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1948 U.S. Women's Open

FieldValue
name1948 U.S. Women's Open
datesAugust 12–15, 1948
locationNorthfield, New Jersey
courseAtlantic City Country Club
orgWPGA
tourWPGA
formatStroke play – 72 holes
par75
yardage6326 yd
field51 players--
purse$7,500
winners_share$1,200
championUSA Babe Zaharias
score300 (E)
previous[1947](1947-u-s-women-s-open)
next[1949](1949-u-s-women-s-open)

|USA Country Club 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.

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

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

Final leaderboard

Sunday, August 15, 1948

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1USA **Babe Zaharias**75-72-75-78=300E
2USA Betty Hicks84-75-72-77=308+8
3USA Betty Jameson79-77-78-78=312+12
T4USA Patty Berg80-78-81-74=313+13
USA Grace Lenczyk (a)79-78-73-83=3130
T6USA Peggy Kirk (a)74-80-81-80=315+15
USA Mary Agnes Wall (a)79-78-78-80=315
T8USA Beverly Hanson (a)78-81-82-77=318+18
USA Mary Mozell79-77-83-79=318700
T10USA Katherine Hemphill80-73-83-85=321+21
USA Sally Sessions76-81-79-85=321

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References

References

  1. (August 12, 1948). "Babe Zaharias has stamina going for her in U.S. Open". Pittsburgh Press.
  2. (August 14, 1948). "National Open lead to Kirk". St. Joseph Gazette.
  3. (August 16, 1948). "Babe wins Women's Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  4. (August 16, 1948). "Babe Zaharias cops National". St. Joseph Gazette.
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