1966 LPGA Tour

The 1966 LPGA Tour was the 17th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from March 17 to December 4. The season consisted of 32 official money events. Kathy Whitworth won the most tournaments, nine. She also led the money list with earnings of $33,517.

1966 LPGA Tour season

Duration	March 17, 1966 (1966-03-17) – December 4, 1966 (1966-12-04)
Number of official events	32
Most wins	9 Kathy Whitworth
Money leader	Kathy Whitworth
Player of the Year	Kathy Whitworth
Rookie of the Year	Jan Ferraris
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The season saw the first tournament in Canada, the Supertest Ladies Open. An unofficial event, The Lagunita Invitational, was played in Venezuela.^[1] This was the last year that the Titleholders Championship, an LPGA major, would be played in Georgia. It would return for one final year in 1972. The LPGA introduced the Player of the Year in 1966, won by Kathy Whitworth. There were two first-time winners in 1966: Gloria Ehret and Sandra Spuzich.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1966 season.^[2] "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 20	St. Petersburg Women's Open	Florida	Marilynn Smith (15)	285	11,000	1,650
Mar 27	Louise Suggs Delray Beach Invitational	Florida	Marilynn Smith (16)	211	8,500	1,275
Apr 3	Venice Ladies Open	Florida	Mickey Wright (66)	217	8,500	1,275
Apr 17	Raleigh Ladies Invitational	North Carolina	Carol Mann (4)	216	10,000	1,500
Apr 24	Peach Blossom Invitational	South Carolina	Carol Mann (5)	216	8,500	1,275
May 1	Shreveport Kiwanis Club Invitational	Louisiana	Mickey Wright (67)	217	9,000	1,350
May 8	Tall City Open	Texas	Kathy Whitworth (20)	208	12,500	1,875
May 15	Dallas Civitan Invitational	Texas	Clifford Ann Creed (7)	285	15,000	2,250
May 22	Babe Zaharias Open	Texas	Shirley Englehorn (5)	209	9,000	1,350
May 29	Baton Rouge Ladies Invitational	Louisiana	Carol Mann (6)	209	10,000	1,500
Jun 5	Clayton Federal Invitational	Missouri	Kathy Whitworth (21)	208	12,500	1,875
Jun 12	Bluegrass Ladies Invitational	Kentucky	Mickey Wright (68)	210	10,000	1,500
Jun 19	Milwaukee Jaycee Open	Wisconsin	Kathy Whitworth (22)	273	13,000	1,950
Jun 26	Waterloo Women's Open Invitational	Iowa	Carol Mann (7)	214	10,000	1,500
Jul 3	U.S. Women's Open	Minnesota	Sandra Spuzich (1)	297	20,000	4,000
Jul 10	Buckeye Savings Invitational	Ohio	Sandra Haynie (8)	205	13,000	1,950
Jul 17	Lady Carling Open	Ohio	Clifford Ann Creed (8)	221	17,500	2,625
Jul 30	Supertest Ladies Open	Canada	Kathy Whitworth (23)	213	15,000	2,250
Aug 7	Lady Carling Open	Massachusetts	Kathy Whitworth (24)	217	15,000	2,250
Aug 14	Lady Carling Open	Maryland	Kathy Whitworth (25)	214	12,500	1,875
Aug 21	Women's Western Open	Wisconsin	Mickey Wright (69)	302	10,000	1,500
Aug 28	Glass City Classic	Ohio	Sandra Haynie (9)	213	25,000	3,750
Sep 11	Pacific Ladies' Classic	Oregon	Mickey Wright (70)	284	10,000	1,500
Sep 18	Shirley Englehorn Invitational	Idaho	Mickey Wright (71)	203	10,000	1,500
Sep 25	LPGA Championship	Nevada	Gloria Ehret (1)	282	16,500	2,475
Oct 2	Mickey Wright Invitational	California	Mickey Wright (72)	289	10,000	1,500
Oct 30	Las Cruces Ladies Open	New Mexico	Kathy Whitworth (26)	214	9,000	1,350
Nov 6	Amarillo Ladies' Open	Texas	Kathy Whitworth (27)	215	10,000	1,500
Nov 13	Alamo Ladies' Open	Texas	Sandra Haynie (10)	213	12,500	1,875
Nov 20	The Success Open	Texas	Clifford Ann Creed (9)	207	10,000	1,500
Nov 27	Titleholders Championship	Georgia	Kathy Whitworth (28)	291	10,000	1,500
Dec 4	Pensacola Ladies Invitational	Florida	Sandra Haynie (11)	218	10,000	1,500

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner	Kathy Whitworth (2)	United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)	Kathy Whitworth (2)	United States
Player of the Year	Kathy Whitworth	United States
Rookie of the Year	Jan Ferraris	United States