1957 LPGA Championship

1957 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates June 6–10, 1957
Location Blackridge, Pennsylvania
Course(s) Churchill Valley Country Club
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Format Stroke play – 72 holes
Statistics
Par 70
Length 5,711 yards (5,222 m)[1]
Field 26 players[2]
Cut none
Prize fund $7,600
Winner's share $1,316
Champion
United States Louise Suggs
285 (+5)
«1956
1958»
Churchill Valley Country Club
Location in the United States
Churchill Valley Country Club
Location in Pennsylvania

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.[3]

Louise Suggs, president of the LPGA,[4] shot a final round 68 (–2) to win her only LPGA Championship, three strokes ahead of runner-up Wiffi Smith.[5] Defending champion Marlene Hagge and 1955 winner Beverly Hanson finished two strokes behind Smith, in a tie for third.[6] Smith, age 20, led after each of the first three rounds, but carded a 74 (+4) in the final round on Monday.[5] 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.[2] 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.[7][8]

Past champions in the field

Player Country Year won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Marlene Hagge  United States 1956 69 75 73 73 290 +10 T3
Beverly Hanson  United States 1955 75 73 73 69 290 +10 T3

Source:[6]

Final leaderboard

Monday, June 10, 1957

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1Louise Suggs United States69-74-74-68=285+5 1,316
2Wiffi Smith United States68-71-75-74=288+8 921
T3Marlene Hagge United States69-75-73-73=290+10698
Beverly Hanson United States75-73-73-69=290
5Joyce Ziske United States71-73-75-74=293+13 557
6Marilynn Smith United States76-70-75-73=294+14 473
7Patty Berg United States73-72-77-73=295+15 404
T8Alice Bauer United States74-71-74-77=296+16 303
Bonnie Randolph United States76-76-69-75=296
10Kathy Cornelius United States77-72-73-75=297+17 228

Source:[6]

References

  1. Gundelfinger, Phil (June 8, 1957). "Wiffi Smith cards 71, leads LPGA by four". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 15.
  2. 1 2 Gundelfinger, Phil (June 6, 1957). "Small, select field opens LPGA tourney". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 27.
  3. "Third round of Ladies PGA golf postponed". Reading Eagle (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. June 9, 1957. p. 31.
  4. Jordan, Jimmy (June 11, 1957). "LPGA head had faith in herself". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 22.
  5. 1 2 Gundelfinger, Phil (June 11, 1957). "Louise Suggs' 285 wins LPGA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 20.
  6. 1 2 3 "Suggs wins title in LPGA". Daytona Beach Morning Journal (Florida). Associated Press. June 11, 1957. p. 10.
  7. "Churchill Valley Country Club sinks into financial hole". Pittsburgh Business Times. January 25, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  8. Varine, Patrick (August 14, 2013). "Churchill Valley Country Club seeks penalty against creditors". Trib Live. Retrieved July 19, 2014.

Coordinates: 40°27′00″N 79°50′42″W / 40.450°N 79.845°W / 40.450; -79.845

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