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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 $28,658.
There were two first-time winners in 1965: Susie Maxwell and Jo Ann Prentice .
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1965 season.[ 1] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold .
Date
Tournament
Location
Winner
Score
Purse ($ )
1st prize ($)
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
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