There have been two professional golf tournaments for women named the Titleholders Championship. The first was of the original women's majors. The 1990s tournament was a standard event on the LPGA Tour.
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The original Titleholders Championship
History
The original Titleholders Championship was founded in 1937. Like the Masters Tournament for men, which began a few years earlier, it was played in Augusta, Georgia though at the Augusta Country Club, not at Augusta National Golf Club. The winners of various amateur and professional events were invited to take part, although most of the competitors were amateurs. There were very few women professionals at the time and most earned their living as club or teaching professionals. The Titleholders itself did not offer prize money until 1948, when a prize fund of $600 was introduced, with half of the money going to the professional placing highest in the event. The tournament was discontinued after 1966, but was revived for one year in 1972, when it was played at Southern Pines, North Carolina. All of these staging are now recognised as major championships by the LPGA, even though the organisation wasn't founded until 1950.
Winners
Fay Crocker of Uruguay was the only non-American winner.
- 1937 Patty Berg
- 1938 Patty Berg
- 1939 Patty Berg
- 1940 Helen Hicks
- 1941 Dorothy Kirby
- 1942 Dorothy Kirby
- 1943-45 No tournament
- 1946 Louise Suggs
- 1947 Babe Zaharias
- 1948 Patty Berg
- 1949 Peggy Kirk
- 1950 Babe Zaharias
- 1951 Pat O'Sullivan (amateur)
- 1952 Babe Zaharias
- 1953 Patty Berg
- 1954 Louise Suggs
- 1955 Patty Berg
- 1956 Louise Suggs
- 1957 Patty Berg
- 1958 Beverly Hanson
- 1959 Louise Suggs
- 1960 Fay Crocker -
Uruguay - 1961 Mickey Wright
- 1962 Mickey Wright
- 1963 Marilynn Smith
- 1964 Marilynn Smith
- 1965 Kathy Whitworth
- 1966 Kathy Whitworth
- 1967-71 No tournament
- 1972 Sandra Palmer
Multiple champions
This table lists the golfers who have won more than one Titleholders Championship as a major championship.
| Golfer | Total | Years |
|---|---|---|
 Patty Berg |
7 | 1937, 1938, 1939, 1948, 1953, 1955, 1957 |
| Louise Suggs |
4 | 1946, 1954, 1956, 1959 |
| Babe Zaharias |
3 | 1947, 1950, 1952 |
| Dorothy Kirby |
2 | 1941, 1942 |
| Mickey Wright |
2 | 1961, 1962 |
| Marilynn Smith |
2 | 1963, 1964 |
| Kathy Whitworth |
2 | 1965, 1966 |
Champions by nationality
This table lists the total number of titles won by golfers of each nationality as a major.
| Nationality | Number of wins |
|---|---|
| United States |
27 |
| Uruguay |
1 |
The contemporary Titleholders Championship
A different event with the same name was established in 1996 and was a stop on the LPGA Tour until 1999. Like other LPGA Tour events it was dominated by professionals but the winners of nine amateur tournaments also receive invitations.
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