1949 Titleholders Championship
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The 1949 Titleholders Championship was contested from March 17-20 at Augusta Country Club. It was the 10th edition of the Titleholders Championship
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This event was won by Peggy Kirk
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Titleholders Championship
The Titleholders Championship was a women's golf tournament played from in 1937 to 1966 and again in 1972. It was later designated a major championship by the LPGA Tour.It should not be confused with two other LPGA events with similar names:...
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This event was won by Peggy Kirk
Peggy Kirk Bell
Margaret Anne "Peggy" Kirk Bell is a former American professional golfer and golf instructor and is a strong advocate of women's golf....
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Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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| 1 | Peggy Kirk (a) | 76-75-76-72=299 | −1 | |
| T2 | Patty Berg Patty Berg Patricia Jane Berg was an American professional golfer and a founding member and then leading player on the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Her 15 major title wins remains the all-time record for most major wins by a female golfer... |
77-77-75-72=301 | +1 | |
| Dorothy Kirby Dorothy Kirby Mary Dorothy Kirby was an American golf champion and sportscaster.Born in West Point, Georgia, her family moved to Atlanta when she was ten. At the age of thirteen Dorothy Kirby's victory at the 1933 Georgia Women's Amateur Championship made her the youngest female golfer to ever win a state... (a) |
76-75-74-76=301 | |||
| 4 | Babe Zaharias Babe Zaharias Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias was an American athlete who achieved outstanding success in golf, basketball, and track and field... |
73-81-77-73=304 | +4 | |
| 5 | Dot Kielty (a) | 73-79-77-77=306 | +6 | |
| 6 | Louise Suggs Louise Suggs Mae Louise Suggs is a retired professional golfer, one of the founders of the LPGA Tour and thus modern ladies' golf.-Amateur career:Born in Atlanta, Suggs had a very successful amateur career, beginning as a teenager... |
80-72-78-78=308 | +8 | |
| 7 | Estelle Lawson Page (a) | 79-77-79-76=311 | +11 | |
| 8 | Marjorie Lindsay (a) | 74-81-78-80=313 | +13 | |
| T9 | Betty Bush (a) | 87-77-75-80=319 | +19 | |
| Helen Sigel (a) | 77-86-74-82=319 |