1965 LPGA Tour


The 1965 LPGA Tour was the 16th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from March 18 to November 28. The season consisted of 30 official money events. Kathy Whitworth won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $28,658.
There were two first-time winners in 1965: Susie Maxwell and Jo Ann Prentice.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1965 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
Mar 21St. Petersburg OpenFlorida Kathy Whitworth 2819,6001,500
Mar 28All State Ladies' InvitationalMississippi Jo Ann Prentice 146^8,0001,275
Apr 4Baton Rouge InvitationalLouisiana Mickey Wright 2148,0001,275
Apr 25Pensacola InvitationalFlorida Betsy Rawls 2188,0001,275
May 2Shreveport Kiwanis InvitationalLouisiana Kathy Whitworth 2108,0001,275
May 2Peach Blossom OpenSouth Carolina Marilynn Smith 2138,0001,275
May 16Muskogee Civitan OpenOklahoma Susie Maxwell 2138,0001,275
May 23Dallas Civitan OpenTexas Mickey Wright 28314,0002,100
May 30Babe Zaharias OpenTexas Marlene Hagge 2158,0001,275
Jun 6Blue Grass InvitationalKentucky Kathy Whitworth 2138,5001,350
Jun 13Women's Western OpenIllinois Susie Maxwell 2909,6001,500
Jun 20Cosmopolitan OpenIllinois Sandra Haynie 2108,0001,275
Jun 27Lady Carling OpenMaryland Carol Mann 21110,0001,500
Jul 3U.S. Women's OpenNew Jersey Carol Mann 29017,7804,000
Jul 11Lady Carling Midwest OpenOhio Kathy Whitworth 21910,0001,500
Jul 18Yankee OpenMichigan Kathy Whitworth 21315,0002,250
Jul 25Buckeye Savings InvitationalOhio Kathy Whitworth 20710,0001,500
Aug 1Waterloo OpenIowa Betsy Rawls 2148,0001,275
Aug 8Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Marlene Hagge 28712,0001,875
Aug 15St. Louis OpenMissouri Mary Mills 21612,5001,875
Aug 22Omaha Jaycee OpenNebraska Clifford Ann Creed 20811,5001,500
Sep 12Eugene OpenOregon Mary Mills 29410,0001,350
Sep 19Visalia OpenCalifornia Clifford Ann Creed 2898,5001,350
Sep 26LPGA ChampionshipNevada Sandra Haynie 27915,8302,475
Oct 3Mickey Wright InvitationalCalifornia Kathy Whitworth 2838,6001,350
Oct 24Phoenix Thunderbirds OpenArizona Marlene Hagge 2908,6001,350
Oct 30Las Cruces OpenNew Mexico Clifford Ann Creed 2159,0001,350
Nov 7LPGA Tall City OpenTexas Marlene Hagge 20610,0001,350
Nov 14Alamo OpenTexas Marlene Hagge 2168,8001,500
Nov 28Titleholders ChampionshipGeorgia Kathy Whitworth 28710,0001,500

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Awards