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1958 LPGA Tour
The 1958 LPGA Tour was the ninth season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 10 to September 14. The season consisted of 24 official money events. Mickey Wright won the most tournaments, five. Beverly Hanson led the money list with earnings of $12,639. There was only one first-time winner in 1958, Bonnie Randolph. The tournament results and award winners are listed below. Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1958 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. |
Mickey Wright
Mary Kathryn "Mickey" Wright (February 14, 1935 – February 17, 2020) was an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She became a member of the tour in 1955 and won 82 LPGA Tour career events including 13 major championships. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Early life and amateur career Wright was born on February 14, 1935, in San Diego, California, where she attended Herbert Hoover High School. Her first important title was the 1952 U.S. Girls' Junior. She attended Stanford University and played for its golf team, but left before graduation. She lost in the final of the 1954 U.S. Women's Amateur, won the 1954 World Amateur Championship, and turned professional later in 1954. Professional career Wright joined the LPGA Tour in 1955. She won 82 events on the LPGA Tour, which puts her second on the all-time win list behind Kathy Whitworth, who won 88 times. Thirteen of her victories were in major championships, which places her second t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fay Crocker
Fay Crocker (2 August 1914 – 16 September 1983) was a Uruguayan professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. In her career, she won 11 LPGA tournaments, including two major championships, the 1955 U.S. Women's Open and 1960 Titleholders Championship. Crocker was the oldest player to win her first LPGA event, the first U.S. Women's Open champion from outside the United States, and the oldest women's major champion. Early life Crocker was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, on 2 August 1914. Her father Frederick was a rancher. Also a golfer, he was a 27-time national champion in Uruguay. Crocker's mother, Helen, was a national champion in multiple sports, playing tennis and golf. She was a 6-time Uruguayan golf champion. Fay Crocker began playing golf at the age of six. Amateur career Crocker became an accomplished player in South America, claiming her home country's national title on 20 occasions and Argentina's championship another 14. Crocker traveled to the United States to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and South Carolina to the south, and Tennessee to the west. In the 2020 census, the state had a population of 10,439,388. Raleigh is the state's capital and Charlotte is its largest city. The Charlotte metropolitan area, with a population of 2,595,027 in 2020, is the most-populous metropolitan area in North Carolina, the 21st-most populous in the United States, and the largest banking center in the nation after New York City. The Raleigh-Durham-Cary combined statistical area is the second-largest metropolitan area in the state and 32nd-most populous in the United States, with a population of 2,043,867 in 2020, and is home to the largest research park in the United States, Research Triangle Park. The earliest evidence of human occupation i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Land Of Sky Open
The Asheville Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1957 to 1960. It was played at the Asheville Country Club in . In 1958 and 1959, some rounds were also played at the Beaver Lake Golf Club and the Biltmore Forest Country Club. Winners ;Asheville Open *1960 Betsy Rawls ;Land of the Sky Open *1959 Betsy Rawls ;Land of Sky Open *1958 |
Wiffi Smith
Margaret "Wiffi" Smith (born September 28, 1936) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. Smith was born in Redlands, California. She moved to Mexico when she was 11 years old and learned to play golf there. She won several amateur events including the 1954 U.S. Girls' Junior and the 1956 British Ladies Amateur. She played on the 1956 Curtis Cup team. She turned professional in 1957 and joined the LPGA Tour. She won eight times on the Tour between 1957 and 1960. Amateur wins ''this list may be incomplete'' *1952 Women's Championship of Mexico *1954 U.S. Girls' Junior *1955 World Women's Amateur, North and South Women's Amateur *1956 British Ladies Amateur, French Women's Amateur, Trans-Mississippi Amateur LPGA Tour wins (8) *1957 (2) Dallas Open, United Voluntary Services Open *1958 (1) Peach Blossom Open *1959 (2) MAGA Pro-Am, Betsy Rawls Open *1960 (3) Royal Crown Open, Betsy Rawls Peach Blossom Open, Waterloo Open Team appearances Amateur *Curtis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Carolina
)''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = Greenville (combined and metro) Columbia (urban) , BorderingStates = Georgia, North Carolina , OfficialLang = English , population_demonym = South Carolinian , Governor = , Lieutenant Governor = , Legislature = General Assembly , Upperhouse = Senate , Lowerhouse = House of Representatives , Judiciary = South Carolina Supreme Court , Senators = , Representative = 6 Republicans1 Democrat , postal_code = SC , TradAbbreviation = S.C. , area_rank = 40th , area_total_sq_mi = 32,020 , area_total_km2 = 82,932 , area_land_sq_mi = 30,109 , area_land_km2 = 77,982 , area_water_sq_mi = 1,911 , area_water_km2 = 4,949 , area_water_percent = 6 , population_rank = 23rd , population_as_of = 2022 , 2010Pop = 5282634 , population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peach Blossom Open
The Peach Blossom Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1953 to 1966. It was played at the Spartanburg Country Club in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Betsy Rawls, Spartanburg native, hosted the event. Winners ;Peach Blossom Invitational *1966 Carol Mann ;Peach Blossom Open *1965 Marilynn Smith ;Peach Blossom Invitational *1964 Mickey Wright ;Peach Blossom Open *1963 Marilynn Smith *1962 Mary Lena Faulk *1961 Ruth Jessen ;Betsy Rawls Peach Blossom Open *1960 Wiffi Smith ;Betsy Rawls Open *1959 Wiffi Smith ;Peach Blossom Open *1958 Wiffi Smith *1957 Betsy Rawls *1956 Betsy Rawls *1955 Babe Zaharias ;Betsy Rawls Open *1954 Louise Suggs *1953 Louise Suggs Mae Louise Suggs (September 7, 1923 – August 7, 2015) was an American professional golfer, one of the founders of the LPGA Tour and thus modern ladies' golf. Amateur career Born in Atlanta, Suggs had a very successful amateur career, beginni ... References Former LPGA Tour events Recurring sporting ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New Mexico on the west, and Colorado on the northwest. Partially in the western extreme of the Upland South, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 20th-most extensive and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 28th-most populous of the 50 United States. Its residents are known as Oklahomans and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City. The state's name is derived from the Choctaw language, Choctaw words , 'people' and , which translates as 'red'. Oklahoma is also known informally by its List of U.S. state and territory nicknames, nickname, "Sooners, The Sooner State", in reference to the settlers who staked their claims on land before the official op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawton Open
The Lawton Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1956 to 1958. It was played in , at the Lawton Municipal Golf Course in 1956 and at the Lawton Country Club in 1957 and 1958. Winners *1958 *1957 *1956Betty Dodd
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Louise Suggs
Mae Louise Suggs (September 7, 1923 – August 7, 2015) was an American professional golfer, one of the founders of the LPGA Tour and thus modern ladies' golf. Amateur career Born in Atlanta, Suggs had a very successful amateur career, beginning as a teenager. She won the Georgia State Amateur in 1940 at age 16 and again in 1942, was the Southern Amateur Champion in 1941 and 1947, and won the North and South Women's Amateur three times (1942, 1946, 1948). She won the 1946 and 1947 Women's Western Amateur and the 1946 and 1947 Women's Western Open, which was designated as a major championship when the LPGA was founded. She also won the 1946 Titleholders Championship which was also subsequently designated as a women's major. She won the 1947 U.S. Women's Amateur and the next year won the British Ladies Amateur. She finished her amateur career representing the United States on the 1948 Curtis Cup Team. Professional career After her successful amateur career, she turned professiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by both List of U.S. states and territories by area, area (after Alaska) and List of U.S. states and territories by population, population (after California). Texas shares borders with the states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, states of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the south and southwest; and has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast. Houston is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in Texas and the List of United States cities by population, fourth-largest in the U.S., while San Antonio is the second most pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babe Zaharias Open
The Babe Zaharias Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1953 to 1967. It was played in at the Beaumont Country Club from 1953 to 1964 and at the Bayou Din Golf Club from 1965 to 1967. , LPGA co-founder and Beaumont resident, hosted the tournament until her death in 1956. She won the first edition of the event. Winners *1967 *1966 |
