1948 U.S. Women's Open
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Tournament information | |
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Dates | August 12–15, 1948 |
Location | Northfield, New Jersey |
Course(s) | Atlantic City Country Club |
Organized by | WPGA |
Tour(s) | WPGA |
Format | Stroke play – 72 holes |
Statistics | |
Par | 75 |
Length | 6,326 yards (5,784 m)[1] |
Field | 51 players[1] |
Prize fund | $7,500 [1] |
Winner's share | $1,200 |
Champion | |
Babe Zaharias | |
300 (E) | |
The 1948 U.S. Women's Open was the third U.S. Women's Open, held August 12–15 at Atlantic City Country Club in Northfield, New Jersey.
Babe Zaharias won the first of her three U.S. Women's Open titles, eight strokes ahead of runner-up Betty Hicks.[2] It was the fifth of ten major championships for Zaharias.
The U.S. Women's Open returned to the course in 1965 and 1975.
Final leaderboard
Sunday, August 15, 1948
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | Babe Zaharias | 75-72-75-78=300 | E | 1,200 |
2 | Betty Hicks | 84-75-72-77=308 | +8 | 1,000 |
3 | Betty Jameson | 79-77-78-78=312 | +12 | 825 |
T4 | Patty Berg | 80-78-81-74=313 | +13 | 750 |
Grace Lenczyk (a) | 79-78-73-83=313 | 0 | ||
T6 | Peggy Kirk (a) | 74-80-81-80=315 | +15 | 0 |
Mary Agnes Wall (a) | 79-78-78-80=315 | |||
T8 | Beverly Hanson (a) | 78-81-82-77=318 | +18 | 0 |
Mary Mozell | 79-77-83-79=318 | 700 | ||
T10 | Katherine Hemphill | 80-73-83-85=321 | +21 | 550 |
Sally Sessions | 76-81-79-85=321 |
Source:[3]
References
- ^ a b c "Babe Zaharias has stamina going for her in U.S. Open". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. August 12, 1948. p. 31.
- ^ "Babe wins Women's Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. August 16, 1948. p. 18.
- ^ "Babe Zaharias cops National". St. Joseph Gazette. Associated Press. August 16, 1948. p. 7.
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