Titleholders Championship

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The Titleholders Championship was a women's golf tournament played from in 1937 to 1966 and again in 1972. It was later designated a major championship by the LPGA Tour.

History

The Titleholders Championship was founded in 1937. Like the Masters Tournament for men, which began a few years earlier, it was played in Augusta, Georgia, but at Augusta Country Club, not at the adjacent Augusta National Golf Club. The winners of various amateur and professional events were invited to take part, although most of the competitors were amateurs. There were very few women professionals at the time and most earned their living as club or teaching professionals.

The Titleholders itself did not offer prize money until 1948, when a prize fund of $600 was introduced, with half of the money going to the professional placing highest in the event. The tournament was discontinued after November 1966,[1] but was revived for one year in 1972, when it was played in May at the Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, North Carolina.[2] All of these stagings are now recognized as major championships by the LPGA, even though the organization was not founded until 1950.

Winners

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Year Winner Country Score Runner(s)-up Winners'
share ($)		 Purse ($) Ref
1972 Sandra Palmer Script error: No such module "flag". 283 Template:Flagicon Judy Rankin, Template:Flagicon Mickey Wright 3,000 20,000 [2][3]
1967–1971: No tournament
1966 Kathy Whitworth Script error: No such module "flag". 291 Template:Flagicon Judy Kimball-Simon, Template:Flagicon Mary Mills 1,500 10,000 [1][4]
1965 Kathy Whitworth Script error: No such module "flag". 287 Template:Flagicon Peggy Wilson 1,500 10,000 [5][4]
1964 Marilynn Smith Script error: No such module "flag". 289 Template:Flagicon Mickey Wright 1,300 7,500 [4]
1963 Marilynn Smith Script error: No such module "flag". 292PO Template:Flagicon Mickey Wright 1,235 7,500 [4]
1962 Mickey Wright Script error: No such module "flag". 295PO Template:Flagicon Ruth Jessen 1,330 7,500 [4]
1961 Mickey Wright Script error: No such module "flag". 299 Template:Flagicon Patty Berg, Template:Flagicon Louise Suggs 1,200 7,000 [4]
1960 Fay Crocker Script error: No such module "flag". 303 Template:Flagicon Kathy Cornelius 1,140 6,000 [4]
1959 Louise Suggs Template:Flagcountry 297 Template:Flagicon Betsy Rawls 1,000 5,000 [6]
1958 Beverly Hanson Template:Flagcountry 299 Template:Flagicon Betty Dodd 1,000 5,275 [6]
1957 Patty Berg Template:Flagcountry 296 Template:Flagicon Anne Quast (a) 1,000 5,000 [6]
1956 Louise Suggs Template:Flagcountry 302 Template:Flagicon Patty Berg 1,000 5,000 [6]
1955 Patty Berg Template:Flagcountry 291 Template:Flagicon Mary Lena Faulk 1,000 5,000 [6]
1954 Louise Suggs Template:Flagcountry 293 Template:Flagicon Patty Berg 1,000 3,000 [6]
1953 Patty Berg Template:Flagcountry 294 Template:Flagicon Betsy Rawls 1,000 2,200 [6]
1952 Babe Zaharias Template:Flagcountry 299 Template:Flagicon Betsy Rawls 1,000 2,100 [6]
1951 Pat O'Sullivan (a) Template:Flagcountry 301 Template:Flagicon Beverly Hanson 1,500 [6]
1950 Babe Zaharias Template:Flagcountry 298 Template:Flagicon Claire Doran (a) 700 1,500 [6]
1949 Peggy Kirk (a) Template:Flagcountry 299 Template:Flagicon Patty Berg, Template:Flagicon Dorothy Kirby (a) [7]
1948 Patty Berg Template:Flagcountry 308 Template:Flagicon Peggy Kirk (a), Template:Flagicon Babe Zaharias [8]
1947 Babe Zaharias (a) Template:Flagcountry 304 Template:Flagicon Dorothy Kirby (a) 300 [9]
1946 Louise Suggs (a) Template:Flagcountry 314 Template:Flagicon Eileen Stulb (a) [10]
1943–1945: No tournament
1942 Dorothy Kirby (a) Template:Flagcountry 239^ Template:Flagicon Eileen Stulb (a) [11]
1941 Dorothy Kirby (a) Template:Flagcountry 224^ Template:Flagicon Helen Sigel [12]
1940 Helen Hicks (a) Template:Flagcountry 336 Template:Flagicon Helen Dettweiler [13]
1939 Patty Berg (a) Template:Flagcountry 319 Template:Flagicon Dorothy Kirby (a) [14]
1938 Patty Berg (a) Template:Flagcountry 311 Template:Flagicon Jane Cothran (a) [15]
1937 Patty Berg (a) Template:Flagcountry 240^ Template:Flagicon Dorothy Kirby (a) [16]

(a) - denotes amateur
PO - won in playoff
^ - 54 holes

Multiple winners

This table lists the golfers who have won more than one Titleholders Championship.

Deceased golfer †
Grand Slam winners ‡
Deceased Grand Slam winners ∞
Country Golfer Total Years
Script error: No such module "flag". Patty Berg † 7 1937, 1938, 1939, 1948, 1953, 1955, 1957
Script error: No such module "flag". Louise Suggs ∞ 4 1946, 1954, 1956, 1959
Script error: No such module "flag". Babe Zaharias † 3 1947, 1950, 1952
Script error: No such module "flag". Dorothy Kirby † 2 1941, 1942
Script error: No such module "flag". Mickey Wright ‡ 2 1961, 1962
Script error: No such module "flag". Marilynn Smith † 2 1963, 1964
Script error: No such module "flag". Kathy Whitworth † 2 1965, 1966

Winners by nationality

This table lists the total number of titles won by golfers of each nationality as a major.

Nationality Number
of wins
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References

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  1. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Whitworth rules Titleholders". St. Petersburg Times. Florida. Associated Press. November 28, 1966. p. 4C.
  2. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Palmer shreds Titleholders with 283 win". St. Petersburg Times. Florida. Associated Press. May 30, 1972. p. 7C. Archived from the original on October 31, 2023. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."LPGA Tournament Chronology 1970-1979" (PDF). LPGA. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2010.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969" (PDF). LPGA. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 29, 2011.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Women's Golf". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. Associated Press. November 29, 1965. p. 16.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."LPGA Tournament Chronology 1950-1959" (PDF). LPGA. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2010.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Peggy Kirk Wins Augusta Tourney". The Evening Independent. St. Petersburg, Florida. Associated Press. March 21, 1949. p. 10. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Berg Captures Titleholders Golf Tourney". The Spartanburg Herald. Spartanburg, South Carolina. Associated Press. March 22, 1948. p. 7. Archived from the original on November 27, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Zaharias Cops Golf Crown". The Milwaukee Sentinel. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Associated Press. March 31, 1947. pp. 2–4. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Suggs Wins Titleholders Golf Event". St. Petersburg Times. St. Petersburg, Florida. United Press. April 13, 1946. p. 12. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Miss Kirby Keeps Title". Reading Eagle. Reading, Pennsylvania. April 3, 1942. p. 20. Archived from the original on November 27, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Dorothy Kirby Ties Own Golf Record". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. April 10, 1941. p. 35. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Augusta Golf to Mrs. Harb". San Antonio Light. San Antonio, Texas. Associated Press. January 19, 1940. p. 11A.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Patty Berg Again Is Augusta Winner". Ellensburg Daily Record. Ellensburg, Washington. Associated Press. January 20, 1939. p. 6. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Patty Berg Races Ahead Of Golfers In Augusta Event". The Spartanburg Herald. Spartanburg, South Carolina. Associated Press. January 17, 1938. p. 7. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Patty Berg Triumphs". The Montreal Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Associated Press. January 18, 1937. p. 16. Retrieved May 14, 2010.

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