1949 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
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The 1949 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was contested from September 22 to 25 at Prince Georges Golf and Country Club. It was the fourth edition of the U.S. Women's Open.
This event was won by Louise Suggs
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This event was won by Louise Suggs
Louise Suggs
Mae Louise Suggs is a retired professional golfer, one of the founders of the LPGA Tour and thus modern ladies' golf.-Amateur career:Born in Atlanta, Suggs had a very successful amateur career, beginning as a teenager...
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Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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| 1 | Louise Suggs Louise Suggs Mae Louise Suggs is a retired professional golfer, one of the founders of the LPGA Tour and thus modern ladies' golf.-Amateur career:Born in Atlanta, Suggs had a very successful amateur career, beginning as a teenager... |
69-75-77-70=291 | −9 | 1,500 | |
| 2 | Babe Zaharias Babe Zaharias Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias was an American athlete who achieved outstanding success in golf, basketball, and track and field... |
74-76-75-80=305 | 1,000 | ||
| 3 | Carol Diringer (a) | 75-76-77-78=306 | 0 | ||
| T4 | Patty Berg Patty Berg Patricia Jane Berg was an American professional golfer and a founding member and then leading player on the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Her 15 major title wins remains the all-time record for most major wins by a female golfer... |
73-84-78-75=310 | 800 | ||
| T4 | Dot Kielty (a) | 74-83-76-77=310 | 0 | ||
| T6 | Marlene Hagge (a) | 75-78-78-80=311 | 0 | ||
| T6 | Beverly Hanson Beverly Hanson Beverly Hanson is an American professional golfer who played on the United States-based LPGA Tour.Hanson was born in Fargo, North Dakota. She studied at the University of North Dakota, Mills College in Oakland, California and the University of Wisconsin and was a bassoon player, performing with... (a) |
72-81-75-83=311 | 0 | ||
| T6 | Mae-Murray Jones (a) | 78-78-79-76=311 | 0 | ||
| T6 | Frances Stephens (a) | 75-81-80-75=311 | 0 | ||
| 10 | Polly Riley Polly Riley Polly Ann Riley was an American amateur golfer.Riley won over 100 tournaments in her career. Although she remained an amateur throughout her career, she won the first LPGA Tour event, the 1950 Tampa Open.... (a) |
75-83-79-75=312 | 0 |