1949 U.S. Women's Open

Golf Championship August 2023 September 2026 1949 U.S. Women's Open September 22–25, 1949 Landover, Maryland Prince George's Country Club Stroke play – 72 holes 75 6892 ydhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RzdPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HE4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4409%2C4870424 St. Petersburg Times Associated Press Suggs fires 69 for Open lead September 23, 1949 27 $1,500 USA Louise Suggs 291 (−9) 1948 1950 USA 1 Prince GeorgesCountry Club 38.924 -76.895 Location in the United States 240 The 1949 U.S. Women's Open was the fourth U.S. Women's Open, held September 22–25 at Prince George's Country Club in Landover, Maryland, a suburb east of Washington, D.C. Louise Suggs led wire-to-wire and won the first of her two U.S. Women's Open titles, fourteen strokes ahead of runner-up Babe Zaharias, the defending champion.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uN1LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y4oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2240%2C593059 Free Lance-Star Fredericksburg, Virginia Associated Press Louise Suggs is new golf queen September 26, 1949 6 It was the fourth of eleven major championships for Suggs. The course no longer exists and is now the site of Kentland Community Center Park.https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/08/AR2010100806402.html Washington Post Kelly John Old Beaver Dam golf course couldn't hold back development October 8, 2010 June 24, 2014 Final leaderboard Sunday, September 25, 1949 Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 USA Louise Suggs69-75-77-70=291−91,5002 USA Babe Zaharias74-76-75-80=305+51,0003 USA Carol Diringer (a)75-76-77-78=306+60T4 USA Patty Berg73-84-78-75=310+10800 USA Dot Kielty (a)74-83-76-77=3100T6 USA Marlene Bauer (a)75-78-78-80=311+110 USA Beverly Hanson (a)72-81-75-83=311 USA Mae-Murray Jones (a)78-78-79-76=311 ENG Frances Stephens (a)75-81-80-75=31110 USA Polly Riley (a)75-83-79-75=312+120 References External links USGA final leaderboard U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship U.S. Women's Open – past champions – 1949 1949 38.924 N 76.895 W type:event title Category:U.S. Women's Open Category:Golf tournaments in Maryland Category:Women's sports in Maryland U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open