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Patty Berg

United States · born , Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · died

15major championships, LPGA count

Summary

  • First major 1946 U.S. Women's Open
  • Runner-up in majors 3 times
  • Other titles 1938 U.S. Women's Amateur

Wins

  1. 1937 Titleholders Championship won (an LPGA major)
  2. 1938 Titleholders Championship won (an LPGA major)
  3. 1938 U.S. Women's Amateur Westmoreland Country Club · 6 & 5
  4. 1939 Titleholders Championship won (an LPGA major)
  5. 1941 Western Open won (an LPGA major)
  6. 1943 Western Open won (an LPGA major)
  7. 1946 U.S. Women's Open Spokane Country Club · runner-up Betty Jameson
  8. 1948 Titleholders Championship won (an LPGA major)
  9. 1948 Western Open won (an LPGA major)
  10. 1951 Western Open won (an LPGA major)
  11. 1953 Titleholders Championship won (an LPGA major)
  12. 1955 Titleholders Championship won (an LPGA major)
  13. 1955 Western Open won (an LPGA major)
  14. 1957 Titleholders Championship won (an LPGA major)
  15. 1957 Western Open won (an LPGA major)
  16. 1958 Western Open won (an LPGA major)

Near misses

  1. 1935 U.S. Women's Amateur Interlachen Country Club · runner-up to Glenna Collett-Vare · 3 & 2
  2. 1937 U.S. Women's Amateur Memphis Country Club · runner-up to Estelle Lawson Page · 7 & 6
  3. 1956 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Marlene Hagge
  4. 1957 U.S. Women's Open Winged Foot Golf Club (East Course) · runner-up to Betsy Rawls · 305
  5. 1959 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Betsy Rawls

Rivals

Beat her

Marlene HaggeBeat Patty Berg to the 1956 Women's PGA Championship

Next in the chain: Betsy Rawls' rivals →

Moments

  1. 1946 U.S. Women's Open In the 36-hole final on Sunday, Sept. 1, Jameson went 3 up after seven holes of the morning round, Berg squared the match by the 18-hole lunch break, then won five of the first six holes after lunch to go 4 up at 27 and closed Jameson out 5 and 4 on the 32nd hole.
  2. 1946 U.S. Women's Open Babe Didrikson Zaharias, still an amateur and the No. 2 qualifier, was eliminated in the first round of match play by amateur Grace Lenczyk, 3 and 2.

Records and firsts

  1. various U.S. Women's Open largest 36-hole lead · 8 (Patty Berg 1953 (lost); Fay Crocker 1955)
  2. 1946 U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open first: champion (match play)

Results by championship

    Best day

    1946 U.S. Women's Open

    Spokane Country Club, Spokane, WA · runner-up Betty Jameson

    In the 36-hole final on Sunday, Sept. 1, Jameson went 3 up after seven holes of the morning round, Berg squared the match by the 18-hole lunch break, then won five of the first six holes after lunch to go 4 up at 27 and closed Jameson out 5 and 4 on the 32nd hole.

    Babe Didrikson Zaharias, still an amateur and the No. 2 qualifier, was eliminated in the first round of match play by amateur Grace Lenczyk, 3 and 2.

    Record: champion (match play)

    Chosen by rule: the major win our record tables single out. Year page: 1946.

    Career line, 1935–1959

    U.S. Women's Open
    1946 U.S. Women's Open: won1957 U.S. Women's Open: runner-up to Betsy Rawls
    Women's PGA
    1956 Women's PGA: runner-up to Marlene Hagge1959 Women's PGA: runner-up to Betsy Rawls
    Other LPGA majors
    1937 Titleholders Championship: won1938 Titleholders Championship: won1939 Titleholders Championship: won1941 Western Open: won1943 Western Open: won1948 Titleholders Championship: won1948 Western Open: won1951 Western Open: won1953 Titleholders Championship: won1955 Titleholders Championship: won1955 Western Open: won1957 Titleholders Championship: won1957 Western Open: won1958 Western Open: won
    U.S. Women's Amateur
    1935 U.S. Women's Amateur: runner-up1937 U.S. Women's Amateur: runner-up1938 U.S. Women's Amateur: won
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    21 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Major win
    • Other win
    • Runner-up

    Patty Berg was born on February 13, 1918, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Berg won 15 major championships by the LPGA's official count: 7 Titleholders Championships (1937, 1938, 1939, 1948, 1953, 1955, 1957), 7 Western Opens (1941, 1943, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1958) and 1 U.S. Women's Open (1946).

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (15)

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

    1. 1937 Titleholders Championship won (an LPGA major)
    2. 1938 Titleholders Championship won (an LPGA major)
    3. 1938 U.S. Women's Amateur Westmoreland Country Club · 6 & 5
    4. 1939 Titleholders Championship won (an LPGA major)
    5. 1941 Western Open won (an LPGA major)
    6. 1943 Western Open won (an LPGA major)
    7. 1946 U.S. Women's Open Spokane Country Club, Spokane, WA · runner-up Betty Jameson
    8. 1948 Titleholders Championship won (an LPGA major)
    9. 1948 Western Open won (an LPGA major)
    10. 1951 Western Open won (an LPGA major)
    11. 1953 Titleholders Championship won (an LPGA major)
    12. 1955 Titleholders Championship won (an LPGA major)
    13. 1955 Western Open won (an LPGA major)
    14. 1957 Titleholders Championship won (an LPGA major)
    15. 1957 Western Open won (an LPGA major)
    16. 1958 Western Open won (an LPGA major)

    Near misses

    1. 1935 U.S. Women's Amateur Interlachen Country Club · runner-up to Glenna Collett-Vare · 3 & 2
    2. 1937 U.S. Women's Amateur Memphis Country Club · runner-up to Estelle Lawson Page · 7 & 6
    3. 1956 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Marlene Hagge
    4. 1957 U.S. Women's Open Winged Foot Golf Club (East Course) · runner-up to Betsy Rawls · 305
    5. 1959 KPMG Women's PGA Championship runner-up to Betsy Rawls

    Other wins in championships we cover

    1. 1938 U.S. Women's Amateur Westmoreland Country Club · 6 & 5

    Records and firsts

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

    1. various U.S. Women's Open largest 36-hole lead · 8 (Patty Berg 1953 (lost); Fay Crocker 1955)
    2. 1946 U.S. Women's Open U.S. Women's Open first: champion (match play)

    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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    2. lpga.com: major championship records
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    5. mprnews.org: berg
    6. Wikipedia: Patty Berg
    7. Wikipedia: 1946 U.S. Women's Open
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    14. Wikipedia: U.S. Women's Amateur
    15. championships.usga.org: u s women s amateur champions
    16. championships.usga.org: u s women s amateur records
    17. Wikipedia: Glenna Collett-Vare