1958 LPGA Championship explained

1958 LPGA Championship
Dates:June 5–8, 1958
Location:Blackridge, Pennsylvania
Course:Churchill Valley Country Club
Tour:LPGA Tour
Format:Stroke play – 72 holes
Par:70
Yardage:[1]
Field:27 players
Cut:none
Purse:$7,500
Winners Share:$1,247
Champion: Mickey Wright
Score:288 (+8)
Previous:1957
Next:1959

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 Mickey Wright69-69-76-74=288+8 1,247
2 Fay Crocker72-75-71-79=294+14 961
T3 Peggy Kirk Bell75-75-74-71=295+15581
Jackie Pung76-76-76-67=295
Joyce Ziske76-74-75-70=295
Betty Jameson75-72-74-74=295
7 Kathy Cornelius71-75-75-75=296+16 374
8 Mary Lena Faulk74-74-74-75=297+17 338
T9 Ruth Jessen74-75-76-73=298+18 255
Marilynn Smith71-77-72-78=298
Louise Suggs76-74-72-76=298
Source:[2]

References

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Notes and References

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