Babe Zaharias Open
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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
- Babe Zaharias Invitational - an unrelated LPGA Tour event played in Ohio in 1976
References
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