1952 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 4, 1952 (1952-01-04) – October 28, 1952 (1952-10-28)
Number of official events24
Most wins8 United States Betsy Rawls
Money leaderUnited States Betsy Rawls
← 1951
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.[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.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse ($)1st prize ($)
Jan 6Jacksonville OpenFloridaUnited States Louise Suggs (10)2773,000750
Jan 20Tampa OpenFloridaUnited States Louise Suggs (11)2933,5001,000
Feb 17Miami WeathervaneFloridaUnited States Babe Zaharias (28)1453,000750
Mar 2Sarasota OpenFloridaUnited States Marlene Bauer (1)71350
Mar 16Titleholders ChampionshipGeorgiaUnited States Babe Zaharias (29)2992,1001,000
Mar 30New Orleans Women's OpenLouisianaUnited States Patty Berg (22)2993,9251,000
Apr 12Houston WeathervaneTexasUnited States Betsy Rawls (3)1403,000750
Apr 14Corpus Christi TournamentTexasUnited States Betty Jameson (5)74375
Apr 28Richmond OpenCaliforniaUnited States Patty Berg (23)2103,000750
Apr 30Stockton OpenCaliforniaUnited States Louise Suggs (12)72375
May 1Bakersfield OpenCaliforniaUnited States Marlene Bauer (2) (tie)
United States Betty Jameson (6)
United States Betsy Rawls (4)
United States Babe Zaharias (30)		74225
each
May 4Fresno OpenCaliforniaUnited States Babe Zaharias (31)2265,0001,175
May 11Seattle WeathervaneWashingtonUnited States Betsy Rawls (5)1393,000750
Jun 1New York WeathervaneNew YorkUnited States Patty Berg (24)1483,000750
Jun 4Cross Country 144 Hole WeathervanevariousUnited States Betsy Rawls (6)5905,0005,000
Jun 8Eastern Women's OpenPennsylvaniaUnited States Betsy Rawls (7)226875
Jun 21Women's Western OpenIllinoisUnited States Betsy Rawls (8)1 up5,0001,000
Jun 29U.S. Women's OpenPennsylvaniaUnited States Louise Suggs (13)2847,5002,000
Aug 10All American OpenIllinoisUnited States Louise Suggs (14)3002,5501,000
Aug 17World ChampionshipIllinoisUnited States Betty Jameson (7)3035,000
Sep 7Carrollton OpenGeorgiaUnited States Betsy Rawls (9)214 (−2)3,000750
Sep 10Thomasville OpenGeorgiaUnited States Betsy Rawls (10)74375
Oct 19Betty Jameson OpenTexasUnited States Louise Suggs (15)212875
Oct 28Women's Texas OpenTexasUnited States Babe Zaharias (32)7 & 6300

References

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