Marlene Hagge

Marlene Hagge
Personal information
Full name	Marlene Bauer Hagge
Born	February 16, 1934 (1934-02-16) (age 77) Eureka, South Dakota
Height	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Nationality	United States
Residence	La Quinta, California
Career
Turned professional	1950
Former tour(s)	LPGA Tour (Founder)
Professional wins	26
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	26
Best results in LPGA Major Championships (Wins: 1)
Western Open	2nd: 1965
Titleholders C'ship	3rd: 1957
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	T26: 1987
LPGA Championship	Won: 1956
U.S. Women's Open	T2: 1952
du Maurier Classic	T25: 1981
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame	2002 (member page)
LPGA Tour Money Winner	1956
Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year	1949

Marlene Hagge (born February 16, 1934), also known as Marlene Bauer before her marriage, is an American professional golfer. She was one of the thirteen founders of the LPGA and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2002.

Hagge was born in Eureka, South Dakota. She took up golf at the age of three and won the Long Beach City Boys Junior title when she was 10. Three years later she won several adult amateur titles and became the youngest player to make the cut at the U.S. Women's Open, finishing eighth. In 1949, at the age of 15, she became the youngest athlete ever to be named Associated Press Athlete of the Year. She was the youngest of the thirteen women who founded the LPGA in 1950, and remains the youngest ever member of the LPGA Tour.

Hagge won 26 titles on the tour between 1952 and 1972. She was eighteen years and 14 days old when she won the Sarasota Open in 1952, and until Lexi Thompson won the 2011 Navistar LPGA Classic, Hagge was the youngest tournament winner in LPGA Tour history. Hagge won just one major championship, the 1956 LPGA Championship. 1956 proved to be her career year, with a first place finish on the money list and a tour leading eight victories.

Hagge is now married to former PGA Tour golfer Ernie Vossler. They live in La Quinta, California.^[1]

LPGA Tour wins (26)

• 1952 (2) Sarasota Open, Bakersfield Open (tied with Betty Jameson, Betsy Rawls and Babe Zaharias)
• 1954 (1) New Orleans Open
• 1956 (8) Sea Island Open, Babe Zaharias Open, Pittsburgh Open, Triangle Round Robin, LPGA Championship, World Championship, Denver Open, Clock Open
• 1957 (2) Babe Zaharias Open, Lawton Open
• 1958 (2) Lake Worth Open Invitational, Land of Sky Open
• 1959 (2) Sanford Women's Open, Hoosier Open
• 1963 (1) Sight Open
• 1964 (1) Mickey Wright Invitational
• 1965 (5) Babe Zaharias Open, Milwaukee Open, Phoenix Thunderbirds Open, LPGA Tall City Open, Alamo Open
• 1969 (1) Stroh's-WBLY Open
• 1972 (1) Burdine's Invitational

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Margin	Runner-up
1956	LPGA Championship	-9 (69-73-73-76=291)	Playoff 1	Patty Berg

¹ Won on first hole of sudden-death playoff.

See also

• Golfers with most LPGA Tour wins

References

1. ^ Golf World, March 2, 2009, p. 22

External links

• Marlene Hagge at the LPGA Tour official site
• Marlene Hagge bio at about.com

Persondata
Name	Hagge, Marlene
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	February 16, 1934
Place of birth	Eureka, South Dakota
Date of death
Place of death