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Beverly Hanson

United States · born , Fargo, North Dakota, United States

3major championships

Summary

  • First major 1955 KPMG Women's PGA Championship
  • Last major 1958 Titleholders Championship
  • Other titles 1950 U.S. Women's Amateur

Wins

Majors (3)

  1. 1st major · 1955 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Orchard Ridge Country Club · 4 & 3 · runner-up Louise Suggs
  2. 2nd major · 1956 Women's Western Open won (an LPGA major)
  3. 3rd major · 1958 Titleholders Championship won (an LPGA major)

Amateur titles

  1. 1950 U.S. Women's Amateur Atlanta Athletic Club · 6 & 4

Results by championship

    Best day

    1955 KPMG Women's PGA Championship

    Orchard Ridge Country Club · 4 & 3 · runner-up Louise Suggs

    Chosen by rule: her most recent major win. Year page: 1955.

    Career line, 1950–1958

    Women's PGA
    1955 Women's PGA: won
    Other LPGA majors
    1956 Women's Western Open: won1958 Titleholders Championship: won
    U.S. Women's Amateur
    1950 U.S. Women's Amateur: won
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    • Major win
    • Other win

    Beverly Hanson was born in 1924 in Fargo, North Dakota, United States. Hanson won 3 major championships: 1 Women's PGA Championship (1955), 1 Women's Western Open (1956) and 1 Titleholders Championship (1958).

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (3)

    1. 1st major · 1955 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Orchard Ridge Country Club · 4 & 3 · runner-up Louise Suggs
    2. 2nd major · 1956 Women's Western Open won (an LPGA major)
    3. 3rd major · 1958 Titleholders Championship won (an LPGA major)

    Amateur titles (1)

    1. 1950 U.S. Women's Amateur Atlanta Athletic Club · 6 & 4

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia.

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. Wikipedia: Beverly Hanson
    2. Wikipedia: Women's PGA Championship
    3. Wikipedia: 1955 LPGA Championship
    4. Wikipedia: U.S. Women's Amateur
    5. championships.usga.org: u s women s amateur champions