1953 Titleholders Championship

The 1953 Titleholders Championship was contested from March 12–15 at Augusta Country Club. It was the 14th edition of the Titleholders Championship.

Patty Berg won her fifth Titleholders. Her score of 294 broke the previous record of 298 set by Babe Zaharias in 1950.[1]

Final leaderboard

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Place Player Score To par
1 United States Patty Berg 72-74-73-75=294 +6
2 United States Betsy Rawls 74-75-78-76=303 +15
3 United States Louise Suggs 75-75-78-78=306 +18
4 United States Mary Lena Faulk (a) 78-78-76-76=308 +20
5 United States Jackie Pung 79-77-75-79=310 +22
T6 United States Betty Jameson 77-80-74-81=312 +24
United States Marilynn Smith 78-77-79-80=312
United States Babe Zaharias 78-78-81-75=312
9 United States Alice Bauer Hagge 80-78-79-76=313 +25
T10 United States Peggy Kirk 79-84-73-79=315 +27
United States Bee McWane (a) 74-81-81-79=315

References

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  1. ^ "Patty Berg Wins; Sets Golf Record". Youngstown Vindicator. Ohio. Associated Press. March 16, 1953. p. 8 – via Google News Archive.


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