1958 LPGA Championship
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.Source:Final leaderboard
Sunday, June 8, 1958
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money |
1 | Mickey Wright | | 69-69-76-74=288 | +8 | 1,247 |
2 | Fay Crocker | | 72-75-71-79=294 | +14 | 961 |
T3 | Peggy Kirk Bell | | 75-75-74-71=295 | +15 | 581 |
T3 | Jackie Pung | | 76-76-76-67=295 | +15 | 581 |
T3 | Joyce Ziske | | 76-74-75-70=295 | +15 | 581 |
T3 | Betty Jameson | | 75-72-74-74=295 | - | - |
7 | Kathy Cornelius | | 71-75-75-75=296 | +16 | 374 |
8 | Mary Lena Faulk | | 74-74-74-75=297 | +17 | 338 |
T9 | Ruth Jessen | | 74-75-76-73=298 | +18 | 255 |
T9 | Marilynn Smith | | 71-77-72-78=298 | +18 | 255 |
T9 | Louise Suggs | | 76-74-72-76=298 | +18 | 255 |
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