1955 Titleholders Championship: Patty Berg wins at Augusta Country Club

Patty Berg won the 1955 Titleholders Championship at Augusta Country Club, Augusta, Georgia, United States with 291 (+3), by 2 strokes over Mary Lena Faulk.

Updated October 23, 2026

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Dates: March 10, 1955 to March 13, 1955
Course: Augusta Country Club, Augusta, Georgia, United States
Edition: 16th edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Purse: $5,000 · winner's share $1,000
Champion: Patty Berg · age 37 · United States · born Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Champion's title: 6th title at this event · 11th major
Winning score: 76-68-74-73 = 291 (+3) · won by 2 strokes
Runner-up: Mary Lena Faulk (293)
54-hole leader: Patty Berg
Low amateur: Pat Lesser (306)

Winner and runner-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Patty Berg	76	68	74	73	291	+3
2	Mary Lena Faulk					293

What happened at the 1955 Titleholders Championship

Patty Berg's second-round 68, the low round of the week, powered her to a record 291, two strokes better than Louise Suggs's 1954 mark.

Babe Zaharias tied for seventh at 306 with Fay Crocker and amateur Pat Lesser, the 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).

1955 Titleholders Championship: Patty Berg wins at Augusta Country Club

Winner and runner-up

What happened at the 1955 Titleholders Championship

How this was built

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