1964 LPGA Tour season

Duration	March 19, 1964 (1964-03-19) – November 22, 1964 (1964-11-22)
Number of official events	32
Most wins	11 Mickey Wright
Money leader	Mickey Wright
Vare Trophy	Mickey Wright
Rookie of the Year	Susie Maxwell
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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.

Contents

• Tournament results
• Awards
• References
• External links

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.

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	Score	Purse ($)	1st prize ($)
Mar 22	Women's Western Open	Florida	Carol Mann (1)	308	7,500	1,200
Apr 5	St. Petersburg Women's Open Invitational	Florida	Mary Lena Faulk (10)	289	10,000	1,500
Apr 12	Baton Rouge Ladies' Open Invitational	Louisiana	Sandra Haynie (4)	211	7,500	1,200
Apr 19	Peach Blossom Invitational	South Carolina	Mickey Wright (53)	215	7,500	1,200
Apr 26	Titleholders Championship	Georgia	Marilynn Smith (12)	289	7,500	1,300
May 3	Clifford Ann Creed Invitational	Louisiana	Mickey Wright (54)	214	8,000	1,250
May 10	Squirt Ladies' Open Invitational	Missouri	Mickey Wright (55)	215	12,500	2,000
May 17	Muskogee Civitan Open	Oklahoma	Mickey Wright (56)	213	8,000	1,250
May 24	Dallas Civitan Open Invitational	Texas	Betsy Rawls (47)	282	13,500	2,100
May 31	Babe Zaharias Open Invitational	Texas	Ruth Jessen (6)	214	8,500	1,300
Jun 14	Lady Carling Open	Maryland	Clifford Ann Creed (1)	217	10,000	1,500
Jun 21	Lady Carling Eastern Open	Massachusetts	Mickey Wright (57)	220	10,000	1,500
Jun 28	Waldemar Open	New York	Mickey Wright (58)	215	9,200	1,350
Jul 11	U.S. Women's Open	California	Mickey Wright (59)	290	9,900	2,200
Jul 19	Yankee Women's Open	Michigan	Ruth Jessen (7)	213	10,000	1,500
Jul 26	Cosmopolitan Women's Open	Illinois	Clifford Ann Creed (2)	211	8,500	1,300
Aug 2	Milwaukee Jaycee Open	Wisconsin	Mickey Wright (60)	289	12,500	2,000
Aug 9	Waterloo Women's Open Invitational	Iowa	Shirley Englehorn (4)	211	8,500	1,300
Aug 16	Omaha Jaycee Open Invitational	Nebraska	Ruth Jessen (8)	200	9,000	1,350
Aug 23	Albuquerque Pro-Am	New Mexico	Marilynn Smith (13)	216	9,000	1,350
Aug 30	Riverside Ladies Open	Utah	Clifford Ann Creed (3)	286	9,000	1,350
Sep 7	Valhalla Open	Washington	Betsy Rawls (48)	290	10,000	1,500
Sep 13	Eugene Ladies' Open	Oregon	Mary Mills (2)	289	9,000	1,350
Sep 27	Visalia Ladies' Open	California	Mickey Wright (61)	284	9,000	1,350
Oct 4	LPGA Championship	Nevada	Mary Mills (3)	278	16,500	2,450
Oct 11	Hillside House Ladies' Open	California	Ruth Jessen (9)	209	8,500	1,300
Oct 18	Mickey Wright Invitational	California	Marlene Hagge (19)	287	8,500	1,300
Oct 25	Phoenix Thunderbirds Ladies' Open	Arizona	Ruth Jessen (10)	289	9,000	1,350
Nov 1	Las Cruces Ladies' Open	New Mexico	Sandra Haynie (5)	208	8,500	1,300
Nov 8	Tall City Open	Texas	Mickey Wright (62)	207	9,000	1,350
Nov 15	San Antonio Civitan Open	Texas	Kathy Whitworth (11)	283	10,000	1,500
Nov 22	Mary Mills Mississippi Gulf Coast Invitational	Mississippi	Mickey Wright (63)	215	17,000	2,550

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner	Mickey Wright (4)	United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)	Mickey Wright (5)	United States
Rookie of the Year	Susie Maxwell	United States

References

External links

• LPGA Tour official site
• 1964 season coverage at golfobserver.com