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Monday 6 July 1959Women’s majorsYear in Review
Rawls wins LPGA Championship
Sheraton Hotel Country Club, French Lick, Indiana (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 2 to Monday 6 July 1959 · 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 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
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.
29 started
Same week
Women's major
LPGA Championship
Sheraton Hotel Country Club, French Lick
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Patty Berg
The golfer
b. 1928-05-04, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States; United States; age 31 at the win (year page); 5th 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