1965 LPGA Tour

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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

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.

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

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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.

Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($)
Mar 21 St. Petersburg Open Florida United States Kathy Whitworth (12) 281 9,600 1,500
Mar 28 All State Ladies' Invitational Mississippi United States Jo Ann Prentice (1) 146^ 8,000 1,275
Apr 4 Baton Rouge Invitational Louisiana United States Mickey Wright (64) 214 8,000 1,275
Apr 25 Pensacola Invitational Florida United States Betsy Rawls (49) 218 8,000 1,275
May 2 Shreveport Kiwanis Invitational Louisiana United States Kathy Whitworth (13) 210 8,000 1,275
May 2 Peach Blossom Open South Carolina United States Marilynn Smith (14) 213 8,000 1,275
May 16 Muskogee Civitan Open Oklahoma United States Susie Maxwell (1) 213 8,000 1,275
May 23 Dallas Civitan Open Texas United States Mickey Wright (65) 283 14,000 2,100
May 30 Babe Zaharias Open Texas United States Marlene Hagge (20) 215 8,000 1,275
Jun 6 Blue Grass Invitational Kentucky United States Kathy Whitworth (14) 213 8,500 1,350
Jun 13 Women's Western Open Illinois United States Susie Maxwell (2) 290 9,600 1,500
Jun 20 Cosmopolitan Open Illinois United States Sandra Haynie (6) 210 8,000 1,275
Jun 27 Lady Carling Open Maryland United States Carol Mann (2) 211 10,000 1,500
Jul 3 U.S. Women's Open New Jersey United States Carol Mann (3) 290 17,780 4,000
Jul 11 Lady Carling Midwest Open Ohio United States Kathy Whitworth (15) 219 10,000 1,500
Jul 18 Yankee Open Michigan United States Kathy Whitworth (16) 213 15,000 2,250
Jul 25 Buckeye Savings Invitational Ohio United States Kathy Whitworth (17) 207 10,000 1,500
Aug 1 Waterloo Open Iowa United States Betsy Rawls (50) 214 8,000 1,275
Aug 8 Milwaukee Open Wisconsin United States Marlene Hagge (21) 287 12,000 1,875
Aug 15 St. Louis Open Missouri United States Mary Mills (4) 216 12,500 1,875
Aug 22 Omaha Jaycee Open Nebraska United States Clifford Ann Creed (4) 208 11,500 1,500
Sep 12 Eugene Open Oregon United States Mary Mills (5) 294 10,000 1,350
Sep 19 Visalia Open California United States Clifford Ann Creed (5) 289 8,500 1,350
Sep 26 LPGA Championship Nevada United States Sandra Haynie (7) 279 15,830 2,475
Oct 3 Mickey Wright Invitational California United States Kathy Whitworth (18) 283 8,600 1,350
Oct 24 Phoenix Thunderbirds Open Arizona United States Marlene Hagge (22) 290 8,600 1,350
Oct 30 Las Cruces Open New Mexico United States Clifford Ann Creed (6) 215 9,000 1,350
Nov 7 LPGA Tall City Open Texas United States Marlene Hagge (23) 206 10,000 1,350
Nov 14 Alamo Open Texas United States Marlene Hagge (24) 216 8,800 1,500
Nov 28 Titleholders Championship Georgia United States Kathy Whitworth (19) 287 10,000 1,500

^ - weather-shortened tournament

Awards

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Award Winner Country
Money winner Kathy Whitworth  United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Kathy Whitworth  United States
Rookie of the Year Margie Masters  United States

References

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