1979 U.S. Women's Open

The 1979 U.S. Women's Open was the 34th U.S. Women's Open, held July 12–15 at Brooklawn Country Club in Fairfield, Connecticut.

Jerilyn Britz won her first LPGA Tour event (and only major), two shots ahead of runners-up Debbie Massey and

Co-leading after the first round and leading after the second, Britz shot a four-over-par 75 in the third round on Saturday. She entered the final round three strokes behind Massey and shot a two-under 69 for an even-par 284 total.

Final leaderboard Sunday, July 15, 1979 Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 Jerilyn Britz70-70-75-69=284E19,000 T2 Debbie Massey70-72-70-74=286+29,200 Sandra Palmer73-69-74-70=286 4 Sally Little71-71-74-71=287+36,500 T5 Jo Ann Washam76-74-72-67=289+54,566 Mary Dwyer73-71-74-71=289 Susie Berning79-66-71-73=289 T8 Donna Caponi72-74-74-70=290+63,400 Joyce Kazmierski76-72-72-70=290 Laura Baugh73-72-77-68=290 Source:

References

External links Golf Observer final leaderboard U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship Brooklawn Country Club