Damon Runyon Cancer Fund Tournament

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The Damon Runyon Cancer Fund Tournament was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour, played only in 1954. [1] It was played at Prince George's Golf Course in Landover, Maryland. Babe Zaharias won the event.

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