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Sunday 8 June 1958Women’s majorsYear in Review
Wright wins LPGA Championship
Churchill Valley Country Club, Blackridge, Pennsylvania · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 June 1958 · purse $7,500 · winner's share $1,247
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/15°C · wind 19 km/h SW, gusts 42 · 1.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/11°C · wind 13 km/h NNW, gusts 32 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/6°C · wind 10 km/h ESE, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/14°C · wind 19 km/h SSW, gusts 47 · 4.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- LPGA Championship
- Eve-LPGA Championship
- Mazda LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by AIG
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
- LPGA Championship presented by Wegmans
- Wegmans LPGA Championship
- KPMG Women's PGA Championship
1955–2026 in our record, 72 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
27 started
Same week
Women's major
LPGA Championship
Churchill Valley Country Club, Pittsburgh
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Fay Crocker
The golfer
b. 1935-02-14, San Diego, California, United States; United States; age 23 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet