1958 LPGA Championship

August 2023 September 2026 1958 LPGA Championship June 5–8, 1958 Blackridge, Pennsylvania Churchill Valley Country Club LPGA Tour Stroke play – 72 holes 70 6025 ydhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=inYtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bZgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1591%2C3276727 Reading Eagle Pennsylvania Wright still leads Ladies PGA Associated Press June 8, 1958 30 27 players none $7,500 $1,247 USA Mickey Wright 288 (+8) 1957 1959 USA 1 Churchill Valley Country Club 40.450 -79.845 Location in the United States 5 240 USA Pennsylvania 1 Churchill Valley Country Club 40.450 -79.845 Location in Pennsylvania 5 200 The 1958 LPGA Championship was the fourth LPGA Championship, held June 5–8 at Churchill Valley Country Club in Blackridge, Pennsylvania, a suburb east of Pittsburgh. Mickey Wright, age 23, won the first of her four LPGA Championships, six strokes ahead of runner-up Fay Crocker.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KawpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tk4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7005,3107986 Pittsburgh Press Drum Bob Mickey Wright breezes to LPGA title June 9, 1958 26 It was the first of Wright's thirteen major titles. Defending champion Louise Suggs finished ten strokes back, in a tie for ninth. The field consisted of 27 professionals; a concurrent event for amateurs was also held. The LPGA Championship was played for a second straight year at Churchill Valley, which hosted its third major the following year, the U.S. Women's Open in 1959. The club closed in 2013.http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/print-edition/2013/01/25/churchill-valley-country-club-sinks.html?page=all Pittsburgh Business Times Churchill Valley Country Club sinks into financial hole January 25, 2013 July 19, 2014http://triblive.com/neighborhoods/yourpennhills/yourpennhillsmore/4461706-74/club-bankruptcy-creditors#axzz3728Rx6lU Trib Live Churchill Valley Country Club seeks penalty against creditors Varine Patrick August 14, 2013 July 19, 2014 Final leaderboard Sunday, June 8, 1958 Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 USA Mickey Wright69-69-76-74=288+8 1,2472 URY Fay Crocker72-75-71-79=294+14 961T3 USA Peggy Kirk Bell75-75-74-71=295+15581 USA Jackie Pung76-76-76-67=295 USA Joyce Ziske76-74-75-70=295 USA Betty Jameson75-72-74-74=2957 USA Kathy Cornelius71-75-75-75=296+16 3748 USA Mary Lena Faulk74-74-74-75=297+17 338T9 USA Ruth Jessen74-75-76-73=298+18 255 USA Marilynn Smith71-77-72-78=298 USA Louise Suggs76-74-72-76=298 Source: References 1958 40.450 N 79.845 W type:event title Category:Women's PGA Championship Category:Golf tournaments in Pennsylvania Category:Women's sports in Pennsylvania LPGA Championship LPGA Championship LPGA Championship LPGA Championship