1957 LPGA Championship
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The 1957 LPGA Championship was played at Churchill Valley Country Club in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
. This was the third edition of the LPGA Championship
and was played from June 6-10 including a rain delay day.
This championship was won by Louise Suggs
, for her first and only LPGA Championship victory in her career.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
. This was the third edition of the LPGA Championship
LPGA Championship
The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Women's Open. It is one of four majors on the LPGA tour...
and was played from June 6-10 including a rain delay day.
This championship was won by Louise Suggs
Louise Suggs
Mae Louise Suggs is a retired professional golfer, one of the founders of the LPGA Tour and thus modern ladies' golf.-Amateur career:Born in Atlanta, Suggs had a very successful amateur career, beginning as a teenager...
, for her first and only LPGA Championship victory in her career.
Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louise Suggs Louise Suggs Mae Louise Suggs is a retired professional golfer, one of the founders of the LPGA Tour and thus modern ladies' golf.-Amateur career:Born in Atlanta, Suggs had a very successful amateur career, beginning as a teenager... |
69-74-74-68=285 | +5 | 1,316 | |
| 2 | Wiffi Smith Wiffi Smith Margaret "Wiffi" Smith is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Smith was born in Redlands, California. She moved to Mexico when she was 11 years old and learned to play golf there. She won several amateur events including the 1954 U.S. Girls' Junior and the 1956 British... |
68-71-75-74=288 | +8 | 921 | |
| T3 | Marlene Hagge Marlene Hagge Marlene Hagge , also known as Marlene Bauer before her marriage, is an American professional golfer. She was one of the thirteen founders of the LPGA and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2002.... |
69-75-73-73=290 | +10 | 698 | |
| Beverly Hanson Beverly Hanson Beverly Hanson is an American professional golfer who played on the United States-based LPGA Tour.Hanson was born in Fargo, North Dakota. She studied at the University of North Dakota, Mills College in Oakland, California and the University of Wisconsin and was a bassoon player, performing with... |
75-73-73-69=290 | ||||
| 5 | Joyce Ziske Joyce Ziske Joyce Ziske is an American professional golfer. She played on the LPGA Tour from 1955 to 1960 and in 1960 she won the Women's Western Open which was one of the LPGA major championships at that time. She had her best finish in the U.S. Women's Open that same year, placing second... |
71-73-75-74=293 | +13 | 557 | |
| 6 | Marilynn Smith Marilynn Smith Marilynn Smith is an American professional golfer. She was one of the thirteen founders of the LPGA.Smith was born in Topeka, Kansas. She attended the University of Kansas and joined the LPGA Tour in its inaugural 1950 season. She won 21 events on the tour between 1954 and 1972, including two... |
76-70-75-73=294 | +14 | 473 | |
| 7 | Patty Berg Patty Berg Patricia Jane Berg was an American professional golfer and a founding member and then leading player on the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Her 15 major title wins remains the all-time record for most major wins by a female golfer... |
73-72-77-73=295 | +15 | 404 | |
| T8 | Alice Bauer | 74-71-74-77=296 | +16 | 303 | |
| Bonnie Randolph Bonnie Randolph Bonnie Randolph Hoffman is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She played under both Bonnie Randolph and Bonnie Randolph Hoffman.Randolph won once on the LPGA Tour in 1958.-References:... |
76-76-69-75=296 | ||||
| 10 | Kathy Cornelius Kathy Cornelius Kathy Cornelius is an American golfer.Cornelius was born in Boston, Massachusetts and attended Florida Southern College, where she played on the men's golf team, as the school did not have a women's team at the time. She turned pro in 1953 and married golf pro Bill Cornelius the same year... |
77-72-73-75=297 | +17 | 228 |