Mary Lena Faulk

Mary Lena Faulk
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Mary Lena Faulk
Born	(1926-04-15)April 15, 1926 Chipley, Florida
Died	August 3, 1995(1995-08-03) (aged 69) Delray Beach, Florida
Nationality	United States
Career
Turned professional	1955
Retired	1965
Former tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Professional wins	13
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	10
Other	3
Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 1)
Western Open	Won: 1961
Titleholders C'ship	2nd: 1955
Women's PGA C'ship	T2: 1963
U.S. Women's Open	T2: 1955

Mary Lena Faulk (April 15, 1926 – August 3, 1995) was an American professional golfer.

Faulk was born in Chipley, Florida. At the age of 14 she moved to Thomasville, Georgia, where she won three consecutive Georgia Women's Amateur Matchplay Championships from 1946 to 1948.

In 1953, Faulk won the U.S. Women's Amateur. In 1954 she lost in the semi-finals to Mickey Wright. That year she was a member of the U.S. team that defeated Great Britain to win the Curtis Cup and in Georgia, she won the state's 1954 Medal Play Championship.

Faulk turned professional in 1955 and in her rookie year on the LPGA Tour finished second at the U.S. Women's Open. She retired from the pro tour in 1965 having won 10 tournaments including the Women's Western Open which was then one of the women's major golf championships. She taught golf for many years at clubs in Georgia and Colorado Springs, Colorado.

In 1993, Faulk was inducted into the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame. She was living in Delray Beach, Florida, when she died in 1995.

Professional wins (13)

LPGA Tour wins (10)

1956 (1) Kansas City Open
1957 (1) St. Petersburg Open
1958 (1) Macktown Open
1961 (4) Babe Zaharias Open, Women's Western Open, Triangle Round Robin, Eastern Open
1962 (2) Peach Blossom Open, Visalia Open
1964 (1) St. Petersburg Women's Open Invitational

Other wins (3)

1951 Hardscrabble Open
1955 Virginia Hot Springs 4-Ball (with Betty Jameson)
1958 Homestead 4-Ball (with Betty Jameson)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1961	Women's Western Open	−10 (75-75-67-73=290)	6 strokes	Betsy Rawls

Team appearances

Amateur

Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 1954 (winners)

Women's Western Open champions

Match play era	1930 Mrs. Lee Mida 1931 June Beebe 1932 Jane Weiller 1933 June Beebe 1934 Marian McDougall 1935 Opal Hill 1936 Opal Hill 1937 Helen Hicks 1938 Bea Barrett 1939 Helen Dettweiler 1940 Babe Zaharias 1941 Patty Berg 1942 Betty Jameson 1943 Patty Berg 1944 Babe Zaharias 1945 Babe Zaharias 1946 Louise Suggs 1947 Louise Suggs 1948 Patty Berg 1949 Louise Suggs 1950 Babe Zaharias 1951 Patty Berg 1952 Betsy Rawls 1953 Louise Suggs 1954 Betty Jameson

Stroke play era	1955 Patty Berg 1956 Beverly Hanson 1957 Patty Berg 1958 Patty Berg 1959 Betsy Rawls 1960 Joyce Ziske† 1961 Mary Lena Faulk 1962 Mickey Wright† 1963 Mickey Wright 1964 Carol Mann 1965 Susie Maxwell 1966 Mickey Wright 1967 Kathy Whitworth

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

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