1952 LPGA Tour

1952 LPGA Tour season

Duration	January 4, 1952 (1952-01-04) – October 28, 1952 (1952-10-28)
Number of official events	24
Most wins	8 Betsy Rawls
Money leader	Betsy Rawls
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The 1952 LPGA Tour was the third season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 4 to October 28. The season consisted of 24 official money events. Betsy Rawls won the most tournaments, eight. Rawls led the money list with earnings of $14,505.

There was only one first-time winner in 1952, Marlene Bauer.

The tournament results are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1952 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 6	Jacksonville Open	Florida	Louise Suggs (10)	277	3,000	750
Jan 20	Tampa Open	Florida	Louise Suggs (11)	293	3,500	1,000
Feb 17	Miami Weathervane	Florida	Babe Zaharias (28)	145	3,000	750
Mar 2	Sarasota Open	Florida	Marlene Bauer (1)	71		350
Mar 16	Titleholders Championship	Georgia	Babe Zaharias (29)	299	2,100	1,000
Mar 30	New Orleans Women's Open	Louisiana	Patty Berg (22)	299	3,925	1,000
Apr 12	Houston Weathervane	Texas	Betsy Rawls (3)	140	3,000	750
Apr 14	Corpus Christi Tournament	Texas	Betty Jameson (5)	74		375
Apr 28	Richmond Open	California	Patty Berg (23)	210	3,000	750
Apr 30	Stockton Open	California	Louise Suggs (12)	72		375
May 1	Bakersfield Open	California	Marlene Bauer (2) (tie) Betty Jameson (6) Betsy Rawls (4) Babe Zaharias (30)	74		225 each
May 4	Fresno Open	California	Babe Zaharias (31)	226	5,000	1,175
May 11	Seattle Weathervane	Washington	Betsy Rawls (5)	139	3,000	750
Jun 1	New York Weathervane	New York	Patty Berg (24)	148	3,000	750
Jun 4	Cross Country 144 Hole Weathervane	various	Betsy Rawls (6)	590	5,000	5,000
Jun 8	Eastern Women's Open	Pennsylvania	Betsy Rawls (7)	226		875
Jun 21	Women's Western Open	Illinois	Betsy Rawls (8)	1 up	5,000	1,000
Jun 29	U.S. Women's Open	Pennsylvania	Louise Suggs (13)	284	7,500	2,000
Aug 10	All American Open	Illinois	Louise Suggs (14)	300	2,550	1,000
Aug 17	World Championship	Illinois	Betty Jameson (7)	303		5,000
Sep 7	Carrollton Open	Georgia	Betsy Rawls (9)	214 (−2)	3,000	750
Sep 10	Thomasville Open	Georgia	Betsy Rawls (10)	74		375
Oct 19	Betty Jameson Open	Texas	Louise Suggs (15)	212		875
Oct 28	Women's Texas Open	Texas	Babe Zaharias (32)	7 & 6		300

External links

• LPGA Tour official site