1953 Titleholders Championship
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The 1953 Titleholders Championship was contested from March 12-15 at Augusta Country Club. It was the 14th edition of the Titleholders Championship
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This event was won by Patty Berg
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Titleholders Championship
The Titleholders Championship was a women's golf tournament played from in 1937 to 1966 and again in 1972. It was later designated a major championship by the LPGA Tour.It should not be confused with two other LPGA events with similar names:...
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This event was won by Patty Berg
Patty Berg
Patricia Jane Berg was an American professional golfer and a founding member and then leading player on the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Her 15 major title wins remains the all-time record for most major wins by a female golfer...
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Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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| 1 | Patty Berg Patty Berg Patricia Jane Berg was an American professional golfer and a founding member and then leading player on the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Her 15 major title wins remains the all-time record for most major wins by a female golfer... |
72-74-73-75=294 | +6 | |
| 2 | Betsy Rawls Betsy Rawls Elizabeth Earle "Betsy" Rawls is an American professional golfer.Rawls was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. After attending the University of Texas, Rawls joined the LPGA Tour in its second season in 1951. She won 55 tournaments on the tour, including eight major championships... |
74-75-78-76=303 | +15 | |
| 3 | Louise Suggs Louise Suggs Mae Louise Suggs is a retired 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... |
75-75-78-78=306 | +18 | |
| 4 | Mary Lena Faulk Mary Lena Faulk Mary Lena Faulk was an American professional golfer.Faulk was born in Chipley, Florida but at the age of 14 moved to Thomasville, Georgia where she won three consecutive Georgia Women's Amateur Matchplay Championships from 1946 to 1948.In 1953, Faulk won the U.S. Women's Amateur. In 1954 she was... (a) |
78-78-76-76=308 | +20 | |
| 5 | Jackie Pung Jackie Pung Jacqueline LiWai Pung is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Pung was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her mother was Jacqueline Nolte... |
79-77-75-79=310 | +22 | |
| T6 | Betty Jameson Betty Jameson Elizabeth May "Betty" Jameson was an American professional golfer and one of the founders of the LPGA.-Biography:... |
77-80-74-81=312 | +24 | |
| Marilynn Smith Marilynn Smith Marilynn Smith is an American professional golfer. She was one of the thirteen founders of the LPGA.Smith was born in Topeka, Kansas. She attended the University of Kansas and joined the LPGA Tour in its inaugural 1950 season. She won 21 events on the tour between 1954 and 1972, including two... |
78-77-79-80=312 | |||
| Babe Zaharias Babe Zaharias Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias was an American athlete who achieved outstanding success in golf, basketball, and track and field... |
78-78-81-75=312 | |||
| 9 | Alice Bauer Hagge | 80-78-79-76=313 | +25 | |
| T10 | Peggy Kirk | 79-84-73-79=315 | +27 | |
| Bee McWane (a) | 74-81-81-79=315 |