List of Titleholders Championship champions

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The Titleholders Championship was an annual golf competition. It was established in 1937 and was a women's major championships.This event has always been conducted in stroke play competition, and it was always played at Augusta Country Club not Augusta National Golf Club, except in 1972.

Patty Berg holds the record for the most victories with seven, and Berg had the most consecutive wins with three.

Key

Tournament won in a playoff
* Tournament won by an amateur
¤ Tournament was won in 54-holes

Champions

Year Country Champion Total score Total par Notes
1937  USA Patty Berg * 240  ¤ +3 [1]
1938  USA Patty Berg * 311 -5 [2]
1939  USA Patty Berg * 319 +19 [3][4]
1940  USA Helen Hicks * 336 +36 [5]
1941  USA Dorothy Kirby * 224  ¤ -1 [6]
1942  USA Dorothy Kirby * 239  ¤ +14 [7]
1943 None
1944 None
1945 None
1946  USA Louise Suggs * 314 +14 [8]
1947  USA Babe Zaharias * 304 +4 [9]
1948  USA Patty Berg 308 +8 [10]
1949  USA Peggy Kirk * 299 -1 [11]
1950  USA Babe Zaharias 298 +10 [12]
1951  USA Pat O'Sullivan * 301 +13 [12]
1952  USA Babe Zaharias 299 +11 [12]
1953  USA Patty Berg 294 +6 [12]
1954  USA Louise Suggs 293 +5 [12]
1955  USA Patty Berg 291 +3 [12]
1956  USA Louise Suggs 302 +2 [12]
1957  USA Patty Berg 293 +8 [12]
1958  USA Beverly Hanson 299 +11 [12]
1959  USA Louise Suggs 297 +9 [12]
1960  URY Fay Crocker 303 +15 [13]
1961  USA Mickey Wright 299 +11 [13]
1962  USA Mickey Wright † 295 +7 [13][a]
1963  USA Marilynn Smith † 292 E [13][b]
1964  USA Marilynn Smith 289 +1 [13]
1965  USA Kathy Whitworth 287 -1 [13]
1966  USA Kathy Whitworth 291 +3 [13]
1967 None
1968 None
1969 None
1970 None
1971 None
1972  USA Sandra Palmer 283 -1 [14]

Multiple winners

This table lists the golfers who have won more than one Titleholders Championship as a major championship. Bolded years and player name indicates consecutive victories. The (a) denotes amateur golfer.

Grand Slam winners ‡
Country Golfer Total Years
 United States Patty Berg 7 1937 (a), 1938 (a), 1939 (a), 1948, 1953, 1955, 1957
 United States Louise Suggs 4 1946 (a), 1954, 1956, 1959
 United States Babe Zaharias 3 1947 (a), 1950, 1952
 United States Dorothy Kirby (a) 2 1941, 1942
 United States Mickey Wright 2 1961, 1962
 United States Marilynn Smith 2 1963, 1964
 United States Kathy Whitworth 2 1965, 1966

Notes

  • a Mickey Wright won in an 18-hole playoff over Ruth Jessen, 69-72.
  • b Marilynn Smith won in an 18-hole playoff over Mickey Wright, 72-73.

Winners by nationality

This table lists the total number of titles won by golfers of each nationality as a major.

Rank Nationality Wins Winners First title Last title
1  United States 27 12 1937 1972
2  Uruguay 1 1 1960

See also

References

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  14. LPGA Tournament Chronology - 1970-79

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