1951 U.S. Women's Open

The 1951 U.S. Women's Open was the sixth U.S. Women's Open, held September 13–16 at Druid Hills Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia.

First-year professional Betsy Rawls, age 23, won the first of her eight major championships, five strokes ahead of runner-up Louise Suggs, the 1949 champion. It was the first of four U.S. Women's Open titles for Rawls, with additional wins in 1953, 1957, and 1960.

Prior to this event, the LPGA Tour petitioned the United States Golf Association (USGA) to take over the championship, which it did two years later in 1953.

Final leaderboard Sunday, September 16, 1951 Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 Betsy Rawls73-71-74-75=293+51,5002 Louise Suggs73-79-75-71=298+101,0003 Babe Zaharias70-78-73-78=299+11900T4 Marlene Bauer71-78-72-79=300+12700 Pat Lesser (a)75-74-74-77=30006 Beverly Hanson78-75-70-79=302+145757 Dot Kirby (a)75-76-75-77=303+1508 Patty Berg74-75-77-79=305+17450T9 Mary Lena Faulk (a)74-76-78-78=306+180 Kathy McKinnon (a)73-80-73-80=306 Source:

References

External links USGA final leaderboard U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship U.S. Women's Open – past champions – 1951