1951 LPGA Tour


The 1951 LPGA Tour was the second season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 5 to October 19. The season consisted of 19 official money events. Babe Zaharias won the most tournaments, nine. She also led the money list with earnings of $15,087.
There were two first-time winners in 1951, Pat O'Sullivan, an amateur, and Betsy Rawls, who won 55 LPGA events in her career.
The tournament results are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1951 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.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse 1st prize
Jan 7Ponte Vedra Beach Women's OpenFlorida Babe Zaharias 2233,000750
Jan 21Tampa Women's OpenFlorida Babe Zaharias 2883,5001,000
Mar 18Titleholders ChampionshipGeorgia Pat O'Sullivan 3011,500
Mar 26Sandhills Women's OpenNorth Carolina Patty Berg 2213,000750
Apr 15Lakewood WeathervaneTexas Babe Zaharias 1493,000750
Apr 23Richmond Women's OpenCalifornia Babe Zaharias 2243,000750
Apr 24Sacramento Women's Invitational OpenCalifornia Betsy Rawls 722,000225
May 1Valley OpenCalifornia Babe Zaharias 2253,000750
May 6Pebble Beach WeathervaneCalifornia Patty Berg 1523,000750
May 20Meridian Hills WeathervaneIndiana Babe Zaharias 1453,000750
May 27New York WeathervaneNew York Patty Berg 1493,000750
Jun 15144 Hole WeathervaneNew York Patty Berg 6017,5005,000
Jun 21Women's Western OpenPennsylvania Patty Berg 2 up
Jul 1Eastern OpenPennsylvania Beverly Hanson 2153,5001,000
Aug 7All American OpenIllinois Babe Zaharias 2985,5002,100
Aug 12World ChampionshipIllinois Babe Zaharias 2951,000
Sep 9Carrollton Georgia OpenGeorgia Louise Suggs 2213,000750
Sep 16U.S. Women's OpenGeorgia Betsy Rawls 2937,500
Oct 19Texas Women's OpenTexas Babe Zaharias 7 & 6

- amateur
* - non-member at time of win