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Beverly Hanson |
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Roll of Honour
MAJORS [3] : US LPGA Championship (1955); Western Open (1956); Titleholders Championship (1958)
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Former LPGA Tour player
Top tournaments won by Beverly Hanson
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| 1960 | Wmn America | St Petersburg Open (LPGA) | Sunset G&CC, FL | 287 (+3) | $1,247 |
| Played as the St Petersburg Open. Second-placed Mickey Wright (USA) finished 6 shots behind Hanson (USA), who recorded the last of her 17 LPGA Tour wins. [Sunset G&CC, St Petersburg, Florida; now called Vinoy GC]. |
| 1959 | Wmn America | American Women's Open | | 297 | $1,247 |
| Played as the American Women's Open. Louise Suggs finished in second place behind Hanson. |
| 1959 | Wmn America | Golden Triangle Festvl. | | 146 | $475 |
| Played as the Golden Triangle Festival. Marilynn Smith, Mickey Wright and Wiffi Smith finished in second place behind Hanson. |
| 1959 | Wmn America | Links Invtn Open | | 289 | $1,247 |
| Played as the Links Invitation Open. Louise Suggs finished in second place behind Hanson. |
| 1959 | Wmn America | Spokane Open | | 287 | $1,247 |
| Played as the Spokane Women's Open. Louise Suggs and Mickey Wright finished in second place behind Hanson. |
| 1958 | Wmn America | Lawton Open | | 212 | $831 |
| Played as the Lawton Open. Marlene Hagge finished in second place behind Hanson. |
| 1958 | Wmn Awards | Low Stroke Ave - LPGA | | 74.92 | n/a |
| Hanson (USA) won the Vare Trophy, recording the season's lowest scoring average on the LPGA Tour. |
| 1958 | Wmn Awards | Money Winner - LPGA Tr | | $12,639 | see Score |
| 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. |
| 1958 | Wmn Majors | Titleholders Ch'ship | Augusta CC | 299 (+11) | $1,000 |
| The Titleholders Championship (19th). Second-placed Betty Dodd (USA) finished 5 shots behind Hanson (USA). [Augusta CC, Augusta, GA]. |
| 1957 | Wmn America | Land of Sky Open | Asheville CC | 286 (-10) | $1,316 |
| Played as the inaugural Land of the Sky Open. Second-placed Wiffi Smith (USA) finished 1 shot behind Hanson (USA), who recorded her second straight LPGA Tour win. [CC of Asheville, Asheville, North Carolina]. |
| 1957 | Wmn America | Smokey Open | | 295 | $1,350 |
| Played as the Smokey Open. Mickey Wright, Jackie Pung, Betty Jameson and Vonnie Colby finished in second place behind Hanson. |
| 1956 | Wmn America | Hot Springs Four-Ball | | 276 | $725 |
| Played as the Hot Springs Four-Ball. Winning Team : Beverly Hanson & Kathy Cornelius. Second-placed team : Marlene Bauer (Hagge) & Mickey Wright. |
| 1956 | Wmn Majors | Women's Western Open | Wakonda Club | 304 (E) | $1,000 |
| The Women's Western Open (27th). Second-placed Louise Suggs (USA) finished 4 shots behind Hanson (USA). [Wakonda Club, Des Moines, Iowa]. |
| 1955 | Wmn America | Battle Creek Open | | 220 | $1,000 |
| Played as the Battle Creek Open. Second-placed Jackie Pung finished 1 shot behind Hanson. |
| 1955 | Wmn Majors | US Women's PGA | Orchard Ridge | 220 (-5) | $1,200 |
| The inaugural LPGA Championship (July 14-17; 54 holes of stroke-play, then a 36-hole match play final between the two lowest scorers). Hanson (USA) (220) beat Louise Suggs (USA) (223) by 4 and 3 in the final. [Orchard Ridge CC, Fort Wayne, Indiana]. |
| 1954 | Wmn America | St Petersburg Open (LPGA) | Sunset G&CC, FL | 216 (-6) | $875 |
| Played as the inaugural St Petersburg Open. Hanson (USA) beat Babe Zaharias (USA) with a birdie at the third playoff hole. [Sunset G&CC, St Petersburg, Florida; now called Vinoy GC]. |
| 1954 | Wmn America | Wichita Open | | 295 | $1,000 |
| Played as the Wichita Open. Second-placed Jackie Pung and Betsy Rawls finished 7 shots behind Hanson. |
| 1953 | Wmn America | Weathervane (Boca Raton) | | 148 | |
| Played as the Boca Raton Weathervane. Second-placed Betty Jameson (USA) and Babe Zaharias (USA) finished 1 shot behind Hanson. |
| 1951 | Wmn America | Eastern Open (LPGA) | Berkshire CC, PA | 215 (-1) | $1,000 |
| Played as the Eastern Women's Open (Jun 29-Jul 1). Second-placed Babe Zaharias (USA) finished 3 shots behind Hanson (USA), who was playing in her first ever professional tournament. A debutant win by an LPGA Tour member was not repeated until Ko Jin-young accomplished the same feat in 2018. [Berkshire CC, Reading, Pennsylvania]. |
| 1950 | Wmn America | Texas Open (LPGA) | | x | x |
| Played as the Women's Texas Open. Patty Berg finished in second place behind Hanson. |
| 1950 | Wmn Amateur | US Amateur (Women) | East Lake GC | 6 & 4 | amateur |
| The US Women's Amateur Championship (50th). Hanson (USA) beat Mae Murray (USA) 6 and 4 in the final. [East Lake GC, Atlanta, GA; at the time known as the East Lake course of Atlanta Athletic Club]. |
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