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Betty Jameson

United States · born , Norman, Oklahoma, United States · died

3major championships, LPGA count

Summary

  • First major 1947 U.S. Women's Open
  • Runner-up in majors 2 times
  • Other titles 1939 U.S. Women's Amateur and 1940 U.S. Women's Amateur

Wins

  1. 1939 U.S. Women's Amateur Wee Burn Country Club · 3 & 2
  2. 1940 U.S. Women's Amateur Pebble Beach Golf Links · 6 & 5
  3. 1942 Western Open won (an LPGA major)
  4. 1947 U.S. Women's Open Starmount Forest Country Club · 295 (-9) · by 6 strokes from Sally Sessions and Polly Riley
  5. 1954 Western Open won (an LPGA major)

Near misses

  1. 1946 U.S. Women's Open Spokane Country Club · runner-up to Patty Berg
  2. 1952 U.S. Women's Open Bala Golf Club · runner-up to Louise Suggs · 291

Rivals

Beat her

Next in the chain: Patty Berg's rivals →

Moments

  1. 1947 U.S. Women's Open Two strokes ahead after 54 holes at 225, Jameson closed with a six-under-par 70 (seven birdies and an eagle, over par only on Nos. 8, 12 and 17) for a 295 that set the Starmount course record, the first 72-hole stroke-play Women's Open.
  2. 1947 U.S. Women's Open Amateurs Sally Sessions and Polly Riley tied for second at 301 and went to sudden death for the runner-up spot: Sessions holed a four-foot birdie putt on the 438-yard first hole while Riley two-putted.

Records and firsts

  1. 1947 U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open first: stroke-play champion

Results by championship

    Best day

    1947 U.S. Women's Open

    Starmount Forest Country Club, Greensboro, NC · 295 (-9) · by 6 strokes from Sally Sessions and Polly Riley

    Two strokes ahead after 54 holes at 225, Jameson closed with a six-under-par 70 (seven birdies and an eagle, over par only on Nos. 8, 12 and 17) for a 295 that set the Starmount course record, the first 72-hole stroke-play Women's Open.

    Amateurs Sally Sessions and Polly Riley tied for second at 301 and went to sudden death for the runner-up spot: Sessions holed a four-foot birdie putt on the 438-yard first hole while Riley two-putted.

    Record: stroke-play champion

    Chosen by rule: the major win our record tables single out. Year page: 1947.

    Career line, 1939–1954

    U.S. Women's Open
    1946 U.S. Women's Open: runner-up to Patty Berg1947 U.S. Women's Open: won1952 U.S. Women's Open: runner-up to Louise Suggs
    Other LPGA majors
    1942 Western Open: won1954 Western Open: won
    U.S. Women's Amateur
    1939 U.S. Women's Amateur: won1940 U.S. Women's Amateur: won
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    7 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Major win
    • Other win
    • Runner-up

    Betty Jameson was born on May 9, 1919, in Norman, Oklahoma, United States. Jameson won 3 major championships by the LPGA's official count: 2 Western Opens (1942, 1954) and 1 U.S. Women's Open (1947).

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (3)

    Count and list are the LPGA official major-championship record as given in our U.S. Women's Open champions table.

    1. 1939 U.S. Women's Amateur Wee Burn Country Club · 3 & 2
    2. 1940 U.S. Women's Amateur Pebble Beach Golf Links · 6 & 5
    3. 1942 Western Open won (an LPGA major)
    4. 1947 U.S. Women's Open Starmount Forest Country Club, Greensboro, NC · 295 (-9) · by 6 strokes from Sally Sessions and Polly Riley
    5. 1954 Western Open won (an LPGA major)

    Near misses

    1. 1946 U.S. Women's Open Spokane Country Club · runner-up to Patty Berg
    2. 1952 U.S. Women's Open Bala Golf Club · runner-up to Louise Suggs · 291

    Other wins in championships we cover

    1. 1939 U.S. Women's Amateur Wee Burn Country Club · 3 & 2
    2. 1940 U.S. Women's Amateur Pebble Beach Golf Links · 6 & 5

    Records and firsts

    Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.

    1. 1947 U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open first: stroke-play champion

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia.

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

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