1958 LPGA Championship: Mickey Wright wins at Churchill Valley Country Club

Mickey Wright won the 1958 LPGA Championship at Churchill Valley Country Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States with 288 (+8), by 6 strokes over Fay Crocker.

Updated October 23, 2026

Every year is on the KPMG Women's PGA Championship winners list.

Dates: June 5, 1958 to June 8, 1958
Course: Churchill Valley Country Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Edition: 4th edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Par: 70 · 6,025 yards
Field: 27
Purse: $7,500 · winner's share $1,247
Champion: Mickey Wright · age 23 · United States · born San Diego, California, United States
Champion's title: 1st title at this event · 1st major
Winning score: 69-69-76-74 = 288 (+8) · won by 6 strokes
Runner-up: Fay Crocker (294)
54-hole leader: Mickey Wright

Winner and runner-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Mickey Wright	69	69	76	74	288	+8
2	Fay Crocker					294

What happened at the 1958 LPGA Championship

Mickey Wright, 23, opened 69-69 and led wire-to-wire, beating Fay Crocker by six strokes.

It was the first of Wright's 13 major titles, and she added the U.S. Women's Open later in 1958 for a two-major season.

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).

1958 LPGA Championship: Mickey Wright wins at Churchill Valley Country Club

Winner and runner-up

What happened at the 1958 LPGA Championship

How this was built

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