Dallas Civitan Open Golf Tournament (LPGA Tour)

The Dallas Civitan Open (also known as the Mary Kay Classic) was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour played in the Dallas, Texas, area from the mid-1950s until the early 1980s. Its first champion was Patty Berg, and its last was Sandra Spuzich.

Mickey Wright won it three times between 1958 and 1965; Louise Suggs won it three years in a row from 1959-61. Kathy Whitworth, Carol Mann and Betsy Rawls were among the 2-time champions. ... Jan Stephson's winning margin in 1981 was 11 strokes, the second-biggest margin of victory ever in a 54-hole LPGA tournament.

First played: 1956

Last played: 1982

Also known as: It was called the Mary Kay Classic in its final four years; before that, also Civitan Open and Dallas Open.

Winners of the Dallas Civitan Open
1982 — Sandra Spuzich
1981 — Jan Stephenson
1980 — Jerilyn Britz
1979 — Nancy Lopez
1978 — Silvia Bertolaccini
1977 — Vivian Brownlee
1976 — Jane Blalock
1975 — Carol Mann
1974 — JoAnne Carner
1973 — Kathy Whitworth
1972 — Jane Blalock
1971 — Sandra Haynie
1970 — Betsy Rawls
1969 — Carol Mann
1968 — Kathy Whitworth
1967 — Jo Ann Prentice
1966 — Clifford Ann Creed
1965 — Mickey Wright
1964 — Betsy Rawls
1963 — Mickey Wright
1962 — Ruth Jessen
1961 — Louise Suggs
1960 — Louise Suggs
1959 — Louise Suggs
1958 — Mickey Wright
1957 — Wiffi Smith
1956 — Patty Berg

Golf Courses: It spent the longest time at its original course, Glen Lakes Country Club in Dallas. Also played at Brookhaven Country Club, The Trophy Club and Bent Tree Country Club.

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