The 1956 LPGA Tour was the seventh 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 14 to October 21. The season consisted of 25 official money events.

Marlene Hagge Marlene Hagge (née Bauer; born February 16, 1934) is an American former professional golfer. She was one of the thirteen founders of the LPGA in 1950. She won one major championship and 26 LPGA Tour career events. She is a member of the Wor ...

won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $20,235. The season saw the first tournament outside United States, the

Havana Open The Havana Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1956 to 1958. It was played at the Biltmore Country Club in Havana, Cuba. Winners ;Havana Biltmore Open *1958 Fay Crocker ;Havana Open *1957 Patty Berg *1956 Louise Suggs Mae Louise ...

in Cuba. There were five first-time winners in 1956,

Kathy Cornelius Kathy Cornelius (née McKinnon, born October 27, 1932) is an American professional golfer. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Cornelius attended Florida Southern College, where she played on the men's golf team, as the school did not have a women's ...

Betty Dodd Elizabeth Hobart Dodd (April 11, 1931 – July 8, 1993) was an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. Dodd was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1931 to General Francis and Margaret Dodd. She began the game of golf at age 11 in 1 ...

, Mary Lena Faulk,

Mickey Wright Mary Kathryn "Mickey" Wright (February 14, 1935 – February 17, 2020) was an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She became a member of the tour in 1955 and won 82 LPGA Tour career events including 13 major champion ...

, and

Joyce Ziske Joyce Ziske (born May 20, 1934 and also known as Joyce Ziske Malison) is an American professional golfer. As an amateur, Ziske won the Wisconsin Women's Amateur twice and the North and South Women's Amateur. She played on the 1954 Curtis Cup te ...

. Wright would win 82 LPGA events in her career, second only to

Kathy Whitworth Kathrynne Ann Whitworth (September 27, 1939 – December 24, 2022) was an American professional golfer. During her playing career she won 88 LPGA Tour tournaments, more than anyone else on the LPGA or PGA Tours. Whitworth was also a runner-up ...

's 88. The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1956 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
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