1949 U.S. Women's Open
Golf Championship
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1949 U.S. Women's Open was the fourth U.S. Women's Open, held September 22–25 at Prince George's Country Club in Landover, Maryland, a suburb east of Washington, D.C.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | September 22–25, 1949 |
| Location | Landover, Maryland |
| Course | Prince George's Country Club |
| Format | Stroke play – 72 holes |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 75 |
| Length | 6,892 yards (6,302 m)[1] |
| Winner's share | $1,500 |
| Champion | |
 Louise Suggs | |
| 291 (−9) | |
Prince Georges
Country Club
Country Club
Location in the United States
Louise Suggs led wire-to-wire[1] and won the first of her two U.S. Women's Open titles, fourteen strokes ahead of runner-up Babe Zaharias, the defending champion.[2] It was the fourth of eleven major championships for Suggs.
The course no longer exists and is now the site of Kentland Community Center Park.[3]
Final leaderboard
Sunday, September 25, 1949
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louise Suggs | 69-75-77-70=291 | −9 | 1,500 |
| 2 | Babe Zaharias | 74-76-75-80=305 | +5 | 1,000 |
| 3 | Carol Diringer (a) | 75-76-77-78=306 | +6 | 0 |
| T4 | Patty Berg | 73-84-78-75=310 | +10 | 800 |
| Dot Kielty (a) | 74-83-76-77=310 | 0 | ||
| T6 | Marlene Bauer (a) | 75-78-78-80=311 | +11 | 0 |
| Beverly Hanson (a) | 72-81-75-83=311 | |||
| Mae-Murray Jones (a) | 78-78-79-76=311 | |||
 Frances Stephens (a) | 75-81-80-75=311 | |||
| 10 | Polly Riley (a) | 75-83-79-75=312 | +12 | 0 |