The 1966 LPGA Tour was the 17th season since the

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officially began in 1950. The season ran from March 17 to December 4. The season consisted of 32 official money events.

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won the most tournaments, nine. She also led the money list with earnings of $33,517. The season saw the first tournament in

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, the Supertest Ladies Open. An unofficial event, The Lagunita Invitational, was played in Venezuela. This was the last year that the Titleholders Championship, an LPGA major, would be played in

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. It would return for one final year in 1972. The LPGA introduced the

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in 1966, won by

. There were two first-time winners in 1966:

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and

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. The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1966 season.LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969
"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 site1966 season coverage at golfobserver.com
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