1952 LPGA Tour
{{short description|Golf tour season}}
{{use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}{{Infobox golf season
| year = 1952
| tour = LPGA Tour
| regular_season = {{Start date|1952|1|4}} – {{end date|1952|10|28}}
| no_of_events = 24
| most_wins = 8 {{flagicon|USA}} Betsy Rawls
| honor1 = Money leader
| honoree1 = {{flagicon|USA}} Betsy Rawls
| prevseason = 1951
| nextseason = 1953
}}
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 $14,505.
There was only one first-time winner in 1952, Marlene Bauer.
The tournament results are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1952 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology50-59.pdf |title=LPGA Tournament Chronology 1950-1959 |publisher=LPGA Tour |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102110028/http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology50-59.pdf |archive-date=2010-01-02}} "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Date !! Tournament !! Location !! Winner !! Score !! Purse ($) !! 1st prize ($) | ||||||
| Jan 6 | Jacksonville Open | Florida | {{flagicon|USA}} Louise Suggs (10) | 277 | align=right|3,000 | align=right|750 |
| Jan 20 | Tampa Open | Florida | {{flagicon|USA}} Louise Suggs (11) | 293 | align=right|3,500 | align=right|1,000 |
| Feb 17 | Miami Weathervane | Florida | {{flagicon|USA}} Babe Zaharias (28) | 145 | align=right|3,000 | align=right|750 |
| Mar 2 | Sarasota Open | Florida | {{flagicon|USA}} Marlene Bauer (1) | 71 | align=right| | align=right|350 |
| Mar 16 | Titleholders Championship | Georgia | {{flagicon|USA}} Babe Zaharias (29) | 299 | align=right|2,100 | align=right|1,000 |
| Mar 30 | New Orleans Women's Open | Louisiana | {{flagicon|USA}} Patty Berg (22) | 299 | align=right|3,925 | align=right|1,000 |
| Apr 12 | Houston Weathervane | Texas | {{flagicon|USA}} Betsy Rawls (3) | 140 | align=right|3,000 | align=right|750 |
| Apr 14 | Corpus Christi Tournament | Texas | {{flagicon|USA}} Betty Jameson (5) | 74 | align=right| | align=right|375 |
| Apr 28 | Richmond Open | California | {{flagicon|USA}} Patty Berg (23) | 210 | align=right|3,000 | align=right|750 |
| Apr 30 | Stockton Open | California | {{flagicon|USA}} Louise Suggs (12) | 72 | align=right| | align=right|375 |
| May 1 | Bakersfield Open | California | {{flagicon|USA}} Marlene Bauer (2) (tie) {{flagicon|USA}} Betty Jameson (6) {{flagicon|USA}} Betsy Rawls (4) {{flagicon|USA}} Babe Zaharias (30) | 74 | align=right| | align=right|225 each |
| May 4 | Fresno Open | California | {{flagicon|USA}} Babe Zaharias (31) | 226 | align=right|5,000 | align=right|1,175 |
| May 11 | Seattle Weathervane | Washington | {{flagicon|USA}} Betsy Rawls (5) | 139 | align=right|3,000 | align=right|750 |
| Jun 1 | New York Weathervane | New York | {{flagicon|USA}} Patty Berg (24) | 148 | align=right|3,000 | align=right|750 |
| Jun 4 | Cross Country 144 Hole Weathervane | various | {{flagicon|USA}} Betsy Rawls (6) | 590 | align=right|5,000 | align=right|5,000 |
| Jun 8 | Eastern Women's Open | Pennsylvania | {{flagicon|USA}} Betsy Rawls (7) | 226 | align=right| | align=right|875 |
| Jun 21 | Women's Western Open | Illinois | {{flagicon|USA}} Betsy Rawls (8) | 1 up | align=right|5,000 | align=right|1,000 |
| Jun 29 | U.S. Women's Open | Pennsylvania | {{flagicon|USA}} Louise Suggs (13) | 284 | align=right|7,500 | align=right|2,000 |
| Aug 10 | All American Open | Illinois | {{flagicon|USA}} Louise Suggs (14) | 300 | align=right|2,550 | align=right|1,000 |
| Aug 17 | World Championship | Illinois | {{flagicon|USA}} Betty Jameson (7) | 303 | align=right| | align=right|5,000 |
| Sep 7 | Carrollton Open | Georgia | {{flagicon|USA}} Betsy Rawls (9) | 214 (−2) | align=right|3,000 | align=right|750 |
| Sep 10 | Thomasville Open | Georgia | {{flagicon|USA}} Betsy Rawls (10) | 74 | align=right| | align=right|375 |
| Oct 19 | Betty Jameson Open | Texas | {{flagicon|USA}} Louise Suggs (15) | 212 | align=right| | align=right|875 |
| Oct 28 | Women's Texas Open | Texas | {{flagicon|USA}} Babe Zaharias (32) | 7 & 6 | align=right| | align=right|300 |
References
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External links
- [http://www.lpga.com/ LPGA Tour official site]
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