Texas Women's Open
Encyclopedia
The Texas Women's Open is a golf
tournament, played in the Fort Worth, Texas
area. From 1950 to 1955 it was an LPGA Tour event, although it was first played in 1933. It was revived by the North Texas section of the PGA of America in 2001. It was played at several courses in Fort Worth from 1933 to 1955 and in the Fort Worth suburb of Garland
since 2001.
Women's Texas Open
Fort Worth Women's Invitation
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament, played in the Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...
area. From 1950 to 1955 it was an LPGA Tour event, although it was first played in 1933. It was revived by the North Texas section of the PGA of America in 2001. It was played at several courses in Fort Worth from 1933 to 1955 and in the Fort Worth suburb of Garland
Garland, Texas
-Climate:* The average warmest month is July.* The highest recorded temperature was in 2000.* On average, the coolest month is January.* The lowest recorded temperature was in 1989.* The maximum average precipitation occurs in May....
since 2001.
Tournament locations
| Years | Venue | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1933 | Glen Garden Golf & Country Club | Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and... |
| 1934-36, 1938-39, 1941, 1947-55 | River Crest Country Club | Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and... |
| 1937, 1940, 1945-46 | Colonial Country Club | Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and... |
| 2001-10 | Eastern Hills Country Club | Garland, Texas Garland, Texas -Climate:* The average warmest month is July.* The highest recorded temperature was in 2000.* On average, the coolest month is January.* The lowest recorded temperature was in 1989.* The maximum average precipitation occurs in May.... |
Winners
Texas Women's Open- 2010 Cindy Figg-CurrierCindy Figg-CurrierCindy Figg-Currier is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She also played under her maiden name, Cindy Figg, before her marriage in 1986.Figg-Currier has won once on the LPGA Tour in 1997...
- 2009 Katy Jarochowicz
- 2008 Tanya Wahdwa (amateur)
- 2007 Shannon Fish (amateur)
- 2006 Carolyn Creekmore (amateur)
- 2005 Randi Meadows
- 2004 Mina Hardin (amateur)
- 2003 Lori Sutherland
- 2002 Tara Bateman
- 2001 Tara Bateman
Women's Texas Open
- 1956-2000 No tournament
- 1955 Polly RileyPolly RileyPolly 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....
(amateur) - 1954 Betsy RawlsBetsy RawlsElizabeth 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...
- 1953 Betsy RawlsBetsy RawlsElizabeth 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...
- 1952 Babe ZahariasBabe ZahariasMildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias was an American athlete who achieved outstanding success in golf, basketball, and track and field...
- 1951 Babe ZahariasBabe ZahariasMildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias was an American athlete who achieved outstanding success in golf, basketball, and track and field...
- 1950 Beverly HansonBeverly HansonBeverly 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...
(amateur) - 1949 Beverly HansonBeverly HansonBeverly 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...
(amateur) - 1948 Polly RileyPolly RileyPolly 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....
(amateur) - 1947 Betty JamesonBetty JamesonElizabeth May "Betty" Jameson was an American professional golfer and one of the founders of the LPGA.-Biography:...
(amateur) - 1946 Babe ZahariasBabe ZahariasMildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias was an American athlete who achieved outstanding success in golf, basketball, and track and field...
(amateur) - 1945 Babe ZahariasBabe ZahariasMildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias was an American athlete who achieved outstanding success in golf, basketball, and track and field...
(amateur) - 1942-44 No tournament due to World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
- 1941 Aniela Gorczyca Goldthwaite
- 1940 Babe ZahariasBabe ZahariasMildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias was an American athlete who achieved outstanding success in golf, basketball, and track and field...
(amateur) - 1939 Kathryn Hemphill
- 1938 Betty JamesonBetty JamesonElizabeth May "Betty" Jameson was an American professional golfer and one of the founders of the LPGA.-Biography:...
(amateur) - 1937 Aniela Gorczyca Goldthwaite
- 1936 Edna Saenger
- 1935 Aniela Gorczyca
Fort Worth Women's Invitation
- 1934 Mrs. Tom Wallace
- 1933 Aniela Gorczyca