1955 LPGA Championship
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The 1955 LPGA Championship was played at Orchard Ridge Country Club in Fort Wayne, Indiana
. This was the first edition of the LPGA Championship
and was played from July 14-17.
The tournament was played in three rounds of stroke play
followed by one round of match play
to determine the final standings. The championship match was played over 36 hole while the other matches were played over 18 holes.
This championship was won by Beverly Hanson
over Louise Suggs
, 4 & 3.
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne is a city in the US state of Indiana and the county seat of Allen County. The population was 253,691 at the 2010 Census making it the 74th largest city in the United States and the second largest in Indiana...
. This was the first edition of the LPGA Championship
LPGA Championship
The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Women's Open. It is one of four majors on the LPGA tour...
and was played from July 14-17.
The tournament was played in three rounds of stroke play
Stroke play
Stroke play, also known as medal play, is a scoring system in the sport of golf. It involves counting the total number of strokes taken on each hole during a given round, or series of rounds...
followed by one round of match play
Match play
Match play is a scoring system for golf in which a player, or team, earns a point for each hole in which they have bested their opponents; this is as opposed to stroke play, in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes...
to determine the final standings. The championship match was played over 36 hole while the other matches were played over 18 holes.
This championship was won by Beverly Hanson
Beverly Hanson
Beverly Hanson is an American professional golfer who played on the United States-based LPGA Tour.Hanson was born in Fargo, North Dakota. She studied at the University of North Dakota, Mills College in Oakland, California and the University of Wisconsin and was a bassoon player, performing with...
over 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...
, 4 & 3.
Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) | Final Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hanson Beverly Hanson Beverly Hanson is an American professional golfer who played on the United States-based LPGA Tour.Hanson was born in Fargo, North Dakota. She studied at the University of North Dakota, Mills College in Oakland, California and the University of Wisconsin and was a bassoon player, performing with... |
70-75-75=220 | -5 | 1,200 | 4&3 | |
| 2 | 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... |
74-74-75=223 | -2 | 800 | ||
| 3 | Fay Crocker Fay Crocker Fay Crocker was the first non-American golfer to win one of the LPGA major golf championships. Her first major was the 1955 U.S. Women's Open and her second was the 1960 Titleholders Championship, where she set a record for the oldest LPGA major champion of 45 years, 7 months and 1 day.Crocker was... |
71-75-78=224 | -1 | 650 | 2&1 | |
| 4 | 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... |
72-77-75=224 | -1 | 525 | ||
| 5 | 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... |
75-75-75=225 | 0 | 475 | 1 up | |
| 6 | Betty Hicks | 73-76-77=226 | 1 | 400 | ||
| 7 | Pat O'Sullivan Pat O'Sullivan Pat O'Sullivan Lucey is an American amateur golfer who won the 1950, 1951, and 1953 North and South Women's Amateur. As well, she won the 1951 Titleholders Championship, then one of the LPGA Tour's major championships. She was a member of Race Brook Country Club in Orange, Connecticut... |
73-77-79=229 | 4 | 350 | 2&1 | |
| 8 | Bonnie Randolph Bonnie Randolph Bonnie Randolph Hoffman is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She played under both Bonnie Randolph and Bonnie Randolph Hoffman.Randolph won once on the LPGA Tour in 1958.-References:... |
75-72-79=226 | 1 | 300 | ||
| 9 | Betty Jameson Betty Jameson Elizabeth May "Betty" Jameson was an American professional golfer and one of the founders of the LPGA.-Biography:... |
75-78-77=230 | 5 | 250 | 6&5 | |
| 10 | Peggy Kirk Bell Peggy Kirk Bell Margaret Anne "Peggy" Kirk Bell is a former American professional golfer and golf instructor and is a strong advocate of women's golf.... |
77-74-78=229 | 4 | 225 |