Babe Zaharias Open

Golf tournament formerly on the LPGA Tour

The Babe Zaharias Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1953 to 1967.[1][2] It was played in Beaumont, Texas at the Beaumont Country Club from 1953 to 1964 and at the Bayou Din Golf Club from 1965 to 1967. Babe Zaharias, LPGA co-founder and Beaumont resident, hosted the tournament until her death in 1956. She won the first edition of the event.

Winners

  • 1967 Marilynn Smith
  • 1966 Shirley Englehorn
  • 1965 Marlene Hagge
  • 1964 Ruth Jessen
  • 1963 Mickey Wright
  • 1962 Kathy Cornelius and Betsy Rawls (tie, unofficial)
  • 1961 Mary Lena Faulk
  • 1960 Betsy Rawls
  • 1959 Betsy Rawls
  • 1958 Louise Suggs
  • 1957 Marlene Hagge
  • 1956 Marlene Hagge
  • 1955 Betty Jameson
  • 1954 Louise Suggs
  • 1953 Babe Zaharias

See also

References

  1. ^ LPGA Tournament Chronology 1950-1959 Archived January 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969 Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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