1957 LPGA Championship

August 2023 September 2026 1957 LPGA Championship June 6–10, 1957 Blackridge, Pennsylvania Churchill Valley Country Club LPGA Tour Stroke play – 72 holes 70 5711 ydhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2xkNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=12sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6984%2C1195197 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Gundelfinger Phil Wiffi Smith cards 71, leads LPGA by four June 8, 1957 15 26 playershttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2RkNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=12sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7102%2C854510 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Gundelfinger Phil Small, select field opens LPGA tourney June 6, 1957 27 none $7,600 $1,316 USA Louise Suggs 285 (+5) 1956 1958 USA 1 Churchill Valley Country Club 40.450 -79.845 Location in the United States 5 240 USA Pennsylvania 1 Churchill Valley Country Club 40.450 -79.845 Location in Pennsylvania 5 200 The 1957 LPGA Championship was the third LPGA Championship, held June 6–10 at Churchill Valley Country Club in Blackridge, Pennsylvania, a suburb east of Pittsburgh. It concluded on Monday, after rain washed out play on Saturday.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SIsjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4pcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4715%2C3509736 Reading Eagle Pennsylvania Associated Press Third round of Ladies PGA golf postponed June 9, 1957 31 Louise Suggs, president of the LPGA,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OH1IAAAAIBAJ&sjid=12sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7059%2C1571898 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Jordan Jimmy LPGA head had faith in herself June 11, 1957 22 shot a final round 68 (−2) to win her only LPGA Championship, three strokes ahead of runner-up Wiffi Smith.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OH1IAAAAIBAJ&sjid=12sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6912%2C1563192 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Gundelfinger Phil Louise Suggs' 285 wins LPGA June 11, 1957 20 Defending champion Marlene Hagge and 1955 winner Beverly Hanson finished two strokes behind Smith, in a tie for third.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9oUeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hMsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=987%2C1866408 Daytona Beach Morning Journal Florida Associated Press Suggs wins title in LPGA June 11, 1957 10 Smith, age 20, led after each of the first three rounds, but carded a 74 (+4) in the final round on Monday. She won eight events on the LPGA Tour in her career, but no majors. It was the tenth of eleven major titles for Suggs. The field consisted of 26 professionals; a concurrent event for amateurs was also held. The championship returned to Churchill Valley the next year in 1958 and the course hosted its third major the following year, the U.S. Women's Open in 1959. The club closed in 2013.http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/print-edition/2013/01/25/churchill-valley-country-club-sinks.html?page=all Pittsburgh Business Times Churchill Valley Country Club sinks into financial hole January 25, 2013 July 19, 2014http://triblive.com/neighborhoods/yourpennhills/yourpennhillsmore/4461706-74/club-bankruptcy-creditors#axzz3728Rx6lU Trib Live Churchill Valley Country Club seeks penalty against creditors Varine Patrick August 14, 2013 July 19, 2014 Final leaderboard Monday, June 10, 1957 Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 USA Louise Suggs69-74-74-68=285+5 1,3162 USA Wiffi Smith68-71-75-74=288+8 921T3 USA Marlene Hagge69-75-73-73=290+10698 USA Beverly Hanson75-73-73-69=2905 USA Joyce Ziske71-73-75-74=293+13 5576 USA Marilynn Smith76-70-75-73=294+14 4737 USA Patty Berg73-72-77-73=295+15 404T8 USA Alice Bauer74-71-74-77=296+16 303 USA Bonnie Randolph76-76-69-75=29610 USA Kathy Cornelius77-72-73-75=297+17 228 Source: References 40.450 N 79.845 W type:event title 1957 Category:Women's PGA Championship Category:Golf tournaments in Pennsylvania Category:Women's sports in Pennsylvania LPGA Championship LPGA Championship LPGA Championship LPGA Championship