1958 LPGA Championship

The 1958 LPGA Championship was the fourth LPGA Championship, held June 5–8 at Churchill Valley Country Club in Blackridge, Pennsylvania, a suburb east of Pittsburgh.

1958 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJune 5–8, 1958
LocationBlackridge, Pennsylvania
Course(s)Churchill Valley Country Club
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play – 72 holes
Statistics
Par70
Length6,025 yards (5,509 m)[1]
Field27 players[1]
Cutnone
Prize fund$7,500
Winner's share$1,247
Champion
Mickey Wright
288 (+8)
Churchill Valley Country Club
Location in the United States
Churchill Valley Country Club
Location in Pennsylvania

Mickey Wright, age 23, won the first of her four LPGA Championships, six strokes ahead of runner-up Fay Crocker.[2] It was the first of Wright's thirteen major titles. Defending champion Louise Suggs finished ten strokes back, in a tie for ninth. The field consisted of 27 professionals; a concurrent event for amateurs was also held.[2]

The LPGA Championship was played for a second straight year at Churchill Valley, which hosted its third major the following year, the U.S. Women's Open in 1959. The club closed in 2013.[3][4]

Past champions in the field

PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Louise Suggs United States195776747276298+18T9
Beverly Hanson United States195572747283301+21T14
Marlene Hagge United States195676787776307+27T17

Source:[2]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, June 8, 1958

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Mickey Wright United States69-69-76-74=288+81,247
2Fay Crocker Uruguay72-75-71-79=294+14961
T3Peggy Kirk Bell United States75-75-74-71=295+15581
Jackie Pung United States76-76-76-67=295
Joyce Ziske United States76-74-75-70=295
Betty Jameson United States75-72-74-74=295
7Kathy Cornelius United States71-75-75-75=296+16374
8Mary Lena Faulk United States74-74-74-75=297+17338
T9Ruth Jessen United States74-75-76-73=298+18255
Marilynn Smith United States71-77-72-78=298
Louise Suggs United States76-74-72-76=298

Source:[2]

gollark: ```lualocal mod = {}function mod.down() -- install potatOSendreturn mod```
gollark: Repeaters? You use rednet? Why?
gollark: What?
gollark: Or store a list of valid keys/levels on pastebin, and have each door controller download those.
gollark: Or use my idea.

References

  1. "Wright still leads Ladies PGA". Reading Eagle. Pennsylvania. Associated Press. June 8, 1958. p. 30.
  2. Drum, Bob (June 9, 1958). "Mickey Wright breezes to LPGA title". Pittsburgh Press. p. 26.
  3. "Churchill Valley Country Club sinks into financial hole". Pittsburgh Business Times. January 25, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  4. Varine, Patrick (August 14, 2013). "Churchill Valley Country Club seeks penalty against creditors". Trib Live. Retrieved July 19, 2014.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.