Women's Western Open
Appearance
Tournament information | |
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Location | various, U.S. |
Established | 1930 |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play (1955–1967) Match play (1930–1954) |
Prize fund | $10,000 |
Month played | August |
Final year | 1967, 57 years ago |
Final champion | |
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The Women's Western Open was an American professional golf tournament founded in 1930. The LPGA was established in 1950, and it recognized the Western Open as one of its major championships through 1967. All of the events back to 1930 have been designated as majors by the LPGA.
Organized by the Women's Western Golf Association, the tournament was match play through 1954, then became a 72-hole stroke play event. All of the winners were American.
Winners
Stroke play era
Match play era
Year | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Winner's share ($) |
Course | Location | Ref |
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1954 | Betty Jameson (2) | 6 & 5 | ![]() |
1,000 | Glen Flora CC | Waukegan, Illinois | [5][7][8] |
1953 | Louise Suggs (4) | 6 & 5 | ![]() |
1,000 | Capital City Club | Atlanta, Georgia |
[5][9] |
1952 | Betsy Rawls | 1 up | ![]() |
1,000 | Skokie CC | Chicago, Illinois |
[5][10] |
1951 | Patty Berg (4) | 2 up | ![]() |
500 | Whitemarsh Valley CC | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | [5][11][12] |
1950 | Babe Zaharias (4) |
5 & 3 | Peggy Kirk |
500 | Cherry Hills CC | Denver, Colorado |
[5][13] |
1949 | Louise Suggs (3) | 5 & 4 | ![]() |
500 | Oklahoma City CC | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
[14] |
1948 | Patty Berg (3) | 37 holes | Babe Zaharias |
500 | Skycrest CC | Chicago, Illinois |
[15] |
1947 | Louise Suggs (a) (2) | 4 & 2 | ![]() |
Capital City Club | Atlanta, Georgia |
[16][17] | |
1946 | Louise Suggs (a) | 2 up | ![]() |
Wakonda Club | Des Moines, Iowa | [18] | |
1945 | Babe Zaharias (a) (3) |
4 & 2 | Dorothy Germain (a) |
Highland G&CC | Indianapolis, Indiana |
[19] | |
1944 | Babe Zaharias (a) (2) |
7 & 5 | Dorothy Germain (a) |
Park Ridge | Chicago, Illinois |
[20][21] | |
1943 | Patty Berg (2) | 1 up | ![]() |
Glen Oak CC | Glen Ellyn, Illinois | [22][23] | |
1942 | Betty Jameson (a) | 9 & 7 | ![]() |
Elmhurst CC | Chicago, Illinois |
[24] | |
1941 | Patty Berg | 7 & 6 | Mrs. Burt Weil |
100 | Cincinnati CC | Cincinnati, Ohio |
[25] |
1940 | Babe Zaharias (a) |
5 & 4 | ![]() |
Blue Mound G&CC | Wauwatosa, Wisconsin | [26] | |
1939 | Helen Dettweiler | 4 & 3 | ![]() |
Westwood CC | St. Louis, Missouri |
[27] | |
1938 | Bea Barrett (a) | 6 & 4 | ![]() |
Broadmoor GC | Colorado Springs, Colorado | [28][29] | |
1937 | Helen Hicks | 6 & 5 | ![]() |
Beverly CC | Chicago, Illinois |
[30] | |
1936 | Opal Hill (a) (2) | 3 & 2 | ![]() |
Topeka CC | Topeka, Kansas | [31][32] | |
1935 | Opal Hill (a) | 9 & 7 | ![]() |
Sunset Ridge CC | Chicago, Illinois |
[33] | |
1934 | Marian McDougall (a) | 9 & 7 | ![]() |
Portland G&CC | Portland, Oregon | [34][35] | |
1933 | June Beebe (a) (2) | 3 & 2 | ![]() |
Olympia Fields CC | Olympia Fields, Illinois | [36] | |
1932 | Jane Weiller (a) | 5 & 4 | ![]() |
Ozaukee CC | Mequon, Wisconsin | [37] | |
1931 | June Beebe (a) | 3 & 2 | ![]() |
Midlothian CC | Midlothian, Illinois | [38] | |
1930 | Lucia Mida (a) | 6 & 5 | ![]() |
Acacia CC | Indian Head Park, Illinois | [39] |
(a) - denotes amateur
PO - won in playoff
Multiple winners
This table lists the golfers who have won more than one Women's Western Open as a major championship.
Deceased golfer † |
Grand Slam winners ‡ |
Deceased Grand Slam winners ∞ |
Country | Golfer | Total | Years |
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Patty Berg † | 7 | 1941, 1943, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1958 |
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Babe Zaharias †
|
4 | 1940, 1944, 1945, 1950 |
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Louise Suggs ∞ | 4 | 1946, 1947, 1949, 1953 |
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Mickey Wright ‡ | 3 | 1962, 1963, 1966 |
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June Beebe † | 2 | 1931, 1933 |
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Opal Hill † | 2 | 1935, 1936 |
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Betty Jameson † | 2 | 1942, 1954 |
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Betsy Rawls | 2 | 1952, 1959 |
Winners by nationality
All of the champions were from the United States.
Nationality | Number of wins |
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38 |
See also
- Western Open - a men's event on the PGA Tour
References
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- ^ "Betsy Rawls Wins Open". Sunday Herald. (Bridgeport, Connecticut). United Press. June 22, 1952. p. 33.
- ^ "Berg Victor Over Irish Lass". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 24, 1951. p. 14.
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- Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Associated Press. June 10, 1943. p. 18. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
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- The Evening Independent. St. Petersburg, Florida. Associated Press. June 8, 1936. p. 6. Archived from the originalon July 21, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
- ^ "Mrs. Hill Wins Western Open". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Spartanburg, South Carolina. Associated Press. June 30, 1935. p. 18. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 13, 1934. p. 7. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
- The Bend Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. October 8, 1934. p. 2. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
- Chicago, Illinois. p. 21. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. July 16, 1932. p. 9. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
- Chicago, Illinois. June 27, 1931. p. 21. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
- Chicago, Illinois. p. 12. Retrieved April 23, 2010.