1958 U.S. Women's Open
Appearance
Tournament information | |
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Dates | June 26–28, 1958 |
Location | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan |
Course(s) | Forest Lake Country Club |
Organized by | USGA |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play – 72 holes |
Statistics | |
Par | 73 |
Length | 6,240 yards (5,706 m)[1] |
Prize fund | $7,200 |
Winner's share | $1,800 |
Champion | |
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290 (–2) | |
Location in the United States
Location in Michigan
The 1958 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 13th U.S. Women's Open, held June 26–28 at Forest Lake Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb northwest of Detroit. It was the sixth edition conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA).
Mickey Wright, age 23, won the first of her four U.S. Women's Open titles, five strokes ahead of runner-up Louise Suggs, a two-time champion.[2][3] It was the second of 13 major championships for Wright, who led wire-to-wire[1] and entered the final round with a seven stroke lead.
This was the second major held at Forest Lake, which hosted the LPGA Championship two years earlier in 1956.
Past champions in the field
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
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Louise Suggs | ![]() |
1949, 1952 | 75 | 74 | 75 | 71 | 295 | +3 | 2 |
Fay Crocker | ![]() |
1955 | 79 | 68 | 76 | 74 | 297 | +5 | 3 |
Betty Jameson | ![]() |
1947 | 75 | 80 | 74 | 74 | 303 | +11 | 5 |
Betsy Rawls | ![]() |
1951, 1953, 1957 | 79 | 82 | 73 | 70 | 304 | +12 | 6 |
Patty Berg | ![]() |
1946 | 78 | 78 | 77 | 73 | 306 | +14 | T9 |
Kathy Cornelius | ![]() |
1956 | 80 | 74 | 77 | 78 | 309 | +17 | 15 |
Source:[2]
Final leaderboard
Saturday, June 28, 1958
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | Mickey Wright | ![]() |
74-72-70-74=290 | –2 | 1,800 |
2 | Louise Suggs | ![]() |
75-74-75-71=295 | +3 | 1,200 |
3 | Fay Crocker | ![]() |
79-68-76-74=297 | +5 | 800 |
4 | Alice Bauer | ![]() |
76-77-75-72=300 | +8 | 650 |
5 | Betty Jameson | ![]() |
75-80-74-74=303 | +11 | 500 |
6 | Betsy Rawls | ![]() |
79-82-73-70=304 | +12 | 400 |
T7 | Jackie Pung | ![]() |
75-77-77-76=305 | +13 | 325 |
Wiffi Smith | ![]() |
81-76-73-75=305 | |||
T9 | Patty Berg | ![]() |
78-78-77-73=306 | +14 | 250 |
Vonnie Colby | ![]() |
77-76-75-78=306 |
Source:[2]
References
- ^ a b "Fay Crocker shoots 68 in Open golf". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. June 28, 1958. p. 13.
- ^ a b c "Mickey Wright Open champion". St. Petersburg Independent. Florida. Associated Press. June 29, 1958. p. 10A.
- ^ Brown, Gwilym (July 7, 1958). "Too long and too straight". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
External links
- USGA final leaderboard
- U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
- U.S. Women's Open – past champions – 1958
- Forest Lake Country Club