1965 LPGA Tour
# 1965 LPGA Tour

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

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1965 season. "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 | Kathy Whitworth (12) | 281 | 9,600 | 1,500 |
| Mar 28 | All State Ladies' Invitational | Mississippi | Jo Ann Prentice (1) | 146^ | 8,000 | 1,275 |
| Apr 4 | Baton Rouge Invitational | Louisiana | Mickey Wright (64) | 214 | 8,000 | 1,275 |
| Apr 25 | Pensacola Invitational | Florida | Betsy Rawls (49) | 218 | 8,000 | 1,275 |
| May 2 | Shreveport Kiwanis Invitational | Louisiana | Kathy Whitworth (13) | 210 | 8,000 | 1,275 |
| May 2 | Peach Blossom Open | South Carolina | Marilynn Smith (14) | 213 | 8,000 | 1,275 |
| May 16 | Muskogee Civitan Open | Oklahoma | Susie Maxwell (1) | 213 | 8,000 | 1,275 |
| May 23 | Dallas Civitan Open | Texas | Mickey Wright (65) | 283 | 14,000 | 2,100 |
| May 30 | Babe Zaharias Open | Texas | Marlene Hagge (20) | 215 | 8,000 | 1,275 |
| Jun 6 | Blue Grass Invitational | Kentucky | Kathy Whitworth (14) | 213 | 8,500 | 1,350 |
| Jun 13 | Women's Western Open | Illinois | Susie Maxwell (2) | 290 | 9,600 | 1,500 |
| Jun 20 | Cosmopolitan Open | Illinois | Sandra Haynie (6) | 210 | 8,000 | 1,275 |
| Jun 27 | Lady Carling Open | Maryland | Carol Mann (2) | 211 | 10,000 | 1,500 |
| Jul 3 | U.S. Women's Open | New Jersey | Carol Mann (3) | 290 | 17,780 | 4,000 |
| Jul 11 | Lady Carling Midwest Open | Ohio | Kathy Whitworth (15) | 219 | 10,000 | 1,500 |
| Jul 18 | Yankee Open | Michigan | Kathy Whitworth (16) | 213 | 15,000 | 2,250 |
| Jul 25 | Buckeye Savings Invitational | Ohio | Kathy Whitworth (17) | 207 | 10,000 | 1,500 |
| Aug 1 | Waterloo Open | Iowa | Betsy Rawls (50) | 214 | 8,000 | 1,275 |
| Aug 8 | Milwaukee Open | Wisconsin | Marlene Hagge (21) | 287 | 12,000 | 1,875 |
| Aug 15 | St. Louis Open | Missouri | Mary Mills (4) | 216 | 12,500 | 1,875 |
| Aug 22 | Omaha Jaycee Open | Nebraska | Clifford Ann Creed (4) | 208 | 11,500 | 1,500 |
| Sep 12 | Eugene Open | Oregon | Mary Mills (5) | 294 | 10,000 | 1,350 |
| Sep 19 | Visalia Open | California | Clifford Ann Creed (5) | 289 | 8,500 | 1,350 |
| Sep 26 | LPGA Championship | Nevada | Sandra Haynie (7) | 279 | 15,830 | 2,475 |
| Oct 3 | Mickey Wright Invitational | California | Kathy Whitworth (18) | 283 | 8,600 | 1,350 |
| Oct 24 | Phoenix Thunderbirds Open | Arizona | Marlene Hagge (22) | 290 | 8,600 | 1,350 |
| Oct 30 | Las Cruces Open | New Mexico | Clifford Ann Creed (6) | 215 | 9,000 | 1,350 |
| Nov 7 | LPGA Tall City Open | Texas | Marlene Hagge (23) | 206 | 10,000 | 1,350 |
| Nov 14 | Alamo Open | Texas | Marlene Hagge (24) | 216 | 8,800 | 1,500 |
| Nov 28 | Titleholders Championship | Georgia | Kathy Whitworth (19) | 287 | 10,000 | 1,500 |

^ - weather-shortened tournament

## Awards

| 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 |
