1953 Titleholders Championship: Patty Berg wins at Augusta Country Club

Patty Berg won the 1953 Titleholders Championship at Augusta Country Club, Augusta, Georgia, United States with 294 (+6), by 9 strokes over Betsy Rawls.

Updated October 23, 2026

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Dates: March 12, 1953 to March 15, 1953
Course: Augusta Country Club, Augusta, Georgia, United States
Edition: 14th edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Purse: $2,200 · winner's share $1,000
Champion: Patty Berg · age 35 · United States · born Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Champion's title: 5th title at this event · 10th major
Winning score: 72-74-73-75 = 294 (+6) · won by 9 strokes
Runner-up: Betsy Rawls (303)
54-hole leader: Patty Berg
Low amateur: Mary Lena Faulk (308)

Winner and runner-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Patty Berg	72	74	73	75	294	+6
2	Betsy Rawls					303

What happened at the 1953 Titleholders Championship

Patty Berg broke Babe Zaharias's 1950 tournament record of 298 with a 294, winning by nine strokes over Betsy Rawls.

Amateur Mary Lena Faulk finished fourth at 308 as low amateur.

How this was built

Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's Titleholders Championship data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.

Data: womens-golf-majors_dataset_2026-10-20.json (GNN's women's majors research set, "master" row for this year, research dated October 20, 2026).

1953 Titleholders Championship: Patty Berg wins at Augusta Country Club

Winner and runner-up

What happened at the 1953 Titleholders Championship

How this was built

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