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1958 LPGA Championship

1958 LPGA Championship
Dates June 5–8, 1958
Location Blackridge, Pennsylvania
Course(s) Churchill Valley Country Club
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Format Stroke play – 72 holes
Par 70
Length 6,025 yards (5,509 m)
Field 27 players
Cut none
Prize fund $7,500
Winner's share $1,247
United States Mickey Wright
288 (+8)
«1957
1959»

The 1958 LPGA Championship was the fourth LPGA Championship, held June 5–8 at Churchill Valley Country Club in Blackridge, Pennsylvania, a suburb east of Pittsburgh.

Mickey Wright, age 23, won the first of her four LPGA Championships, six strokes ahead of runner-up Fay Crocker. It was the first of Wright's thirteen major titles. Defending champion Louise Suggs finished ten strokes back, in a tie for eighth. The field consisted of 27 professionals; a concurrent event for amateurs was also held.

The LPGA Championship was played for a second straight year at Churchill Valley, which hosted its third major the following year, the U.S. Women's Open in 1959. The club closed in 2013.

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Sunday, June 8, 1958

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


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