)2897,5001,300
May 3Clifford Ann Creed InvitationalLouisianaUnited States Mickey Wright (54)2148,0001,250
May 10Squirt Ladies' Open InvitationalMissouriUnited States Mickey Wright (55)21512,5002,000
May 17Muskogee Civitan OpenOklahomaUnited States Mickey Wright (56)2138,0001,250
May 24Dallas Civitan Open InvitationalTexasUnited States Betsy Rawls (47)28213,5002,100
May 31Babe Zaharias Open InvitationalTexasUnited States Ruth Jessen (6)2148,5001,300
Jun 14Lady Carling OpenMarylandUnited States Clifford Ann Creed (1)21710,0001,500
Jun 21Lady Carling Eastern OpenMassachusettsUnited States Mickey Wright (57)22010,0001,500
Jun 28Waldemar OpenNew YorkUnited States Mickey Wright (58)2159,2001,350
Jul 11U.S. Women's OpenCaliforniaUnited States Mickey Wright (59)2909,9002,200
Jul 19Yankee Women's OpenMichiganUnited States Ruth Jessen (7)21310,0001,500
Jul 26Cosmopolitan Women's OpenIllinoisUnited States Clifford Ann Creed (2)2118,5001,300
Aug 2Milwaukee Jaycee OpenWisconsinUnited States Mickey Wright (60)28912,5002,000
Aug 9Waterloo Women's Open InvitationalIowaUnited States Shirley Englehorn (4)2118,5001,300
Aug 16Omaha Jaycee Open InvitationalNebraskaUnited States Ruth Jessen (8)2009,0001,350
Aug 23Albuquerque Pro-AmNew MexicoUnited States Marilynn Smith (13)2169,0001,350
Aug 30Riverside Ladies OpenUtahUnited States Clifford Ann Creed (3)2869,0001,350
Sep 7Valhalla OpenWashingtonUnited States Betsy Rawls (48)29010,0001,500
Sep 13Eugene Ladies' OpenOregonUnited States Mary Mills (2)2899,0001,350
Sep 27Visalia Ladies' OpenCaliforniaUnited States Mickey Wright (61)2849,0001,350
Oct 4LPGA ChampionshipNevadaUnited States Mary Mills (3)27816,5002,450
Oct 11Hillside House Ladies' OpenCaliforniaUnited States Ruth Jessen (9)2098,5001,300
Oct 18Mickey Wright InvitationalCaliforniaUnited States Marlene Hagge (19)2878,5001,300
Oct 25Phoenix Thunderbirds Ladies' OpenArizonaUnited States Ruth Jessen (10)2899,0001,350
Nov 1Las Cruces Ladies' OpenNew MexicoUnited States Sandra Haynie (5)2088,5001,300
Nov 8Tall City OpenTexasUnited States Mickey Wright (62)2079,0001,350
Nov 15San Antonio Civitan OpenTexasUnited States Kathy Whitworth (11)28310,0001,500
Nov 22Mary Mills Mississippi Gulf Coast InvitationalMississippiUnited States Mickey Wright (63)21517,0002,550

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerMickey Wright (4) United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)Mickey Wright (5) United States
Rookie of the YearSusie Maxwell United States

References

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