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- ↑ "LPGA Tournament Chronology 1950-1959" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
- ↑ LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969 Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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