Winners of the Titleholders Championship, Former LPGA Major

The Titleholders Championship originated long before the LPGA Tour existed, but is retroactively considered a major championship by the LPGA. That means all the winners listed below are credited as winning LPGA majors.

First played: 1937

Last played: 1972

The list of champions includes early giants of women's golf such as Patty Berg, Louise Suggs and Babe Zaharias, each of whom first won the tournament as an amateur, then again later as a pro. Berg won the tournament seven times, which is the record for most wins in an LPGA major by the same golfer.

Fay Crocker won the 1960 edition when she was 45½ years old. That is still the LPGA record for oldest winner of a major. ... There have been two other tournaments in LPGA that included "Titleholders" in their names, but only The Titleholders Championship was a major.

Also known as: Always played under the name Titleholders Championship.

Titleholders Championship Winners

1972 — Sandra Palmer
1967-71 — Not played
1966 — Kathy Whitworth
1965 — Kathy Whitworth
1964 — Marilynn Smith
1963 — Marilynn Smith
1962 — Mickey Wright
1961 — Mickey Wright
1960 — Fay Crocker
1959 — Louise Suggs
1958 — Beverly Hanson
1957 — Patty Berg
1956 — Louise Suggs
1955 — Patty Berg
1954 — Louise Suggs
1953 — Patty Berg
1952 — Babe Zaharias
1951 — Pat O'Sullivan
1950 — Babe Zaharias
1949 — Peggy Kirk
1948 — Patty Berg
1947 — Babe Zaharias
1946 — Louise Suggs
1943-45 — Not played
1942 — Dorothy Kirby
1941 — Dorothy Kirby
1940 — Helen Hicks
1939 — Patty Berg
1938 — Patty Berg
1937 — Patty Berg

Golf Courses: The Titleholders Championship originated in Augusta, Georgia, home of The Masters. The Titleholders was played at Augusta Country Club, not Augusta National.