The 1953 LPGA Tour was the fourth season since the
LPGA Tour
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of week ...
officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 15 to October 18. The season consisted of 25 official money events.
Louise Suggs
Mae Louise Suggs (September 7, 1923 – August 7, 2015) was an American professional golfer, one of the founders of the LPGA Tour and thus modern ladies' golf.
Amateur career
Born in Atlanta, Suggs had a very successful amateur career, beginni ...
won the most tournaments, nine. She also led the money list with earnings of $19,816.
This season also saw the introduction of the
Vare Trophy
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of week ...
for the lowest scoring average, won by
Patty Berg
Patricia Jane Berg (February 13, 1918 – September 10, 2006) was an American professional golfer. She was a founding member and the first president of the LPGA. Her 15 major title wins remains the all-time record for most major wins by a fem ...
. There was only one first-time winner in 1953,
Jackie Pung
Jacqueline Nolte Liwai Pung (December 13, 1921 – March 15, 2017) was an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.
Pung was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her mother was Jacqueline Nolte. Her father was Jack Liwai, who was originally ...
.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1953 season.
LPGA Tournament Chronology 1950-1959
"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.
Awards
References
External links
LPGA Tour official site
{{LPGA Tour seasons
LPGA Tour seasons
LPGA Tour
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of week ...