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The 1962 LPGA Tour was the 13th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 19 to November 4. The season consisted of 29 official money events. Mickey Wright won the most tournaments, 10. She also led the money list with earnings of $21,641. The first Rookie of the Year was won by Mary Mills .
There were four first-time winners in 1962: Shirley Englehorn , Sandra Haynie , who would win 42 LPGA events, Murle Lindstrom , and Kathy Whitworth , who would win a record 88 LPGA events. The season saw the last wins of Louise Suggs (58 career wins) and Patty Berg (60). It also saw the first and only official win by a man, Sam Snead in the Royal Poinciana Plaza Invitational .
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1962 season.[ 1] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold .
Date
Tournament
Location
Winner
Score
Purse ($ )
1st prize ($)
Jan 21
Sea Island Women's Invitational
Georgia
Mickey Wright (30)
226
6,000
1,000
Feb 7
Royal Poinciana Plaza Invitational
Florida
Sam Snead (1)
211
4,500
2,000
Feb 18
St. Petersburg Open
Florida
Louise Suggs (56)
280
7,500
1,200
Apr 22
Sunshine Open
Florida
Marilynn Smith (6)
214
7,000
1,200
Apr 29
Titleholders Championship
Georgia
Mickey Wright (31)
295
7,500
1,330
May 6
Peach Blossom Open
South Carolina
Mary Lena Faulk (8)
217
7,500
1,100
May 13
Women's Western Open
Alabama
Mickey Wright (32)
295
7,000
1,200
May 20
Muskogee Civitan Open
Oklahoma
Patty Berg (51)
290
7,000
1,200
May 27
Dallas Civitan Open
Texas
Ruth Jessen (3)
292
9,300
1,500
Jun 10
Austin Civitan Open
Texas
Sandra Haynie (1)
289
7,000
1,200
Jun 17
Cosmopolitan Open
Illinois
Sandra Haynie (2)
210
7,500
1,200
Jun 24
J.E. McAuliffe Memorial
New Jersey
Betsy Rawls (45)
295 (+3)
8,000
1,250
Jun 30
U.S. Women's Open
South Carolina
Murle Lindstrom (1)
301
8,000
1,800
Jul 8
Kelly Girls Open
Maryland
Kathy Whitworth (1)
215
7,500
1,300
Jul 15
Milwaukee Open
Wisconsin
Mickey Wright (33)
289
10,000
1,350
Jul 22
Lady Carling Open
Massachusetts
Shirley Englehorn (1)
226
10,000
1,450
Aug 5
Waterloo Open
Iowa
Marilynn Smith (7)
279
7,500
1,200
Aug 12
Heart of America Invitational
Kansas
Mickey Wright (34)
286
7,500
1,000
Aug 19
Albuquerque Swing Parade
New Mexico
Mickey Wright (35)
219
7,500
1,000
Aug 26
Salt Lake City Open
Utah
Mickey Wright (36)
292
7,000
1,200
Sep 3
Spokane Open
Washington
Mickey Wright (37)
275
7,000
1,200
Sep 9
Eugene Open
Oregon
Shirley Englehorn (2)
292
7,500
1,250
Sep 16
Sacramento Open
California
Ruth Jessen (4)
218
7,500
1,300
Sep 23
Visalia Open
California
Mary Lena Faulk (9)
289
7,500
1,350
Sep 30
Mickey Wright Invitational
California
Mickey Wright (38)
286
5,000
1,300
Oct 7
LPGA Championship
Nevada
Judy Kimball (2)
282
15,000
2,300
Oct 14
Phoenix Thunderbird Open
Arizona
Kathy Whitworth (2)
213
8,400
1,350
Oct 21
Carlsbad Cavern Open
New Mexico
Mickey Wright (39)
219
7,000
1,200
Nov 4
San Antonio Civitan
Texas
Murle Lindstrom (2)
215
7,000
1,200