Asheville Open

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The Asheville Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1957 to 1960. [1] [2] It was played at the Asheville Country Club in Asheville, North Carolina. In 1958 and 1959, some rounds were also played at the Beaver Lake Golf Club and the Biltmore Forest Country Club.

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