The 1948 U.S. Women's Open was the third U.S. Women's Open, held August 12–15 at Atlantic City Country Club in Northfield, New Jersey.
Babe Zaharias won the first of her three U.S. Women's Open titles, eight strokes ahead of runner-up Betty Hicks. It was the fifth of ten major championships for Zaharias.
The U.S. Women's Open returned to the course in 1965 and 1975.
Final leaderboard Sunday, August 15, 1948 Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 Babe Zaharias75-72-75-78=300E1,2002 Betty Hicks84-75-72-77=308+81,0003 Betty Jameson79-77-78-78=312+12825T4 Patty Berg80-78-81-74=313+13750 Grace Lenczyk (a)79-78-73-83=3130T6 Peggy Kirk (a)74-80-81-80=315+150 Mary Agnes Wall (a)79-78-78-80=315T8 Beverly Hanson (a)78-81-82-77=318+180 Mary Mozell79-77-83-79=318700T10 Katherine Hemphill80-73-83-85=321+21550 Sally Sessions76-81-79-85=321 Source:
References
External links USGA final leaderboard Gettysburg Times explaining par source U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship U.S. Women's Open – past champions – 1948