The 1955 U.S. Women's Open was the tenth U.S. Women's Open, held from June 30 to July 2 at Wichita Country Club in Wichita, Kansas. It was the third conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA).
Fay Crocker led wire-to-wire and won the first of her two major championships, four strokes ahead of runners-up Mary Lena Faulk and Louise Suggs. From Uruguay, Crocker was the first international winner of the U.S. Women's Open. She posted a 72 in the second round on Friday in difficult blustery conditions, with winds of , and had an eight shot lead after 36 holes. A 79 (+7) in the wind in the third round on Saturday morning reduced it to a single stroke over Faulk, with Suggs another two strokes back.
Defending champion Babe Zaharias did not compete due to back surgery; she also missed the 1953 edition due to colon cancer surgery and died in 1956.
This was the second U.S. Women's Open played in Wichita; the first in 1950 was at Rolling Hills Country Club.
Final leaderboard Saturday, July 2, 1955 Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 Fay Crocker74-72-79-74=299+112,000T2 Mary Lena Faulk77-77-72-77=303+151,125 Louise Suggs79-77-72-75=3034 Jackie Pung79-76-76-75=306+187505 Patty Berg78-80-78-71=307+19600T6 Polly Riley (a)80-78-74-77=309+210 Jackie Yates (a)76-79-76-78=3098 Pat Lesser (a)81-76-79-75=311+230T9 Beverly Hanson87-76-77-72=312+24450 Betty Jameson83-77-76-76=312 Source:
References
External links USGA final leaderboard U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship U.S. Women's Open – past champions – 1955 Wichita Country Club