1955 LPGA Championship: Beverly Hanson wins at Orchard Ridge Country Club
Beverly Hanson won the 1955 LPGA Championship at Orchard Ridge Country Club, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, over Louise Suggs.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the KPMG Women's PGA Championship winners list.
- Dates
- July 15, 1955 to July 17, 1955
- Course
- Orchard Ridge Country Club, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- match play
- Par
- 75
- Purse
- $6,000 · winner's share $1,200
- Champion
- Beverly Hanson · age 30 · United States · born Fargo, North Dakota, United States
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 1st major
- Result
- 4 & 3
- Runner-up
- Louise Suggs
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hanson |
| 2 | Louise Suggs |
What happened at the 1955 LPGA Championship
After rain washed out Thursday's play, the field played 36 holes on Saturday to finish the 54-hole stroke-play stage, which Beverly Hanson led at 220 (-5), three ahead of Louise Suggs.
Hanson then beat Suggs 4 and 3 in the 36-hole championship match, the only time the LPGA Championship has ended in a match-play final.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's KPMG Women's PGA 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
- kpmgwomenspgachampionship.com: kpmg womens pga championship winners
- kpmgwomenspgachampionship.com: a look back at the history of the kpmg womens pga…
- Wikipedia: Women's PGA Championship
- Wikipedia: List of Women's PGA Championship champions
- Wikipedia: Women's major golf championships
- Wikipedia: Chronological list of LPGA major golf champions
- Wikipedia: Beverly Hanson
- Wikipedia: 1955 LPGA Championship