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1953 LPGA Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	1953
tour	LPGA Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	25
most_wins	9 USA Louise Suggs
honor1	Money leader
honoree1	USA Louise Suggs
prevseason	1952
nextseason	1954

The 1953 LPGA Tour was the fourth season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 15 to October 18. The season consisted of 25 official money events. Louise Suggs won the most tournaments, nine. She also led the money list with earnings of $19,816.

This season also saw the introduction of the Vare Trophy for the lowest scoring average, won by Patty Berg. There was only one first-time winner in 1953, Jackie Pung.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1953 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 18	Tampa Open	Florida	USA Louise Suggs (16)	288	5,000	1,250
Feb 8	Serbin Miami Beach Open	Florida	USA Betty Jameson (8)	222	5,000	875
Feb 14	Boca Raton Weathervane	Florida	USA Beverly Hanson (3)	148	3,000	750
Mar 1	Sarasota Open	Florida	USA Babe Zaharias (33)	217	3,517	875
Mar 8	Jacksonville Open	Florida	USA Patty Berg (25)	214		875
Mar 15	Titleholders Championship	Georgia	USA Patty Berg (26)	294	2,200	1,000
Mar 22	Betsy Rawls Open	South Carolina	USA Louise Suggs (17)	216	3,500	875
Mar 29	New Orleans Women's Open	Louisiana	USA Patty Berg (27)	227	3,500	875
Apr 5	Babe Zaharias Open	Texas	USA Babe Zaharias (34)	217		875
Apr 12	Phoenix Weathervane	Arizona	USA Patty Berg (28) (tie)
USA Louise Suggs (18)	148	3,000
Apr 16	Palm Springs Open	California	USA Jackie Pung (1)	145	3,000	750
Apr 19	San Diego Open	California	USA Louise Suggs (19)	144	3,500	750
Apr 26	Bakersfield Open	California	USA Louise Suggs (20)	149	3,500	875
May 3	San Francisco Weathervane	California	USA Louise Suggs (21)	149	3,000	750
May 10	Barbara Romack Open	California	USA Betsy Rawls (11)	145	3,236	875
May 17	Reno Open	Nevada	USA Patty Berg (29)	151	3,500	875
May 31	Philadelphia Weathervane	Pennsylvania	USA Louise Suggs (22)	146	3,000	750
May 31	144 Hole Weathervane	various	USA Louise Suggs (23)	593	5,000	5,000
Jun 7	Eastern Open	Pennsylvania	USA Betsy Rawls (12)	293	5,000	1,250
Jun 20	Women's Western Open	Georgia	USA Louise Suggs (24)	6 & 5		1,000
Jun 28	U.S. Women's Open	New York	USA Betsy Rawls (13)	302	7,500	2,000
Jul 5	Triangle Round Robin	New Jersey	USA Jackie Pung (2)	+38	7,500	1,500
Aug 3	All American Open	Illinois	USA Patty Berg (30)	308		1,000
Aug 9	World Championship	Illinois	USA Patty Berg (31)	300	12,000	5,000
Oct 18	Fort Worth Open	Texas	USA Betsy Rawls (14)	5 & 4	1,500	500

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner	Louise Suggs
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)	Patty Berg

References

"LPGA Tournament Chronology 1950-1959". LPGA Tour.

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