1957 LPGA Championship: Louise Suggs wins at Churchill Valley Country Club

Louise Suggs won the 1957 LPGA Championship at Churchill Valley Country Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States with 285 (+5), by 3 strokes over Wiffi Smith.

Updated October 23, 2026

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Dates: June 6, 1957 to June 10, 1957
Course: Churchill Valley Country Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Edition: 3rd edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Par: 70 · 5,711 yards
Field: 26
Purse: $7,600 · winner's share $1,316
Champion: Louise Suggs · age 33 · United States · born Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Champion's title: 1st title at this event · 10th major
Winning score: 69-74-74-68 = 285 (+5) · won by 3 strokes
Runner-up: Wiffi Smith (288)
54-hole leader: Wiffi Smith · Louise Suggs was 3 strokes back

Winner and runner-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Louise Suggs	69	74	74	68	285	+5
2	Wiffi Smith					288

What happened at the 1957 LPGA Championship

Wiffi Smith, 20, led after each of the first three rounds but shot a closing 74, while Louise Suggs fired a final-round 68 on Monday to win by three.

The victory made Suggs the first LPGA player to complete a career Grand Slam, and it was the 10th of her 11 major titles.

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).

1957 LPGA Championship: Louise Suggs wins at Churchill Valley Country Club

Winner and runner-up

What happened at the 1957 LPGA Championship

How this was built

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