1953 - Women (All)
The winners in the category "1953 - Women (All)" are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on venues, scores and prize money.
Majors
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Played as the Titleholders Championship (14th). Second-placed Betsy Rawls (USA) finished 9 shots behind Berg (USA). [Augusta CC, Augusta, GA].
Majors
USGA
The US Women's Open (8th) (June 25-28). Rawls (USA) beat Jackie Pung (USA) in an 18-hole playoff: Rawls 71 (-3), Pung 77 (+3). [CC of Rochester, Rochester, NY].
Majors
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The Women's Western Open (24th). Suggs (USA) beat Patty Berg (USA) 6 and 5 in the final. [Capital City Club, Atlanta, Georgia].
Amateur
LGU
The Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship (50th). Stewart (Can) beat Philomena Garvey (Ire) 7 and 6 in the final. [Royal Porthcawl GC, Mid Glamorgan, Wales].
Amateur
USGA
The US Women's Amateur Championship (53rd). Faulk (USA) beat Polly Riley (USA) 3 and 2 in the final. [Rhode Island CC, Barrington, RI].
America
George S. May
Played as the All American Open. Second-placed and defending champion Louise Suggs (USA) finished 1 shot behind Berg (USA). [Tam O'Shanter CC, Niles, nr Chicago, IL; now the municipal Tam O'Shanter Golf Course].
Played as the All-American Tam O'Shanter Open. Second-placed Louise Suggs finished 1 shot behind Berg.
Played as the Babe Zaharias Open. Second-placed Louise Suggs finished 1 shot behind Zaharias.
Played as the Bakersfield Open. Suggs won after a playoff against beat Patty Berg.
Played as the Barbara Romack Open. Second-placed Carol Bowman finished 2 shots behind Rawls.
Played as the Betsy Rawls Open. Suggs won after a playoff against Betsy Rawls.
Played as the Eastern Open. Rawls won after a playoff against Patty Berg.
Played as the Fort Worth Open. Rawls beat Polly Riley 5 and 4 in the final.
Played as the Jacksonville Open. Second-placed Babe Zaharias and Louise Suggs finished 2 shots behind Berg.
Played as the Nevada - Reno Open. Berg won after a playoff against Louise Suggs.
Played as the New Orleans Women's Open. Second-placed Babe Zaharias finished 4 shots behind Berg.
America
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Played as the Palm Springs Open. Second-placed Betsy Rawls finished 2 shots behind Pung.
Played as the San Diego Open. Second-placed Patty Berg and Marlene Bauer (Hagge) finished 3 shots behind Suggs.
Played as the Sarasota Open. Second-placed Betsy Rawls finished 7 shots behind Zaharias.
Played as the Serbin Miami Beach Open. Jameson won after a playoff against Betsy Rawls and Babe Zaharias.
Played as the Tampa Women's Open. Second-placed Mary Lena Faulk (amateur) finished 6 shots behind Suggs.
America
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Played as the Triangle Round Robin Invitational. Betty Jameson finished in second place behind Pung.
Suggs (USA) was overall winner of the 1953 Cross Country 144-hole Weathervane Tournament, which was played as four two-round events in Boca Raton, Philadelphia, Phoenix and San Francisco. She won the San Francisco event and tied with Patty Berg in Phoenix.
America
Weathervane
Played as the Boca Raton Weathervane. Second-placed Betty Jameson (USA) and Babe Zaharias (USA) finished 1 shot behind Hanson.
America
Weathervane
Played as the Philadelphia Weathervane. Second-placed Patty Berg (USA) finished 8 shots behind Suggs (USA).
Played as the Phoenix Weathervane. Patty Berg (USA) and Louise Suggs (USA) shared first place after a tie.
Played as the Phoenix Weathervane. Patty Berg (USA) and Louise Suggs (USA) shared first place after a tie.
America
Weathervane
Played as the San Francisco Weathervane. Second-placed Betsy Rawls (USA) finished 2 shots behind Suggs (USA).
America
George S. May
Played as the World Championship of Women's Golf. Second-placed Louise Suggs (USA) finished 3 shots behind Berg (USA), who had been runner-up in this event in all five years of its existence from 1948. [Tam O'Shanter CC, Niles, nr Chicago, IL. Now the municipal Tam O'Shanter Golf Course].
Berg (USA) won the inaugural Vare Trophy, recording the season's lowest scoring average on the LPGA Tour.
Awards
LPGA Tr
Suggs (USA) won the LPGA Tour 1953 Money List, with earnings of $19,816 on the Tour. Patty Berg (USA) was second on the money list.
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