1957 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
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The 1957 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was contested from June 27 to June 30 at Winged Foot Golf Club
, East Course. It was the 12th edition of the U.S. Women's Open.
This event was won by Betsy Rawls
because Jackie Pung
at 6-over par 298 was disqualified for signing the wrong score on a hole.
Winged Foot Golf Club
Winged Foot Golf Club is a 36-hole golf course located in Mamaroneck, New York. The course architect is A. W. Tillinghast, who also designed Baltusrol , Bethpage Black, Shackamaxon Country Club, San Francisco Golf Club, Cedar Crest Park, and nearby Quaker Ridge Golf Club and Wykagyl Country Club...
, East Course. It was the 12th edition of the U.S. Women's Open.
This event was won by Betsy Rawls
Betsy Rawls
Elizabeth Earle "Betsy" Rawls is an American professional golfer.Rawls was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. After attending the University of Texas, Rawls joined the LPGA Tour in its second season in 1951. She won 55 tournaments on the tour, including eight major championships...
because Jackie Pung
Jackie Pung
Jacqueline LiWai Pung is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Pung was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her mother was Jacqueline Nolte...
at 6-over par 298 was disqualified for signing the wrong score on a hole.
Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Betsy Rawls Betsy Rawls Elizabeth Earle "Betsy" Rawls is an American professional golfer.Rawls was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. After attending the University of Texas, Rawls joined the LPGA Tour in its second season in 1951. She won 55 tournaments on the tour, including eight major championships... |
74-74-75-76=299 | 1,500 | |
| 2 | 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... |
80-77-73-75=305 | 1,200 | |
| T3 | Betty Hicks | 75-77-76-80=308 | 810 | |
| T3 | 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... |
76-81-75-76=308 | 810 | |
| 5 | Betty Dillahunt | 74-78-76-82=310 | 600 | |
| T6 | Alice Bauer | 72-73-87-79=311 | 350 | |
| T6 | Marlene Hagge Marlene Hagge Marlene Hagge , also known as Marlene Bauer before her marriage, is an American professional golfer. She was one of the thirteen founders of the LPGA and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2002.... |
72-81-81-77=311 | 350 | |
| T6 | JoAnn Prentice | 75-78-84-74=311 | 350 | |
| T9 | Fay Crocker Fay Crocker Fay Crocker was the first non-American golfer to win one of the LPGA major golf championships. Her first major was the 1955 U.S. Women's Open and her second was the 1960 Titleholders Championship, where she set a record for the oldest LPGA major champion of 45 years, 7 months and 1 day.Crocker was... |
78-81-75-78=312 | 240 | |
| T9 | 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... |
78-76-79-79=312 | 240 |