1956 LPGA Championship: Marlene Bauer Hagge wins at Forest Lake Country Club

Marlene Bauer Hagge won the 1956 LPGA Championship at Forest Lake Country Club, Detroit, Michigan, United States with 291 (−9), beating Patty Berg in a playoff.

Updated October 23, 2026

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Dates: June 21, 1956 to June 24, 1956
Course: Forest Lake Country Club, Detroit, Michigan, United States
Edition: 2nd edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Par: 75 · 6,415 yards
Purse: $6,500 · winner's share $1,350
Champion: Marlene Bauer Hagge · age 22 · United States · born Eureka, South Dakota, United States
Champion's title: 1st title at this event · 1st major
Winning score: 69-73-73-76 = 291 (−9)
Runner-up: Patty Berg (291)
54-hole leader: Marlene Bauer Hagge, Patty Berg
Playoff: sudden death; 1 holes; beat Patty Berg; 1st playoff hole (Hagge 5, Berg 7)

Winner and runner-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Marlene Bauer Hagge	69	73	73	76	291	−9
2	Patty Berg					291

What happened at the 1956 LPGA Championship

Marlene Hagge and Patty Berg co-led after 54 holes and both closed with 76 to tie at 291 (-9), five strokes clear of third-placed Betty Jameson.

Hagge, 22, won on the first hole of sudden death, making 5 to Berg's 7, for her only major title.

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).

1956 LPGA Championship: Marlene Bauer Hagge wins at Forest Lake Country Club

Winner and runner-up

What happened at the 1956 LPGA Championship

How this was built

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