1958 - Women (All)
The winners in the category "1958 - 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 (19th). Second-placed Betty Dodd (USA) finished 5 shots behind Hanson (USA). [Augusta CC, Augusta, GA].
Majors
USGA
The US Women's Open (13th) (June 26-28). Second-placed Louise Suggs (USA) finished 5 shots behind wire-to-wire winner Wright (USA), who landed the second of her 13 major championship titles. [Forest Lake CC, Bloomfield Hills, Detroit, Mich.].
Majors
LPGA
The LPGA Championship (4th) (June 5-8). Second-placed Fay Crocker (Uruguay) finished 6 shots behind 23-year-old Wright (USA), who claimed the first of her thirteen major championship wins. Three weeks later Wright also won the US Women's Open. [Churchill Valley CC, Pittsburgh, PA].
Majors
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The Women's Western Open (29th). Second-placed Beverly Hanson (USA) finished 4 shots behind defending champion Berg (USA). [The Kahkwa Club, Erie, PA].
Amateur
LGU
The Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship (55th). Jessie Valentine (Scot, née Anderson) beat Elizabeth Price (Eng) by 1 hole in the final. [Hunstanton GC, Hunstanton, Norfolk].
Amateur
USGA
The US Women's Amateur Championship (58th). Anne Quast (USA, née Quast, then Decker, Welts & Sander) beat Barbara Romack (USA) 3 and 2 in the final. [Wee Burn CC, Darien, Conn.].
Played as the American Women's Open. Louise Suggs finished in second place behind Berg.
Played as the Babe Zaharias Open. Marlene Hagge finished in second place behind Suggs.
America
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Played as the Dallas Open. Wright (USA) beat Beverly Hanson (USA) by 3 shots in an 18-hole playoff. [Glen Lakes CC, Dallas, TX; club/course no longer exists].
America
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Played as the French Lick Open. Fay Crocker finished in second place behind Suggs. [Ross course, French Lick Resort, French Lick, Indiana].
Played as the Gatlinburg Open. Mary Lena Faulk finished in second place behind Suggs.
Played as the Havana Biltmore Open. Jackie Pung finished in second place behind Crocker.
Played as the Homestead Four-Ball. Winning team : Betty Jameson & Mary Lena Faulk. Second-placed team : Ruth Jessen & Wiffi Smith.
America
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Played as the Homestead Four-Ball. Winning team : Betty Jameson & Mary Lena Faulk. Second-placed team : Ruth Jessen & Wiffi Smith.
America
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Played as the Jackson Open. Mickey Wright finished in second place behind Pung.
Played as the Jacksonville Open. Fay Crocker finished in second place behind Smith.
America
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Played as the Kansas City Open. Betty Jameson finished in second place behind Randolph.
Played as the Lake Worth Open Invitational. Fay Crocker and Patty Berg finished in second place behind Hagge.
America
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Played as the Land of the Sky Open. Hagge (USA) beat Jo Ann Prentice (USA) with a six-foot, birdie-3 putt at the first playoff hole. [CC of Asheville, Asheville, North Carolina].
Played as the Lawton Open. Marlene Hagge finished in second place behind Hanson.
Played as the Macktown Open. Joyce Ziske and Marlene Hagge finished in second place behind Faulk.
Played as the Opie Turner Open. Louise Suggs finished in second place behind Wright.
Played as the Peach Blossom Open. Beverly Hanson finished in second place behind Smith.
Played as the Sea Island Open. Betsy Rawls finished in second place behind Wright.
America
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Played as the St Petersburg Open. Second-placed Jackie Pung (USA) and Beverly Hanson (USA) finished 4 shots behind Rawls (USA). [Sunset G&CC, St Petersburg, Florida; now called Vinoy GC].
Played as the Tampa Open. Mickey Wright and Patty Berg finished in second place behind Rawls.
Played as the Triangle Round Robin. Marlene Hagge finished in second place behind Suggs.
Played as the Waterloo Women's Open. Beverly Hanson finished in second place behind Crocker.
Awards
LPGA Tr
Hanson (USA) won the Vare Trophy, recording the season's lowest scoring average on the LPGA Tour.
Awards
LPGA Tr
Hanson (USA) won the LPGA Tour 1958 Money List, with earnings of $12,639 on the Tour. Marlene Hagge (USA) was second on the money list.
Chevron Championship: Carlton Woods near Houston in Texas provides the stage for the first women’s major championship of 2025, where Nelly Korda defends her title. (April 24-27).
Soudal Open: successor to the Belgian Open, the Soudal Open takes place on the quiet, wooded North course of Rinkven Golfclub. Belgian stars Thomas Pieters and Nicolas Colsaerts will be vying for top honours. (May 22-25).
Rory McIlroy: with his 2025 win in The Masters, Rory joined the pantheon of golfing greats who have achieved a career Grand Slam of men’s majors ... Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods are the only others in this select band.
Bernhard Langer: he may have played in his last Masters Tournament, but the 67-year-old German will be trying to extend his own record, and win a 13th senior major title at the 36th Regions Tradition. (May 15-18).
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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