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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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1958 U.S. Women's Open

The 1958 U.S. Women's Open was the 13th U.S. Women's Open, held June 26–28 at Forest Lake Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb northwest of Detroit. It was the sixth edition conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA).

Mickey Wright, age 23, won the first of her four U.S. Women's Open titles, five strokes ahead of runner-up Louise Suggs, a two-time champion. It was the second of 13 major championships for Wright, who led wire-to-wire and entered the final round with a seven stroke lead.

This was the second major held at Forest Lake, which hosted the LPGA Championship two years earlier in 1956.

Final leaderboard

Saturday, June 28, 1958

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Mickey Wright 74-72-70-74=290 −2 1,800
2 United States Louise Suggs 75-74-75-71=295 +3 1,200
3 Uruguay Fay Crocker 79-68-76-74=297 +5 800
4 United States Alice Bauer 76-77-75-72=300 +8 650
5 United States Betty Jameson 75-80-74-74=303 +11 500
6 United States Betsy Rawls 79-82-73-70=304 +12 400
T7 United States Jackie Pung 75-77-77-76=305 +13 325
United States Wiffi Smith 81-76-73-75=305
T9 United States Patty Berg 78-78-77-73=306 +14 250
United States Vonnie Colby 77-76-75-78=306

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