Babe Zaharias Open

Golf tournament formerly on the LPGA Tour

The Babe Zaharias Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1953 to 1967.^[1][2] It was played in Beaumont, Texas at the Beaumont Country Club from 1953 to 1964 and at the Bayou Din Golf Club from 1965 to 1967. Babe Zaharias, LPGA co-founder and Beaumont resident, hosted the tournament until her death in 1956. She won the first edition of the event.

Winners

• 1967 Marilynn Smith
• 1966 Shirley Englehorn
• 1965 Marlene Hagge
• 1964 Ruth Jessen
• 1963 Mickey Wright
• 1962 Kathy Cornelius and Betsy Rawls (tie, unofficial)
• 1961 Mary Lena Faulk
• 1960 Betsy Rawls
• 1959 Betsy Rawls
• 1958 Louise Suggs
• 1957 Marlene Hagge
• 1956 Marlene Hagge
• 1955 Betty Jameson
• 1954 Louise Suggs
• 1953 Babe Zaharias

See also

• Babe Zaharias Invitational - an unrelated LPGA Tour event played in Ohio in 1976

References

1. LPGA Tournament Chronology 1950-1959 Archived January 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
2. LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969 Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine