The Titleholders Championship was an annual golf competition. It was established in 1937 and was a women's major championships. This event was conducted in stroke play competition, and it was played at Augusta Country Club, not Augusta National Golf Club, except in 1972 when it was contested at the Pines Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
Patty Berg held the record for the most victories with seven, and Berg had the most consecutive wins with three.
† | Tournament won in a playoff | |
Tournament won by an amateur | ||
¤ | Tournament was won in 54-holes |
Year | Country | Champion | Total score | Total par | Notes | |
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1937 | United States | * | align=center style="background:#D0F0C0;" | 240 ¤ | [1] | |
1938 | United States | * | 311 | [2] | ||
1939 | United States | * | 319 | [3] [4] | ||
1940 | United States | * | 336 | [5] | ||
1941 | United States | * | align=center style="background:#D0F0C0;" | 224 ¤ | [6] | |
1942 | United States | * | align=center style="background:#D0F0C0;" | 239 ¤ | [7] | |
1943 | - | None | - | - | - | |
1944 | - | None | - | - | - | |
1945 | - | None | - | - | - | |
1946 | United States | * | 314 | [8] | ||
1947 | United States | * | 304 | [9] | ||
1948 | United States | 308 | [10] | |||
1949 | United States | * | 299 | [11] | ||
1950 | United States | 298 | [12] | |||
1951 | United States | * | 301 | |||
1952 | United States | 299 | ||||
1953 | United States | 294 | ||||
1954 | United States | 293 | ||||
1955 | United States | 291 | ||||
1956 | United States | 302 | ||||
1957 | United States | 293 | ||||
1958 | United States | 299 | ||||
1959 | United States | 297 | ||||
1960 | 303 | [13] | ||||
1961 | United States | 299 | ||||
1962 | United States | † | 295 | |||
1963 | United States | † | 292 | |||
1964 | United States | 289 | ||||
1965 | United States | 287 | ||||
1966 | United States | 291 | ||||
1967 | - | None | - | - | - | |
1968 | - | None | - | - | - | |
1969 | - | None | - | - | - | |
1970 | - | None | - | - | - | |
1971 | - | None | - | - | - | |
1972 | United States | 283 | [14] |
This table lists the golfers who have won more than one Titleholders Championship as a major championship. Bolded years and player name indicates consecutive victories. The (a) denotes amateur golfer.
Grand Slam winners ‡ |
Country | Golfer | Total | Years | |
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Patty Berg | 7 | 1937 (a), 1938 (a), 1939 (a), 1948, 1953, 1955, 1957 | ||
Louise Suggs ‡ | 4 | 1946 (a), 1954, 1956, 1959 | ||
Babe Zaharias | 3 | 1947 (a), 1950, 1952 | ||
Dorothy Kirby (a) | 2 | 1941, 1942 | ||
Mickey Wright ‡ | 2 | 1961, 1962 | ||
Marilynn Smith | 2 | 1963, 1964 | ||
Kathy Whitworth | 2 | 1965, 1966 |
This table lists the total number of titles won by golfers of each nationality as a major.
Rank | Nationality | Wins | Winners | First title | Last title | |
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1 | 27 | 12 | 1937 | 1972 | ||
2 | 1 | 1 | align=center colspan=2 | 1960 |