Marlene Bauer Hagge
| Marlene Hagge | |
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Hagge in 1956
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Marlene Bauer Hagge |
| Born |
February 16, 1934 Eureka, South Dakota |
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) |
| Nationality |
 United States
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| Residence | La Quinta, California |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1950 |
| Former tour(s) | LPGA Tour (Founder) |
| Professional wins | 26 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 26 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 1) |
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| Western Open | 2nd: 1965 |
| Titleholders C'ship | 3rd: 1957 |
| ANA Inspiration | T26: 1987 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | Won: 1956 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T2: 1952 |
| du Maurier Classic | T25: 1981 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| World Golf Hall of Fame | 2002 (member page) |
| Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year |
1949 |
| LPGA Tour Money Winner |
1956 |
| Commissioner's Award (LPGA Founders) |
2000 |
Marlene Hagge (born February 16, 1934), née Bauer, is an American former professional golfer. She was one of the thirteen founders of the LPGA in 1950. She won one major championship and 26 LPGA Tour career events. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Hagge was born in Eureka, South Dakota and had a progressively successful amateur experience. She started playing golf at age 3. At age 10, she won the Long Beach City Boys Junior. At age 13, she won the Western and National Junior Championships, the Los Angeles Women's City Championship, the Palm Springs Women's Championship, Northern California Open and the Indio Women's Invitational. In 1947, at age 13, she became the youngest player to make the cut at the U.S. Women's Open and finished eighth. In 1949, at the age of 15, she became the youngest athlete ever to be named Associated Press Athlete of the Year, Golfer of the Year and Teenager of the Year, and she won the U.S. Girls' Junior and the WWGA Junior titles.
Hagge was the youngest of the thirteen women who founded the LPGA in 1950, and remains the youngest ever member of the LPGA Tour. Her older sister, Alice Bauer, was also a founder. She won her first tournament in 1952 at the Sarasota Open. She would go on to win a total of 26 events on the LPGA Tour, including one major championships, the 1956 LPGA Championship. That year, she was also the tour's leading money winner and led the tour in wins with eight. In 2002, was voted into the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame through the Veteran's Category in and was officially inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. Her final competitive appearance on the LPGA Tour came in 1996.
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