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1958 U.S. Women's Open

Coordinates: 42°35′49″N 83°17′49″W / 42.597°N 83.297°W / 42.597; -83.297
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1958 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 26–28, 1958
LocationBloomfield Hills, Michigan
Course(s)Forest Lake Country Club
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play – 72 holes
Statistics
Par73
Length6,240 yards (5,706 m)[1]
Prize fund$7,200
Winner's share$1,800
Champion
United States Mickey Wright
290 (−2)
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Forest Lake  Country Club is located in the United States
Forest Lake  Country Club
Forest Lake 
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Forest Lake  Country Club is located in Michigan
Forest Lake  Country Club
Forest Lake 
Country Club

The 1958 U.S. Women's Open 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.

Final leaderboard

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Saturday, June 28, 1958

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Mickey Wright 74-72-70-74=290 −2 1,800
2 United States Louise Suggs 75-74-75-71=295 +3 1,200
3 Uruguay Fay Crocker 79-68-76-74=297 +5 800
4 United States Alice Bauer 76-77-75-72=300 +8 650
5 United States Betty Jameson 75-80-74-74=303 +11 500
6 United States Betsy Rawls 79-82-73-70=304 +12 400
T7 United States Jackie Pung 75-77-77-76=305 +13 325
United States Wiffi Smith 81-76-73-75=305
T9 United States Patty Berg 78-78-77-73=306 +14 250
United States Vonnie Colby 77-76-75-78=306

Source:[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Fay Crocker shoots 68 in Open golf". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. June 28, 1958. p. 13.
  2. ^ a b "Mickey Wright Open champion". St. Petersburg Independent. Florida. Associated Press. June 29, 1958. p. 10A.
  3. ^ Brown, Gwilym (July 7, 1958). "Too long and too straight". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
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42°35′49″N 83°17′49″W / 42.597°N 83.297°W / 42.597; -83.297