This Day in Golf History: March 15

A pair of Titleholders championships concluded on this date. What was or is a Titleholders? A women’s major from the 1950s played at Augusta Country Club right next to Augusta National. In fact, in recent years Augusta National purchased some ACC property in order to extend its 13th-hole tee further back. In 1953, Patty Berg won the Titleholders for the fifth time, by nine shots over Betsy Rawls with a score of 294. And in 1959, Louise Suggs won for the fourth time, with 297, with Rawls second again, this time one behind.