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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)
Field27 players
Cutnone
Prize fund$7,500
Winner's share$1,247
Champion
United States Mickey Wright
288 (+8)
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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

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

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References

  1. ^ "Wright still leads Ladies PGA". Reading Eagle. Pennsylvania. Associated Press. June 8, 1958. p. 30.
  2. ^ 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.
1958 Women's Major Golf Championships
Women's PGA Championship championships

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