The Peach Blossom 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 1953 to 1966.
LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969
/ref> It was played at the Spartanburg Country Club in Spartanburg, South Carolina
Spartanburg is a city in and the county seat of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. The city had a population of 38,732 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in South Carolina, 11th ...
. Betsy Rawls
Elizabeth Earle Rawls (May 4, 1928 – October 21, 2023) was an American professional golfer who played on LPGA Tour. She won eight women's major golf championships, major championships and 55 LPGA Tour career events. She was a member of the Worl ...
, Spartanburg native, hosted the event.
Winners
;Peach Blossom Invitational
*1966 Carol Mann
Carol Mann (February 3, 1941 – May 20, 2018) was an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1961 and won two women's major golf championships, major championships and 38 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of ...
;Peach Blossom Open
*1965 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 ...
;Peach Blossom Invitational
*1964 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 ...
;Peach Blossom Open
*1963 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 ...
*1962 Mary Lena Faulk
Mary Lena Faulk (April 15, 1926 – August 3, 1995) was an American professional golfer.
Faulk was born in Chipley, Florida. At the age of 14 she moved to Thomasville, Georgia, where she won three consecutive Georgia Women's Amateur Matchplay C ...
*1961 Ruth Jessen
Mary Ruth Jessen (November 12, 1936 – September 21, 2007) was an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1956 and won 11 LPGA Tour victories in all.
Amateur career
Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, Jessen g ...
;Betsy Rawls Peach Blossom Open
*1960 Wiffi Smith
;Betsy Rawls Open
*1959 Wiffi Smith
;Peach Blossom Open
*1958 Wiffi Smith
*1957 Betsy Rawls
Elizabeth Earle Rawls (May 4, 1928 – October 21, 2023) was an American professional golfer who played on LPGA Tour. She won eight women's major golf championships, major championships and 55 LPGA Tour career events. She was a member of the Worl ...
*1956 Betsy Rawls
Elizabeth Earle Rawls (May 4, 1928 – October 21, 2023) was an American professional golfer who played on LPGA Tour. She won eight women's major golf championships, major championships and 55 LPGA Tour career events. She was a member of the Worl ...
*1955 Babe Zaharias
Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias (; Didrikson; June 26, 1911 – September 27, 1956) was an American athlete who excelled in golf, basketball, baseball, and track and field. She won two gold medals and a silver in track and field at the ...
;Betsy Rawls Open
*1954 Louise Suggs
Mae Louise Suggs (September 7, 1923 – August 7, 2015) was an American 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, beginnin ...
*1953 Louise Suggs
Mae Louise Suggs (September 7, 1923 – August 7, 2015) was an American 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, beginnin ...
References
Former LPGA Tour events
Golf tournaments in South Carolina
Women's sports in South Carolina
Recurring sporting events established in 1953
Recurring events disestablished in 1966
1953 establishments in South Carolina
1966 disestablishments in South Carolina
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