The 1958 LPGA Tour was the ninth season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 10 to September 14. The season consisted of 24 official money events. Mickey Wright won the most tournaments, five. Beverly Hanson led the money list with earnings of $12,639.
There was only one first-time winner in 1958, Bonnie Randolph.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1958 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Jan 12 Sea Island Open Georgia Mickey Wright (5) 224 4,750 831 Jan 20 Tampa Open Florida Betsy Rawls (27) 302 7,500 1,247 Jan 26 Lake Worth Open Invitational Florida Marlene Hagge (14) 218 5,000 831 Feb 2 Havana Biltmore Open Cuba Fay Crocker (8) 222 5,000 Feb 16 St. Petersburg Open Florida Betsy Rawls (28) 291 7,000 1,248 Mar 2 Jacksonville Open Florida Marilynn Smith (4) 299 5,000 875 Mar 16 Titleholders Championship Georgia Beverly Hanson (11) 299 5,275 1,000 Apr 20 Babe Zaharias Open Texas Louise Suggs (40) 214 4,487 831 May 11 Lawton Open Oklahoma Beverly Hanson (12) 212 4,000 831 May 18 Peach Blossom Open South Carolina Wiffi Smith (3) 216 4,000 831 May 28 Land of Sky Open North Carolina Marlene Hagge (15) 213 4,750 831 Jun 1 Gatlinburg Open Tennessee Louise Suggs (41) 222 4,750 831 Jun 8 LPGA Championship Pennsylvania Mickey Wright (6) 288 7,500 1,247 Jun 15 Triangle Round Robin Massachusetts Louise Suggs (42) +51 9,000 1,425 Jun 22 Women's Western Open Pennsylvania Patty Berg (48) 293 4,750 950 Jun 28 U.S. Women's Open Michigan Mickey Wright (7) 290 7,200 1,800 Jul 13 American Women's Open Minnesota Patty Berg (49) 288 7,000 1,225 Jul 27 French Lick Open Indiana Louise Suggs (43) 300 7,000 1,247 Aug 10 Macktown Open Illinois Mary Lena Faulk (3) 216 6,500 988 Aug 17 Kansas City Open Missouri Bonnie Randolph (1) 219 4,750 831 Aug 24 Waterloo Open Iowa Fay Crocker (9) 287 7,000 1,247 Sep 1 Opie Turner Open Oklahoma Mickey Wright (8) 222 7,500 1,247 Sep 8 Dallas Open Texas Mickey Wright (9) 284 8,500 1,247 Sep 14 Jackson Open Mississippi Jackie Pung (5) 220 4,748 831
Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Beverly Hanson Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Beverly Hanson
References
External links LPGA Tour official site