The Memphis 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 1959 to 1960.LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969
It was played at the Ridgeway Country Club in

Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-mos ...

Winners

*1960 Mickey Wright *1959

Marilynn Smith Marilynn Louise Smith (April 13, 1929 – April 9, 2019) was an American professional golfer. She was one of the thirteen founders of the LPGA in 1950. She won two major championships and 21 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of the World ...

References

Former LPGA Tour events Golf in Tennessee Sports in Memphis, Tennessee 1959 establishments in Tennessee 1960 disestablishments in Tennessee History of women in Tennessee {{Tennessee-sport-stub