1948 Titleholders Championship: Patty Berg wins at Augusta Country Club

Patty Berg won the 1948 Titleholders Championship at Augusta Country Club, Augusta, Georgia, United States with 308 (+8), by 1 stroke over Peggy Kirk Bell and Babe Zaharias.

Updated October 23, 2026

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Dates: March 18, 1948 to March 21, 1948
Course: Augusta Country Club, Augusta, Georgia, United States
Edition: 9th edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Champion: Patty Berg · age 30 · United States · born Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Champion's title: 4th title at this event · 7th major
Winning score: 80-74-78-76 = 308 (+8) · won by 1 stroke
Runners-up: Peggy Kirk Bell, Babe Zaharias (309 each)
54-hole leader: Babe Zaharias · Patty Berg was 2 strokes back
Low amateur: Peggy Kirk Bell (309)

Winner and runners-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Patty Berg	80	74	78	76	308	+8
T2	Peggy Kirk Bell					309
T2	Babe Zaharias					309

What happened at the 1948 Titleholders Championship

Patty Berg, now a professional, beat Babe Zaharias and amateur Peggy Kirk by one stroke — the United Press headline read 'Berg Upsets Babe Zaharias.'

Zaharias's third-round 73 gave her the best 54-hole total (230) among the leaders, but she closed with a 79.

How this was built

Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's Titleholders Championship data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.

Data: womens-golf-majors_dataset_2026-10-20.json (GNN's women's majors research set, "master" row for this year, research dated October 20, 2026).

1948 Titleholders Championship: Patty Berg wins at Augusta Country Club

Winner and runners-up

What happened at the 1948 Titleholders Championship

How this was built

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