Golf Network News ← Back to the clubhouseClubhouse

Fay Crocker

Uruguay · born , Montevideo, Uruguay · died

2major championships, LPGA count

Summary

  • First major 1955 U.S. Women's Open
  • Runner-up in majors 1 time

Wins

  1. 1955 U.S. Women's Open Wichita Country Club · 299 (+11) · by 4 strokes from Louise Suggs and Mary Lena Faulk
  2. 1960 Titleholders Championship won (an LPGA major)

Near misses

  1. 1958 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Mickey Wright

Rivals

Beat her

Next in the chain: Mickey Wright's rivals →

Moments

  1. 1955 U.S. Women's Open In Friday's windy second round Crocker shot a par 72 (36-36), capped by a 60-foot putt for a birdie 3 on the last hole, to open an eight-stroke 36-hole lead at 146 - still tied for the championship record (book p.15).
  2. 1955 U.S. Women's Open A 79 in the wind in Saturday morning's third round cut her lead to one stroke over Mary Lena Faulk, but Crocker closed with 74 in the afternoon to win by four and become the first champion from outside the United States.

Records and firsts

  1. various U.S. Women's Open largest 36-hole lead · 8 (Patty Berg 1953 (lost); Fay Crocker 1955)
  2. 1955 U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open first: foreign (and South American) champion (Fay Crocker, Uruguay)
  3. 1955 U.S. Women's Open Wire-to-wire U.S. Women's Open winner: no ties

Results by championship

    Best day

    1955 U.S. Women's Open

    Wichita Country Club, Wichita, KS · 299 (+11) · by 4 strokes from Louise Suggs and Mary Lena Faulk

    In Friday's windy second round Crocker shot a par 72 (36-36), capped by a 60-foot putt for a birdie 3 on the last hole, to open an eight-stroke 36-hole lead at 146 - still tied for the championship record (book p.15).

    A 79 in the wind in Saturday morning's third round cut her lead to one stroke over Mary Lena Faulk, but Crocker closed with 74 in the afternoon to win by four and become the first champion from outside the United States.

    Record: foreign (and South American) champion

    Record: no ties

    Chosen by rule: the major win our record tables single out. Year page: 1955.

    Career line, 1955–1960

    U.S. Women's Open
    1955 U.S. Women's Open: won
    Women's PGA
    1958 Women's PGA: runner-up to Mickey Wright
    Other LPGA majors
    1960 Titleholders Championship: won
    195619581960

    3 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Major win
    • Runner-up

    Fay Crocker was born on August 2, 1914, in Montevideo, Uruguay. Crocker won 2 major championships by the LPGA's official count: 1 U.S. Women's Open (1955) and 1 Titleholders Championship (1960).

    See Fay Crocker in our rooms: Every Ground.

    Cards you pull this visit stack here. Tap one to go back to it.

    The record

    Wins in the majors (2)

    Count and list are the LPGA official major-championship record as given in our U.S. Women's Open champions table.

    1. 1955 U.S. Women's Open Wichita Country Club, Wichita, KS · 299 (+11) · by 4 strokes from Louise Suggs and Mary Lena Faulk
    2. 1960 Titleholders Championship won (an LPGA major)

    Near misses

    1. 1958 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Mickey Wright

    Records and firsts

    Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.

    1. various U.S. Women's Open largest 36-hole lead · 8 (Patty Berg 1953 (lost); Fay Crocker 1955)
    2. 1955 U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open first: foreign (and South American) champion (Fay Crocker, Uruguay)
    3. 1955 U.S. Women's Open Wire-to-wire U.S. Women's Open winner: no ties

    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. usga.org: 26USWomensOpen
    2. lpga.com: major championship records
    3. lpga.com: players to know from the 1950s
    4. lpga.com: alltimerecords
    5. andscape.com: on this day in latinx history uruguayan golfer fay crocker dies at 69
    6. Wikipedia: Fay Crocker
    7. Wikipedia: 1955 U.S. Women's Open
    8. golfcompendium.com: 1955 us womens open
    9. where2golf.com: fay crocker
    10. loc.gov: ed 1
    11. loc.gov: ed 1
    12. loc.gov: ed 1
    13. loc.gov: ed 1