The Triangle Round Robin was a

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tournament on the

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from 1953 to 1962.LPGA Tournament Chronology 1950-1959
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. For its first nine years it was played using a "round robin" format, similar to the format used in the

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Goodall Palm Beach Round Robin The Goodall Palm Beach Robin Robin was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1938 to 1957. It was also known as the Goodall Robin Robin and the Palm Beach Robin Robin. The sponsors were the Goodall Company (later Goodall-Sanford Co.) and its subsi ...

. The field was 16 players and they played in four foursomes over five rounds for a total of 90 holes. A player earned or lost points on each hole, in a

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style, based on her score versus her three opponents for that round. A player scored "+1" for each hole won and "−1" for each hole lost to each opponent. The groups were shuffled after every round so that every player played one round against every other player. The player with the most points after five rounds won. In 1962, the tournament shifted to a tradition 72-hole

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event. The tournament sponsor was the Triangle Conduit and Cable company and its owner John E. McAuliffe.

Winners

References

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