Marlene Hagge

Marlene Hagge
Marlene Hagge
LPGA Tour; Money Winner	1956
Commissioner's Award; (LPGA Founders)	2000

Marlene Hagge (née Bauer; February 16, 1934 – May 16, 2023) was an American professional golfer. She was one of the thirteen founders of the LPGA in 1950.^[1] She won one major championship and 26 LPGA Tour career events. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Amateur career

Hagge was born in

U.S. Girls' Junior

and the WWGA Junior titles.

Professional career

Hagge was the youngest of the thirteen women who founded the LPGA in 1950, and remains the youngest ever member of the LPGA Tour. Her older sister,

leading money winner and led the tour in wins with eight. In 2002, she was voted into the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame through the Veteran's Category and was officially inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame

. Her final competitive appearance on the LPGA Tour came in 1996.

Hagge appeared on the June 18, 1961, episode of the

What's My Line.^[2]

Personal life and death

Marlene Bauer married Bob Hagge, her sister Alice's ex-husband in late 1955.^[3] They divorced in 1964.

Hagge was married to former PGA Tour golfer Ernie Vossler from 1995 until his death on February 16, 2013. They lived in La Quinta, California, where she remained until her death.^[4]

Hagge died in Rancho Mirage, California, on May 16, 2023, at the age of 89, of complications from a fall.^[5]^[6]

Professional wins

LPGA Tour wins (26)

Babe Zaharias
)
1954 (1) New Orleans Open
LPGA Championship, World Championship, Denver Open, Clock Open

1957 (2) Babe Zaharias Open, Lawton Open
Land of Sky Open
1959 (2) Mayfair Open, Hoosier Open
Sight Open
1964 (1) Mickey Wright Invitational
Alamo Open
Stroh's-WBLY Open
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.

References

^ "About the LPGA - Our Founders". LPGA.
^ "What's My Line?". CBS. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
^ "Golfer Marlene Bauer Marries Man Divorced By Her Sister, Alice". St. Petersburg Times. Florida. Associated Press. December 7, 1955. pp. 1, 14. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
^ Golf World, March 2, 2009, p. 22
^ Goldstein, Richard (May 17, 2023). "Marlene Bauer Hagge, Last of the L.P.G.A.'s Founders, Dies at 89". The New York Times. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
^ "Marlene Hagge-Vossler, last surviving LPGA founder, dies at 89". Associated Press News. May 17, 2023. Retrieved May 17, 2023.

External links

Marlene Hagge at the
LPGA Tour
official site
Marlene Hagge at golf.about.com at the Wayback Machine (archived February 18, 2007)

[1] "About the LPGA - Our Founders". LPGA.

[2] "What's My Line?". CBS. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2020.

[3] "Golfer Marlene Bauer Marries Man Divorced By Her Sister, Alice". St. Petersburg Times. Florida. Associated Press. December 7, 1955. pp. 1, 14. Retrieved July 3, 2013.

[4] Golf World, March 2, 2009, p. 22

[5] Goldstein, Richard (May 17, 2023). "Marlene Bauer Hagge, Last of the L.P.G.A.'s Founders, Dies at 89". The New York Times. Retrieved May 17, 2023.

[6] "Marlene Hagge-Vossler, last surviving LPGA founder, dies at 89". Associated Press News. May 17, 2023. Retrieved May 17, 2023.

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