1948 U.S. Women's Open

The 1948 U.S. Women's Open was the third U.S. Women's Open, held August 12–15 at Atlantic City Country Club in Northfield, New Jersey.

1948 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesAugust 12–15, 1948
LocationNorthfield, New Jersey
Course(s)Atlantic City Country Club
Organized byWPGA
Tour(s)WPGA
FormatStroke play – 72 holes
Statistics
Par75
Length6,326 yards (5,784 m)[1]
Field51 players[1]
Prize fund$7,500 [1]
Winner's share$1,200
Champion
Babe Zaharias
300 (E)
Atlantic City 
Country Club
Location in the United States

Babe Zaharias won the first of her three U.S. Women's Open titles, eight strokes ahead of runner-up Betty Hicks.[2] It was the fifth of ten major championships for Zaharias.

The U.S. Women's Open returned to the course in 1965 and 1975.

Past champions in the field

PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Betty Jameson United States194779777878312+123
Patty Berg United States194680788174313+13T4

Final leaderboard

Sunday, August 15, 1948

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Babe Zaharias United States75-72-75-78=300E1,200
2Betty Hicks United States84-75-72-77=308+81,000
3Betty Jameson United States79-77-78-78=312+12825
T4Patty Berg United States80-78-81-74=313+13750
Grace Lenczyk (a) United States79-78-73-83=3130
T6Peggy Kirk (a) United States74-80-81-80=315+150
Mary Agnes Wall (a) United States79-78-78-80=315
T8Beverly Hanson (a) United States78-81-82-77=318+180
Mary Mozell United States79-77-83-79=318700
T10Katherine Hemphill United States80-73-83-85=321+21550
Sally Sessions United States76-81-79-85=321

Source:[3]

References

  1. "Babe Zaharias has stamina going for her in U.S. Open". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. August 12, 1948. p. 31.
  2. "Babe wins Women's Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. August 16, 1948. p. 18.
  3. "Babe Zaharias cops National". St. Joseph Gazette. Associated Press. August 16, 1948. p. 7.

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