1953 Titleholders Championship

The 1953 Titleholders Championship was contested from March 12–15 at Augusta Country Club. It was the 14th edition of the Titleholders Championship.

Patty Berg won her fifth Titleholders. Her score of 294 broke the previous record of 298 set by Babe Zaharias in 1950.[1]

Final leaderboard

Place Player Score To par
1 Patty Berg 72-74-73-75=294 +6
2 Betsy Rawls 74-75-78-76=303 +15
3 Louise Suggs 75-75-78-78=306 +18
4 Mary Lena Faulk (a) 78-78-76-76=308 +20
5 Jackie Pung 79-77-75-79=310 +22
T6 Betty Jameson 77-80-74-81=312 +24
Marilynn Smith 78-77-79-80=312
Babe Zaharias 78-78-81-75=312
9 Alice Bauer Hagge 80-78-79-76=313 +25
T10 Peggy Kirk 79-84-73-79=315 +27
Bee McWane (a) 74-81-81-79=315

References

  1. ^ "Patty Berg Wins; Sets Golf Record". Youngstown Vindicator. Ohio. Associated Press. March 16, 1953. p. 8 – via Google News Archive.


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