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1979 U.S. Women's Open

FieldValue
name1979 U.S. Women's Open
datesJuly 12–15, [1979](1979-lpga-tour)
locationFairfield, Connecticut
courseBrooklawn Country Club
orgUSGA
tourLPGA Tour
par71
yardage6010 yd
field153 players, 56 after cut
cut152 (+10)
purse$125,000
winners_share$19,000
championUSA Jerilyn Britz
score284 (E)
previous[1978](1978-u-s-women-s-open)
next[1980](1980-u-s-women-s-open)

|USA |USA Connecticut The 1979 U.S. Women's Open was the 34th U.S. Women's Open, held July 12–15 at Brooklawn Country Club in Fairfield, Connecticut.

Jerilyn Britz won her first LPGA Tour event (and only major), two shots ahead of runners-up Debbie Massey and Sandra Palmer.

Co-leading after the first round and leading after the second, Britz shot a four-over-par 75 in the third round on Saturday. She entered the final round three strokes behind Massey and shot a two-under 69 for an even-par 284 total.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, July 15, 1979

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1USA **Jerilyn Britz**70-70-75-69=284E19,000
T2USA Debbie Massey70-72-70-74=286+29,200
USA Sandra Palmer73-69-74-70=286
4ZAF Sally Little71-71-74-71=287+36,500
T5USA Jo Ann Washam76-74-72-67=289+54,566
USA Mary Dwyer73-71-74-71=289
USA Susie Berning79-66-71-73=289
T8USA Donna Caponi72-74-74-70=290+63,400
USA Joyce Kazmierski76-72-72-70=290
USA Laura Baugh73-72-77-68=290

Source:

References

References

  1. (July 14, 1979). "Britz's 70 opens 2-shot Open gap". Eugene Register-Guard.
  2. Pileggi, Sarah. (July 23, 1979). "Cool hand Jerilyn takes a hot Open".
  3. Bushnell, Scott M.. (July 16, 1979). "Britz' first win is a big one". The Day.
  4. (July 16, 1979). "Britz didn't choke in the U.S. Open". Eugene Register-Guard.
  5. (July 16, 1979). "Britz holds on to win U.S. Women's Open". Spokesman-Review.
  6. (July 15, 1979). "Britz not worried about losing lead". Eugene Register-Guard.
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