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1958 LPGA Championship

FieldValue
name1958 LPGA Championship
datesJune 5–8, 1958
locationBlackridge, Pennsylvania
courseChurchill Valley Country Club
tourLPGA Tour
formatStroke play – 72 holes
par70
yardage6025 yd
field27 players
cutnone
purse$7,500
winners_share$1,247
championUSA Mickey Wright
score288 (+8)
previous[1957](1957-lpga-championship)
next[1959](1959-lpga-championship)

|USA |USA 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. 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.

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.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, June 8, 1958

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1USA **Mickey Wright**69-69-76-74=288+81,247
2URY Fay Crocker72-75-71-79=294+14961
T3USA Peggy Kirk Bell75-75-74-71=295+15581
USA Jackie Pung76-76-76-67=295
USA Joyce Ziske76-74-75-70=295
USA Betty Jameson75-72-74-74=295
7USA Kathy Cornelius71-75-75-75=296+16374
8USA Mary Lena Faulk74-74-74-75=297+17338
T9USA Ruth Jessen74-75-76-73=298+18255
USA Marilynn Smith71-77-72-78=298
USA Louise Suggs76-74-72-76=298

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References

References

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