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1951 U.S. Women's Open

Field	Value
name	1951 U.S. Women's Open
dates	September 13–16, 1951
location	Atlanta, Georgia
course	Druid Hills Golf Club
org	LPGA Tour and
Northside Kiwanis Club
tour	LPGA Tour
format	Stroke play – 72 holes
par	72
yardage	6200 yd
purse	$7,500
winners_share	$1,500
champion	USA Betsy Rawls
score	293 (+5)
previous	1950
next	1952

Northside Kiwanis Club |USA Golf Club The 1951 U.S. Women's Open was the sixth U.S. Women's Open, held September 13–16 at Druid Hills Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia.

First-year professional Betsy Rawls, age 23, won the first of her eight major championships, five strokes ahead of runner-up Louise Suggs, the 1949 champion. It was the first of four U.S. Women's Open titles for Rawls, with additional wins in 1953, 1957, and 1960.

Prior to this event, the LPGA Tour petitioned the United States Golf Association (USGA) to take over the championship, which it did two years later in 1953.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, September 16, 1951

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Betsy Rawls	73-71-74-75=293	+5
2	USA Louise Suggs	73-79-75-71=298	+10
3	USA Babe Zaharias	70-78-73-78=299	+11
T4	USA Marlene Bauer	71-78-72-79=300	+12
USA Pat Lesser (a)	75-74-74-77=300	0
6	USA Beverly Hanson	78-75-70-79=302	+14
7	USA Dot Kirby (a)	75-76-75-77=303	+15
8	USA Patty Berg	74-75-77-79=305	+17
T9	USA Mary Lena Faulk (a)	74-76-78-78=306	+18
USA Kathy McKinnon (a)	73-80-73-80=306

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References

(January 28, 1951). "National Women's Open set Sept. 13". Tuscaloosa News.
(September 17, 1951). "Rawls, first-year pro, wins Open by 5 strokes". Miami News.
(September 7, 1951). "Women golfers ask blessing of USGA". Palm Beach Post.

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