St. Petersburg Women's Open

The St. Petersburg Women's Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1954 to 1989.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] It was played at three different courses in the St. Petersburg, Florida area.

LPGA Hall of Fame member Kathy Whitworth won the tournament five times(1965, 1968–70, and 1974). Only three other players have won the same LPGA tournament on five occasions.^[5]

Tournament locations

Years	Venue	Location
1954-70, 1972	Sunset Golf and Country Club^[6]	St. Petersburg, Florida
1971, 1975, 1977-89	Pasadena Golf Club^[7]	Gulfport, Florida
1973-74, 1976	Seminole Lakes Country Club	Seminole, Florida

Winners

USX Golf Classic

1989 Betsy King
1988 Rosie Jones

S&H Golf Classic

Orange Blossom Classic

Orange Blossom Open

1969 Kathy Whitworth

St. Petersburg Orange Blossom Open

1968 Kathy Whitworth

St. Petersburg Orange Classic

1967 Marilynn Smith

St. Petersburg Women's Open

1966 Marilynn Smith

St. Petersburg Open

1965 Kathy Whitworth

St. Petersburg Women's Open Invitational

1964 Mary Lena Faulk

St. Petersburg Women's Open

1963 Mickey Wright

St. Petersburg Open

Notes and references

↑ LPGA Tournament Chronology 1950-1959
↑ LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969
↑ LPGA Tournament Chronology 1970-1979
↑ LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-1989
↑ "All-Time Records" (PDF). LPGA. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
↑ Now known as the Renaissence Vinoy Resort & Golf Club
↑ Now known as the Pasadena Yacht & Country Club

External links

Tournament results (1963-1989) at Golfobserver.com

Former LPGA Tour events

500 Ladies Classic ADT Championship AI Star/Centinela Hospital Classic Alamo Ladies Classic Albuquerque Swing Parade All American Open Alliance Machine International Open Amarillo Ladies' Open American Defender Classic American Women's Open areaWEB.COM Challenge Ardmore Open Arkansas Open Asahi Ryokuken International Championship Asheville Open Austin Civitan Open Australian Ladies Masters Babe Zaharias Invitational Babe Zaharias Open Bakersfield Open Barth Classic Baton Rouge Ladies Invitational Battle Creek Open Betty Jameson Open Bing Crosby International Classic Birmingham Classic Bluegrass Invitational Borden Classic Buckeye Savings Invitational Cameron Park Open Canyon Ladies Classic Carlsbad Jaycee Open The Carlton Carrollton Open Cavalier Open Charity Golf Classic Chicago Challenge Child & Family Services Open Chrysler-Plymouth Classic Cisco World Ladies Match Play Championship Clock Open Colgate European Open Colgate Far East Open Colgate-Hong Kong Open Columbia Savings LPGA National Pro-Am Concord Open Corpus Christi Civitan Open Corpus Christi Tournament Cosmopolitan Open Crestar-Farm Fresh Classic Cross Country 144 Hole Weathervane Cubic Corporation Classic CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge Damon Runyon Cancer Fund Tournament Danbury Lady Carling Open Desert Inn Classic Eastern Women's Open Elizabeth Arden Classic ERA Real Estate Classic Fieldcrest Cannon Classic Fields Open in Hawaii Florida's Natural Charity Championship Fort Wayne Open Franklin American Mortgage Championship Freedom/Orlando Classic French Lick Open Fresno Open Friendly's Classic GAC Classic Gatlinburg Open George Washington Classic Giant Eagle LPGA Classic Ginn Open Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika Glass City Classic GNA/Glendale Federal Classic Golden Circle of Golf Festival Golden Lights Championship Golden Triangle Festival Grand China Air LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic Greater Ft. Myers Classic Greater Washington Open Grossinger Open Hardscrabble Open Havana Open Hawaiian Ladies Open HealthSouth Inaugural Heart of America Invitational Heritage Village Open Hillside Open Hollywood Lakes Open Honda Civic Classic Hoosier Open Houston Exchange Clubs Classic Howard Johnson Invitational HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship Idaho Centennial Ladies' Open J Golf Phoenix LPGA International J&B Scotch Pro-Am Jackson Open Jacksonville Ladies Open The Jamaica Classic Kapalua LPGA Classic Karsten-Ping Open Kathy Ireland Championship Kellogg-Keebler Classic Kings River Open Knoxville Ladies Classic Konica San Jose Classic Kyocera Inamori Classic Ladies' Los Angeles Open Lady Carling Eastern Open Lady Errol Classic Lady Keystone Open Lady Stroh's Open Lake Worth Open Las Cruces Ladies Open Las Vegas LPGA Lawson's LPGA Classic Lawton Open Lincoln-Mercury Open Links Invitation Open Los Angeles Open Los Angeles Women's Championship Los Coyotes LPGA Classic Louise Suggs Invitational LPGA Corning Classic LPGA State Farm Classic LPGA Takefuji Classic LPGA Tour Championship Mary Kay Classic Mary Mills Mississippi Gulf Coast Invitational MasterCard Classic MasterCard International Pro-Am Mayfair Open Mayflower Classic Mazda Hall of Fame Championship McCall's LPGA Classic McDonald's Championship Memphis Open Mercury Titleholders Championship Michelob Light Classic Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill Mickey Wright Invitational Mile High Open Milwaukee Jaycee Open The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions Molson's Canadian Open Moss Creek Women's Invitational Mt. Prospect Open Muskogee Civitan Open Naples Lely Classic New Orleans Women's Open Niagara Frontier Classic Ocean State Open The Office Depot Office Depot Championship Oklahoma City Open Oldsmobile Classic Olympia Gold Classic Omaha Jaycee Open Opie Turner Open O'Sullivan Ladies Open Pacific Ladies Classic Palm Beach County Open Palm Springs Open Patty Berg Classic Patty Berg Classic (Massachusetts) Peach Blossom Open Pensacola Ladies Invitational The Phar-Mor at Inverrary Pinewild Women's Championship PING/Welch's Championship Planters Pat Bradley International Pocono Northeast Classic Phoenix Thunderbirds Open Pittsburgh Open Pompano Beach Classic Port Charlotte Invitational Port Malabar Invitational Potamkin Cadillac Classic Rainbow Foods LPGA Classic Reno Open Richmond Open River Plantation Invitational Riverside Ladies Open Rock City Ladies Open Royal Crown Open Royal Poinciana Invitational S&H Green Stamp Classic Sacramento Open Sacramento Union Ladies Classic Safeco Classic Samsung World Championship San Diego Open Sandhills Women's Open Santa Barbara Open Sara Lee Classic The Sarah Coventry Sarasota Classic Sarasota Open SBS Open at Turtle Bay Sea Island Open Sears Women's Classic SemGroup Championship Serbin Open Shirley Englehorn Invitational Shreveport Kiwanis Invitational Smirnoff Ladies Irish Open Southgate Ladies Open Spokane Women's Open Springfield Jaycee Open St. Louis Women's Invitational St. Petersburg Women's Open Star Bank LPGA Classic Stockton Open Subaru Memorial of Naples Sunshine Women's Open Supertest Ladies Open Suzuki Golf Internationale Sybase Classic Sybase Match Play Championship Syracuse Open Tall City Open Tampa Women's Open Texas Women's Open Thomasville Open Titleholders Championship Tippecanoe Open Tournament of Champs Tres Marias Championship Triangle Round Robin Uniden LPGA Invitational United Voluntary Services Open Valhalla Open Venice Ladies Open Visalia Open Wachovia LPGA Classic Waco Tribune Herald Ladies Classic Waldemar Open Waterloo Women's Open Invitational Wegmans LPGA Welch's/Fry's Championship Wendell-West Open Wendy's Championship for Children West Virginia LPGA Classic White Mountain Open Wichita Open Willow Park Ladies Invitational Wolverine Open Women's Golf Charities Open Women's Kemper Open Women's Western Open World Championship WUI Classic Yankee Women's Open Youngstown Kitchens Trumbull Open YourLife Vitamins LPGA Classic

Team events:	Lexus Cup (annual)

Unofficial events:	HSBC Brazil Cup Hyundai Team Matches JCPenney Classic LPGA Skins Game The Mojo 6 Women's World Cup of Golf

Current LPGA Tour Events

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