The 1949 U.S. Women's Open was the fourth U.S. Women's Open, held September 22–25 at Prince George's Country Club in Landover, Maryland, a suburb east of Washington, D.C.
Louise Suggs led wire-to-wire and won the first of her two U.S. Women's Open titles, fourteen strokes ahead of runner-up Babe Zaharias, the defending champion. It was the fourth of eleven major championships for Suggs.
The course no longer exists and is now the site of Kentland Community Center Park.
Final leaderboard Sunday, September 25, 1949 Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 Louise Suggs69-75-77-70=291−91,5002 Babe Zaharias74-76-75-80=305+51,0003 Carol Diringer (a)75-76-77-78=306+60T4 Patty Berg73-84-78-75=310+10800 Dot Kielty (a)74-83-76-77=3100T6 Marlene Bauer (a)75-78-78-80=311+110 Beverly Hanson (a)72-81-75-83=311 Mae-Murray Jones (a)78-78-79-76=311 Frances Stephens (a)75-81-80-75=31110 Polly Riley (a)75-83-79-75=312+120
References
External links USGA final leaderboard U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship U.S. Women's Open – past champions – 1949