1958 LPGA Championship

Golf tournament
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
United States Mickey Wright
288 (+8)
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Churchill Valley Country Club is located in the United States
Churchill Valley Country Club
Churchill Valley Country Club
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Location in the United States
Churchill Valley Country Club is located in Pennsylvania
Churchill Valley Country Club
Churchill Valley Country Club
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Location in Pennsylvania

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.

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]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, June 8, 1958

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Mickey Wright 69-69-76-74=288 +8 1,247
2 Uruguay Fay Crocker 72-75-71-79=294 +14 961
T3 United States Peggy Kirk Bell 75-75-74-71=295 +15 581
United States Jackie Pung 76-76-76-67=295
United States Joyce Ziske 76-74-75-70=295
United States Betty Jameson 75-72-74-74=295
7 United States Kathy Cornelius 71-75-75-75=296 +16 374
8 United States Mary Lena Faulk 74-74-74-75=297 +17 338
T9 United States Ruth Jessen 74-75-76-73=298 +18 255
United States Marilynn Smith 71-77-72-78=298
United States Louise Suggs 76-74-72-76=298

Source:[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Wright still leads Ladies PGA". Reading Eagle. Pennsylvania. Associated Press. June 8, 1958. p. 30.
  2. ^ a b c 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.

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