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1960 Titleholders Championship: Fay Crocker wins at Augusta Country Club

Fay Crocker won the 1960 Titleholders Championship at Augusta Country Club, Augusta, Georgia, United States with 303 (+15), by 7 strokes over Kathy Cornelius.

Updated October 23, 2026

Every year is on the Titleholders Championship winners list.

Dates
March 10, 1960 to March 14, 1960
Course
Augusta Country Club, Augusta, Georgia, United States
Edition
21st edition
Counted as a major
yes
Format
stroke play, 4 rounds
Par
72 · 6,300 yards
Purse
$6,000 · winner's share $1,140
Champion
Fay Crocker · age 45 · Uruguay · born Montevideo, Uruguay
Champion's title
1st title at this event · 2nd major
Winning score
75-75-77-76 = 303 (+15) · won by 7 strokes
Runner-up
Kathy Cornelius (310)
54-hole leader
Fay Crocker

Winner and runner-up

Pos.PlayerR1R2R3R4TotalTo par
1Fay Crocker75757776303+15
2Kathy Cornelius310

What happened at the 1960 Titleholders Championship

A Friday snowstorm postponed the second round to Saturday, pushing the final two rounds to Sunday and Monday.

Fay Crocker, 45, led all four rounds and won by seven strokes, the largest Titleholders margin since Babe Zaharias's eight-stroke win in 1950.

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).

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: 1960 Titleholders Championship
  2. Wikipedia: Titleholders Championship
  3. Wikipedia: List of Titleholders Championship champions
  4. golfcompendium.com: titleholders championship lpga major
  5. Wikipedia: Fay Crocker
  6. Wikipedia: Women's major golf championships
  7. golfcompendium.com: amateur winners on lpga tour
  8. Wikipedia: Chronological list of LPGA major golf champions