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1956 LPGA Championship

Field	Value
name	1956 LPGA Championship
dates	June 21–24, 1956
location	Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
course	Forest Lake Country Club
tour	LPGA Tour
format	Stroke play – 72 holes
par	75
yardage	6415 yd
cut	none
purse	$6,500
winners_share	$1,350
champion	USA Marlene Hagge
score	291 (−9), playoff
previous	[1955](1955-lpga-championship)
next	[1957](1957-lpga-championship)

|USA Country Club |USA Michigan Country Club The 1956 LPGA Championship was the second LPGA Championship, held June 21–24 at Forest Lake Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb northwest of Detroit.

Marlene Hagge, age 22, won her only major title in a sudden death playoff over runner-up Patty Berg, who missed a bogey putt on the first playoff hole to stay alive. The two were co-leaders after 54 holes and both shot 76 (+1) in the final round to tie at 291 (−9), five strokes ahead of third-place finisher Betty Jameson. Defending champion Beverly Hanson finished ten strokes back, tied for sixth.

The course hosted its second major two years later, the U.S. Women's Open in 1958.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, June 24, 1956

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	USA Marlene Hagge	69-73-73-76=291	−9	Playoff
USA Patty Berg	71-73-71-76=291
3	USA Betty Jameson	74-72-77-73=296	−4	765
4	USA Mickey Wright	74-74-72-77=297	−3	657
5	USA Joyce Ziske	73-75-75-77=300	E	572
T6	USA Alice Bauer	75-73-75-78=301	+1	456
USA Beverly Hanson	77-75-72-77=301
T8	USA Kathy Cornelius	79-72-71-80=302	+2	285
USA Betty Dodd	77-76-74-75=302
USA Louise Suggs	72-76-77-77=302

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Playoff

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Marlene Hagge	5	E	1,350
2	USA Patty Berg	7	+2	945

Source:

References

(June 22, 1956). "Marlene's 69 leads field". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(June 25, 1956). "Marlene grabs LPGA crown in extra holes". St. Petersburg Times.
(June 25, 1956). "Hagge wins over Berg in LPGA". Daytona Beach Morning Journal.
(June 24, 1956). "Patty, Marlene tie up LPGA". Daytona Beach Morning Journal.

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