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.

1965 LPGA Tour season
DurationMarch 18, 1965 (1965-03-18) – November 28, 1965 (1965-11-28)
Number of official events30
Most wins8 United States Kathy Whitworth
Money leaderUnited States Kathy Whitworth
Rookie of the YearUnited States Margie Masters
← 1964
1966 →

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.[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 ($)1st prize ($)
Mar 21St. Petersburg OpenFloridaUnited States Kathy Whitworth (12)2819,6001,500
Mar 28All State Ladies' InvitationalMississippiUnited States Jo Ann Prentice (1)146^8,0001,275
Apr 4Baton Rouge InvitationalLouisianaUnited States Mickey Wright (64)2148,0001,275
Apr 25Pensacola InvitationalFloridaUnited States Betsy Rawls (49)2188,0001,275
May 2Shreveport Kiwanis InvitationalLouisianaUnited States Kathy Whitworth (13)2108,0001,275
May 2Peach Blossom OpenSouth CarolinaUnited States Marilynn Smith (14)2138,0001,275
May 16Muskogee Civitan OpenOklahomaUnited States Susie Maxwell (1)2138,0001,275
May 23Dallas Civitan OpenTexasUnited States Mickey Wright (65)28314,0002,100
May 30Babe Zaharias OpenTexasUnited States Marlene Hagge (20)2158,0001,275
Jun 6Blue Grass InvitationalKentuckyUnited States Kathy Whitworth (14)2138,5001,350
Jun 13Women's Western OpenIllinoisUnited States Susie Maxwell (2)2909,6001,500
Jun 20Cosmopolitan OpenIllinoisUnited States Sandra Haynie (6)2108,0001,275
Jun 27Lady Carling OpenMarylandUnited States Carol Mann (2)21110,0001,500
Jul 3U.S. Women's OpenNew JerseyUnited States Carol Mann (3)29017,7804,000
Jul 11Lady Carling Midwest OpenOhioUnited States Kathy Whitworth (15)21910,0001,500
Jul 18Yankee OpenMichiganUnited States Kathy Whitworth (16)21315,0002,250
Jul 25Buckeye Savings InvitationalOhioUnited States Kathy Whitworth (17)20710,0001,500
Aug 1Waterloo OpenIowaUnited States Betsy Rawls (50)2148,0001,275
Aug 8Milwaukee OpenWisconsinUnited States Marlene Hagge (21)28712,0001,875
Aug 15St. Louis OpenMissouriUnited States Mary Mills (4)21612,5001,875
Aug 22Omaha Jaycee OpenNebraskaUnited States Clifford Ann Creed (4)20811,5001,500
Sep 12Eugene OpenOregonUnited States Mary Mills (5)29410,0001,350
Sep 19Visalia OpenCaliforniaUnited States Clifford Ann Creed (5)2898,5001,350
Sep 26LPGA ChampionshipNevadaUnited States Sandra Haynie (7)27915,8302,475
Oct 3Mickey Wright InvitationalCaliforniaUnited States Kathy Whitworth (18)2838,6001,350
Oct 24Phoenix Thunderbirds OpenArizonaUnited States Marlene Hagge (22)2908,6001,350
Oct 30Las Cruces OpenNew MexicoUnited States Clifford Ann Creed (6)2159,0001,350
Nov 7LPGA Tall City OpenTexasUnited States Marlene Hagge (23)20610,0001,350
Nov 14Alamo OpenTexasUnited States Marlene Hagge (24)2168,8001,500
Nov 28Titleholders ChampionshipGeorgiaUnited States Kathy Whitworth (19)28710,0001,500

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Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerKathy Whitworth United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)Kathy Whitworth United States
Rookie of the YearMargie Masters United States

References
  1. LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969 Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
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