Memphis Open (LPGA Tour)
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The Memphis Open was a
golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...
tournament on the
LPGA Tour The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly ...
from 1959 to 1960.LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969
It was played at the Ridgeway Country Club in
Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. Situated along the Mississippi River, it had a population of 633,104 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in Tenne ...
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Winners

*1960
Mickey Wright Mary Kathryn "Mickey" Wright (February 14, 1935 – February 17, 2020) was an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She became a member of the tour in 1955 and won 82 LPGA Tour career events including 13 major champions ...
*1959
Marilynn Smith Marilynn Louise Smith (April 13, 1929 – April 9, 2019) was an American professional golfer. She was one of the thirteen founders of the LPGA in 1950. She won two women's major golf championships, major championships and 21 LPGA Tour events in ...


References

Former LPGA Tour events Golf tournaments in Tennessee Women's sports in Memphis, Tennessee Sports competitions in Memphis, Tennessee Recurring sporting events established in 1959 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1960 1959 establishments in Tennessee 1960 disestablishments in Tennessee {{Tennessee-sport-stub