1949 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | September 22–25, 1949 |
Location | Landover, Maryland |
Course(s) | Prince George's Country Club |
Format | Stroke play – 72 holes |
Statistics | |
Par | 75 |
Length | 6,892 yards (6,302 m)[1] |
Winner's share | $1,500 |
Champion | |
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291 (−9) | |
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Prince Georges
Country Club
Country Club
Location in the United States
The 1949 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the fourth U.S. Women's Open, held September 22–25 at Prince George's Country Club in Landover, Maryland, a suburb east of Washington, D.C.
Louise Suggs led wire-to-wire[1] and won the first of her two U.S. Women's Open titles, fourteen strokes ahead of runner-up Babe Zaharias, the defending champion.[2] It was the fourth of eleven major championships for Suggs.
The course no longer exists and is now the site of Kentland Community Center Park.[3]
Past champions in the field
Player | Country | Year won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
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Babe Zaharias | ![]() | 1948 | 74 | 76 | 75 | 80 | 305 | +5 | 2 |
Patty Berg | ![]() | 1946 | 73 | 84 | 78 | 75 | 310 | +10 | T4 |
Betty Jameson | ![]() | 1947 | 318 | +18 | T17 |
Final leaderboard
Sunday, September 25, 1949
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | Louise Suggs | ![]() | 69-75-77-70=291 | −9 | 1,500 |
2 | Babe Zaharias | ![]() | 74-76-75-80=305 | +5 | 1,000 |
3 | Carol Diringer (a) | ![]() | 75-76-77-78=306 | +6 | 0 |
T4 | Patty Berg | ![]() | 73-84-78-75=310 | +10 | 800 |
Dot Kielty (a) | ![]() | 74-83-76-77=310 | 0 | ||
T6 | Marlene Bauer (a) | ![]() | 75-78-78-80=311 | +11 | 0 |
Beverly Hanson (a) | ![]() | 72-81-75-83=311 | |||
Mae-Murray Jones (a) | ![]() | 78-78-79-76=311 | |||
Frances Stephens (a) | ![]() | 75-81-80-75=311 | |||
10 | Polly Riley (a) | ![]() | 75-83-79-75=312 | +12 | 0 |
References
- 1 2 "Suggs fires 69 for Open lead". St. Petersburg Times. Associated Press. September 23, 1949. p. 27.
- ↑ "Louise Suggs is new golf queen". Free Lance-Star. Fredericksburg, Virginia. Associated Press. September 26, 1949. p. 6.
- ↑ Kelly, John (October 8, 2010). "Old Beaver Dam golf course couldn't hold back development". Washington Post. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
External links
- USGA final leaderboard
- U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
- U.S. Women's Open – past champions – 1949
Coordinates: 38°55′26″N 76°53′42″W / 38.924°N 76.895°W
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