Hardscrabble Open

The Hardscrabble Open, also known as the Hardscrabble Women's Invitation, was a golf tournament played at the Hardscrabble Golf Club in Fort Smith, Arkansas, from 1945 to 1953. It was an official LPGA Tour event from 1948 to 1950.{{Cite web |url=http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology50-59.pdf |title=LPGA Tournament Chronology 1950-1959 |access-date=2010-09-20 |archive-date=2012-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227042554/http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology50-59.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=8004&mid=2 |title=Patty Berg – LPGA Victories |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061026210436/http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=8004&mid=2 |archive-date=October 26, 2006}}

Winners

1953 Bettye Danoff{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/504120872.html?dids=504120872:504120872&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+10%2C+1953&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Mrs.+Betty+Danoff+Wins+Hardscrabble+Golf+Title&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120526002524/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/504120872.html?dids=504120872:504120872&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+10,+1953&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Mrs.+Betty+Danoff+Wins+Hardscrabble+Golf+Title&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 26, 2012 |title=Mrs. Betty Danoff Wins Hardscrabble Golf Title |newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune |location=Chicago, Illinois |date=October 10, 1953 |page=A2 |access-date=September 22, 2010}}
1952 Betty Jameson{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=118bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pE0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1624,1278648&dq=fort+smith+golf&hl=en |title=Betty Jameson Wins |newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press |location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |date=October 18, 1952 |page=6 |access-date=September 22, 2010}}
1951 Mary Lena Faulk{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1681664772.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+22%2C+1951&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=VAN+DEN+BERG+GOLF+VICTOR&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104000435/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1681664772.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+22,+1951&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=VAN+DEN+BERG+GOLF+VICTOR&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |title=Miss Faulk Triumphs |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |location=Baltimore, Maryland |date=October 22, 1951 |page=16 |access-date=September 22, 2010}}
1950 Patty Berg{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bcsqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3s0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6135,5088367&dq=hardscrabble+open+golf+berg+rawls&hl=en |title=Patty Berg Wins |newspaper=The Palm Beach Post-Times |location=West Palm Beach, Florida |agency=AP |date=October 22, 1950 |page=33 |access-date=September 22, 2010}}
1949 Patty Berg{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7u4wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HuIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2327,5766863&dq=hardscrabble+open+golf+berg&hl=en |title=Patty Berg Takes Open |newspaper=Tri-City Herald |location=Kennewick, Washington |agency=AP |date=October 23, 1949 |page=6 |access-date=September 22, 2010}}
1948 Patty Berg{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=R_w0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=deUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1649,4753420&dq=hardscrabble+open+golf+berg&hl=en |title=Berg Topples The Babe, 1 Up |newspaper=The Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=AP |date=October 26, 1948 |page=14 |access-date=September 22, 2010}}
1947 Babe Zaharias{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3o8RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hugDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3120,2812252&dq=hardscrabble+open+golf+zaharias&hl=en |title=Zaharias Wins First In Arkansas Golf |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=Eugene, Oregon |agency=AP |date=October 18, 1947 |page=5 |access-date=September 22, 2010}}
1946 Betty Jameson{{cite news |title=S.A. Women In Ft. Worth Golf |newspaper=San Antonio Light |location=San Antonio, Texas |date=October 6, 1946 |page=2-D}}
1945 Margaret Gunther{{cite news |title=Magaret Gunther Wins at Ft. Smith |work=Miami News-Record |date=October 12, 1945 |location=Miami, Oklahoma |page=9}}

References

Category:Former LPGA Tour events

Category:Golf tournaments in Arkansas

Category:Women's sports in Arkansas

Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1945

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Category:1953 disestablishments in Arkansas