Women's Western Open

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox golf tournament The Women's Western Open was an American professional golf tournament founded in 1930. The LPGA was established in 1950, and it recognized the Western Open as one of its major championships through 1967. All of the events back to 1930 have been designated as majors by the LPGA.

Organized by the Women's Western Golf Association, the tournament was match play through 1954, then became a 72-hole stroke play event. All of the winners were American.

Winners

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Stroke play era

Year Winner Score Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ($)		 Course Location Ref
1967 Kathy Whitworth 289 (−11) Template:Flagicon Sandra Haynie 1,500 Pekin CC Pekin, Illinois [1][2]
1966 Mickey Wright (3) 302 (+2) Template:Flagicon Margie Masters
Template:Flagicon Jo Ann Prentice		 1,500 Rainbow Springs CC Mukwonago, Wisconsin [1][3]
1965 Susie Maxwell 290 (−2) Template:Flagicon Marlene Hagge 1,500 Beverly CC Chicago, Illinois [1]
1964 Carol Mann 308 (+8) Template:Flagicon Ruth Jessen
Template:Flagicon Judy Kimball-Simon		 1,200 Scenic Hills CC Pensacola, Florida [1]
1963 Mickey Wright (2) 292 (E) Template:Flagicon Kathy Whitworth 1,200 Maple Bluff CC Madison, Wisconsin [1]
1962 Mickey Wright 295 (+7)PO Template:Flagicon Mary Lena Faulk 1,200 Montgomery CC Montgomery, Alabama [1]
1961 Mary Lena Faulk 290 (−10) Template:Flagicon Betsy Rawls 1,313 Belle Meade CC Nashville, Tennessee [1]
1960 Joyce Ziske 301 (+9)PO Template:Flagicon Barbara Romack 1,313 Beverly CC Chicago, Illinois [1][4]
1959 Betsy Rawls (2) 293 (+5) Template:Flagicon JoAnne Gunderson (a)
Template:Flagicon Patty Berg		 1,313 Ranier G&CC Seattle, Washington [5][6]
1958 Patty Berg (7) 293 (+1) Template:Flagicon Beverly Hanson   950 Kahkwa CC Erie, Pennsylvania [5]
1957 Patty Berg (6) 291 (−1) Template:Flagicon Wiffi Smith 1,000 Montgomery CC Montgomery, Alabama [5]
1956 Beverly Hanson 304 (E) Template:Flagicon Louise Suggs 1,000 Wakonda CC Des Moines, Iowa [5]
1955 Patty Berg (5) 292 (E) Template:Flagicon Fay Crocker
Template:Flagicon Louise Suggs		 1,000 Maple Bluff CC Madison, Wisconsin [5]

Match play era

Year Winner Score Runner-up Winner's
share ($)		 Course Location Ref
1954 Betty Jameson (2) 6 & 5 Template:Flagicon Louise Suggs 1,000 Glen Flora CC Waukegan, Illinois [5][7][8]
1953 Louise Suggs (4) 6 & 5 Template:Flagicon Patty Berg 1,000 Capital City Club Atlanta, Georgia [5][9]
1952 Betsy Rawls 1 up Template:Flagicon Betty Jameson 1,000 Skokie CC Chicago, Illinois [5][10]
1951 Patty Berg (4) 2 up Template:Flagicon Pat O'Sullivan (a) Script error: No such module "String".500 Whitemarsh Valley CC Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [5][11][12]
1950 Babe Zaharias (4) 5 & 3 Template:Flagicon Peggy Kirk Script error: No such module "String".500 Cherry Hills CC Denver, Colorado [5][13]
1949 Louise Suggs (3) 5 & 4 Template:Flagicon Betty Jameson Script error: No such module "String".500 Oklahoma City CC Oklahoma City, Oklahoma [14]
1948 Patty Berg (3) 37 holes Template:Flagicon Babe Zaharias Script error: No such module "String".500 Skycrest CC Chicago, Illinois [15]
1947 Louise Suggs (a) (2) 4 & 2 Template:Flagicon Dorothy Kirby (a) Capital City Club Atlanta, Georgia [16][17]
1946 Louise Suggs (a) 2 up Template:Flagicon Patty Berg Wakonda Club Des Moines, Iowa [18]
1945 Babe Zaharias (a) (3) 4 & 2 Template:Flagicon Dorothy Germain (a) Highland G&CC Indianapolis, Indiana [19]
1944 Babe Zaharias (a) (2) 7 & 5 Template:Flagicon Dorothy Germain (a) Park Ridge Chicago, Illinois [20][21]
1943 Patty Berg (2) 1 up Template:Flagicon Dorothy Kirby (a) Glen Oak CC Glen Ellyn, Illinois [22][23]
1942 Betty Jameson (a) 9 & 7 Template:Flagicon Phyllis Otto Elmhurst CC Chicago, Illinois [24]
1941 Patty Berg 7 & 6 Template:Flagicon Olga Strashun Weil Script error: No such module "String".100 Cincinnati CC Cincinnati, Ohio [25]
1940 Babe Zaharias (a) 5 & 4 Template:Flagicon Mrs. Russell Mann Blue Mound G&CC Wauwatosa, Wisconsin [26]
1939 Helen Dettweiler 4 & 3 Template:Flagicon Bea Barrett (a) Westwood CC St. Louis, Missouri [27]
1938 Bea Barrett (a) 6 & 4 Template:Flagicon Helen Hofmann Broadmoor GC Colorado Springs, Colorado [28][29]
1937 Helen Hicks 6 & 5 Template:Flagicon Bea Barrett (a) Beverly CC Chicago, Illinois [30]
1936 Opal Hill (a) (2) 3 & 2 Template:Flagicon Virginia Dennehy (a) Topeka CC Topeka, Kansas [31][32]
1935 Opal Hill (a) 9 & 7 Template:Flagicon Mrs. S.L. Reinhart (a) Sunset Ridge CC Chicago, Illinois [33]
1934 Marian McDougall (a) 9 & 7 Template:Flagicon Mrs. Guy Riegel (a) Portland G&CC Portland, Oregon [34][35]
1933 June Beebe (a) (2) 3 & 2 Template:Flagicon Jane Weiller (a) Olympia Fields CC Olympia Fields, Illinois [36]
1932 Jane Weiller (a) 5 & 4 Template:Flagicon June Beebe (a) Ozaukee CC Mequon, Wisconsin [37]
1931 June Beebe (a) 3 & 2 Template:Flagicon Mrs. Melvin Jones (a) Midlothian CC Midlothian, Illinois [38]
1930 Lucia Mida (a) 6 & 5 Template:Flagicon June Beebe (a) Acacia CC Indian Head Park, Illinois [39]

(a) - denotes amateur
PO - won in playoff

Multiple winners

This table lists the golfers who have won more than one Women's Western Open as a major championship. Louise Suggs and Mickey Wright, by virtue of their multiple victories, became the first and second golfers to claim the women's Grand Slam.

Country Golfer Total Years
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Script error: No such module "flag". Babe Zaharias 4 1940, 1944, 1945, 1950
Script error: No such module "flag". Louise Suggs 4 1946, 1947, 1949, 1953
Script error: No such module "flag". Mickey Wright 3 1962, 1963, 1966
Script error: No such module "flag". June Beebe 2 1931, 1933
Script error: No such module "flag". Opal Hill 2 1935, 1936
Script error: No such module "flag". Betty Jameson 2 1942, 1954
Script error: No such module "flag". Betsy Rawls 2 1952, 1959

Winners by nationality

All of the champions were from the United States.

Nationality Number
of wins
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See also

References

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External links

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