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Marlene Bauer Hagge

United States · born , Eureka, South Dakota, United States

1major championship

Summary

  • First major 1956 KPMG Women's PGA Championship
  • Runner-up in majors 1 time

Wins

  1. 1st major · 1956 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Forest Lake Country Club · 291 (-9) · Playoff – sudden death: Hagge won on the first extra hole from Patty Berg

Near misses

  1. 1952 U.S. Women's Open Bala Golf Club · runner-up to Louise Suggs · 291

Rivals

Beat her

Next in the chain: Louise Suggs' rivals →

Moments

Records and firsts

  1. 1947 U.S. Women's Open youngest to make the cut · 13y 4m 13d
  2. — U.S. Women's Open most cuts made · 29

Results by championship

    Best day

    1956 KPMG Women's PGA Championship

    Forest Lake Country Club · 291 (-9) · Playoff – sudden death: Hagge won on the first extra hole from Patty Berg

    Chosen by rule: her most recent major win. Year page: 1956.

    Career line, 1952–1956

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

    • Major win
    • Runner-up

    Marlene Bauer Hagge was born in 1934 in Eureka, South Dakota, United States. Hagge won one major championship: the 1956 KPMG Women's PGA Championship.

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (1)

    1. 1st major · 1956 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Forest Lake Country Club · 291 (-9) · Playoff – sudden death: Hagge won on the first extra hole from Patty Berg

    Near misses

    1. 1952 U.S. Women's Open Bala Golf Club · runner-up to Louise Suggs · 291

    Records and firsts

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

    1. 1947 U.S. Women's Open youngest to make the cut · 13y 4m 13d
    2. — U.S. Women's Open most cuts made · 29

    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: Marlene Bauer Hagge
    2. Wikipedia: Women's PGA Championship
    3. Wikipedia: 1956 LPGA Championship