1950 U.S. Women's Open

The 1950 U.S. Women's Open was the fifth U.S. Women's Open, held September 28 to October 1 at Rolling Hills Country Club in Wichita, Kansas.

1950 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesSeptember 28 –
October 1, 1950
LocationWichita, Kansas
Course(s)Rolling Hills Country Club
Organized byLPGA Tour
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play – 72 holes
Statistics
Par75
Length6,203 yards (5,672 m)[1]
Prize fund$5,000[2]
Winner's share$1,250
Champion
Babe Zaharias
291 (−9)
Rolling Hills
Country Club
Location in the United States

Babe Zaharias won the second of her three U.S. Women's Open titles, nine strokes ahead of runner-up Betsy Rawls, an amateur.[3] Defending champion Louise Suggs finished in solo third. Zaharias entered the final round with a four stroke lead over Rawls.[4] It was the seventh of ten major championships for Zaharias, and Rawls won the title the following year.

The formation of the LPGA was announced during this championship, which was not run by the United States Golf Association (USGA) until 1953.[5] The U.S. Women's Open returned to Wichita five years later in 1955 at Wichita Country Club.

Past champions in the field

PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Babe Zaharias United States194875767070291−91
Louise Suggs United States194974767874302+23
Patty Berg United States194677778172307+75
Betty Jameson United States194777867577315+1510

Final leaderboard

Sunday, October 1, 1950

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Babe Zaharias United States75-76-70-70=291−91,250
2Betsy Rawls (a) United States76-74-75-75=300E0
3Louise Suggs United States74-76-78-74=302+21,000
4Helen Dettweiler United States79-76-73-76=304+4700
5Patty Berg United States77-77-81-72=307+7500
T6Marlene Bauer United States79-76-76-77=308+8400
Fay Crocker (a) Uruguay80-79-73-76=3080
Beverly Hanson (a) United States76-79-73-80=308
9Betty Bush (a) United States76-73-78-87=314+140
10Betty Jameson United States77-86-75-77=315+15300

Source:[6]

References

  1. "Zaharias wins National Open". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Associated Press. October 2, 1950. p. 15.
  2. "Women golfers ask blessing of USGA". Palm Beach Post. Associated Press. September 7, 1951. p. 11.
  3. "'Babe' takes Open prize". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. October 2, 1950. p. 4, section 2.
  4. "Babe shoots 70 to pace women". Reading Eagle. Associated Press. October 1, 1950. p. 36.
  5. Voepel, Mechelle (July 7, 2002). "Founders marvel at tour's success". Toledo Blade. p. 5, section JF.
  6. "'Babe' takes golf crown". Youngstown Vindicator. Associated Press. October 2, 1950. p. 11.

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