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1950 U.S. Women's Open

FieldValue
name1950 U.S. Women's Open
datesSeptember 28 –
October 1, 1950
locationWichita, Kansas
courseRolling Hills Country Club
orgLPGA Tour
tourLPGA Tour
formatStroke play – 72 holes
par75
yardage6203 yd
purse$5,000
winners_share$1,250
championUSA Babe Zaharias
score291 (−9)
previous1949
next1951

October 1, 1950 |USA Country Club 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.

Babe Zaharias won the second of her three U.S. Women's Open titles, nine strokes ahead of runner-up Betsy Rawls, an amateur. Defending champion Louise Suggs finished in solo third. Zaharias entered the final round with a four stroke lead over Rawls. 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. The U.S. Women's Open returned to Wichita five years later in 1955 at Wichita Country Club.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, October 1, 1950

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1USA Babe Zaharias75-76-70-70=291−9
2USA Betsy Rawls (a)76-74-75-75=300E
3USA Louise Suggs74-76-78-74=302+2
4USA Helen Dettweiler79-76-73-76=304+4
5USA Patty Berg77-77-81-72=307+7
T6USA Marlene Bauer79-76-76-77=308+8
URY Fay Crocker (a)80-79-73-76=3080
USA Beverly Hanson (a)76-79-73-80=308
9USA Betty Bush (a)76-73-78-87=314+14
10USA Betty Jameson77-86-75-77=315+15

Source:

References

References

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