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The Asheville Open was a
golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1957 to 1960.LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969
It was played at the Asheville Country Club in
Asheville, North Carolina Asheville ( ) is a city in, and the county seat of, Buncombe County, North Carolina. Located at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers, it is the largest city in Western North Carolina, and the state's 11th-most populous cit ...
. 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
Marlene Hagge Marlene Hagge (née Bauer; born February 16, 1934) is an American former professional golfer. She was one of the thirteen founders of the LPGA in 1950. She won one major championship and 26 LPGA Tour career events. She is a member of the Worl ...
*1957
Beverly Hanson Beverly Hanson (December 5, 1924 – April 12, 2014) was an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. Hanson was born in Fargo, North Dakota in 1924.Former LPGA Tour events Golf in North Carolina Women's sports in North Carolina Sports in Asheville, North Carolina Recurring sporting events established in 1957 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1960 1957 establishments in North Carolina 1960 disestablishments in North Carolina {{NorthCarolina-sport-stub