1955 LPGA Championship


The 1955 LPGA Championship was the first edition of the LPGA Championship, held July 15–17 at Orchard Ridge Country Club in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The championship's format was three rounds of stroke play, followed by match play on Sunday to determine the final standings. The championship match was played over 36 holes and the other matches were over 18 holes. Rain washed out play on Thursday and delayed the start to late morning on Friday; 36 holes were played on Saturday.
Beverly Hanson won the first of her three major championships at 4 & 3 over runner-up Louise Suggs.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, July 17, 1955
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMatch
play
Money
1Beverly Hanson70-75-75=220−54&31,200
2Louise Suggs74-74-75=223−24&3800
3Fay Crocker71-75-78=224−12&1650
4Jackie Pung72-77-75=224−12&1525
5Mary Lena Faulk75-75-75=225E1 up475
6Betty Hicks73-76-77=226+11 up400
7Pat O'Sullivan73-77-79=229+42&1350
8Bonnie Randolph75-72-79=226+12&1300
9Betty Jameson75-78-77=230+56&5250
10Peggy Kirk Bell77-74-78=229+46&5225

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