Fort Wayne Open (LPGA Tour)

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The Fort Wayne Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour, played only in 1954. [1] It was played at the Orchard Ridge Country Club in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Marilynn Smith won the event.

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