The 1950 U.S. Women's Open was the fifth U.S. Women's Open, held September 28 to October 1 at Rolling Hills Country Club in Wichita, Kansas.
Babe Zaharias won the second of her three U.S. Women's Open titles, nine strokes ahead of runner-up Betsy Rawls, an amateur. Defending champion Louise Suggs finished in solo third. Zaharias entered the final round with a four stroke lead over Rawls. It was the seventh of ten major championships for Zaharias, and Rawls won the title the following year.
The formation of the LPGA was announced during this championship, which was not run by the United States Golf Association (USGA) until 1953. The U.S. Women's Open returned to Wichita five years later in 1955 at Wichita Country Club.
Final leaderboard Sunday, October 1, 1950 Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 Babe Zaharias75-76-70-70=291−9 1,2502 Betsy Rawls (a)76-74-75-75=300E 03 Louise Suggs74-76-78-74=302+2 1,0004 Helen Dettweiler79-76-73-76=304+4 7005 Patty Berg77-77-81-72=307+7 500T6 Marlene Bauer79-76-76-77=308 +8 400 Fay Crocker (a)80-79-73-76=308 0 Beverly Hanson (a)76-79-73-80=3089 Betty Bush (a)76-73-78-87=314+14 010 Betty Jameson77-86-75-77=315+15 300 Source:
References
External links USGA final leaderboard U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship U.S. Women's Open – past champions – 1950