1958 U.S. Women's Open: Mickey Wright wins at Forest Lake Country Club
Mickey Wright won the 1958 U.S. Women's Open at Forest Lake Country Club, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, United States with 290 (−2), by 5 strokes over Louise Suggs.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the U.S. Women's Open winners list.
- Dates
- June 26, 1958 to June 28, 1958
- Course
- Forest Lake Country Club, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, United States
- Edition
- 13th edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 73 · 6,240 yards
- Entries
- 57
- Field
- 54
- Made the cut
- 40
- Purse
- $7,200 · winner's share $1,800
- Champion
- Mickey Wright · age 23 · United States · born San Diego, California, United States
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 2nd major
- Winning score
- 74-72-70-74 = 290 (−2) · won by 5 strokes
- Runner-up
- Louise Suggs (295)
- 54-hole leader
- Mickey Wright
- Low amateur
- Anne Quast (307)
- Run by
- United States Golf Association
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mickey Wright | 74 | 72 | 70 | 74 | 290 | −2 |
| 2 | Louise Suggs | 75 | 74 | 75 | 71 | 295 | +3 |
What happened at the 1958 U.S. Women's Open
Mickey Wright's third-round 70, on a day no other player broke 73, opened a seven-stroke lead.
Wright won by five and became the first player to win the LPGA Championship and the U.S. Women's Open in the same year.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's U.S. Women's Open 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).
Also from GNN's U.S. Women's Open set (entries, runners-up round by round, values the majors set does not hold).