1946 U.S. Women's Open: Patty Berg wins at Spokane Country Club
Patty Berg won the 1946 U.S. Women's Open at Spokane Country Club, Spokane, Washington, United States, over Betty Jameson.
Updated October 23, 2026
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- Dates
- August 26, 1946 to September 1, 1946
- Course
- Spokane Country Club, Spokane, Washington, United States
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- match play
- Par
- 74 · 6,387 yards
- Field
- 39
- Made the cut
- 32 (cut at 188)
- Purse
- $19,700 · winner's share $5,600
- Champion
- Patty Berg · age 28 · United States · born Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 6th major
- Result
- 5 & 4
- Runner-up
- Betty Jameson
- Run by
- Women's Professional Golfers' Association
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Patty Berg |
| 2 | Betty Jameson |
What happened at the 1946 U.S. Women's Open
In the first round of match play, 18-year-old amateur Grace Lenczyk beat Babe Didrikson Zaharias 3 and 2, ending a streak in which Zaharias had won her previous 13 tournaments.
In the 36-hole final Betty Jameson led by three holes after seven, the match was all square after 18, and Patty Berg closed it out 5 and 4 on the 14th hole of the afternoon round.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's U.S. Women's Open 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).
Also from GNN's U.S. Women's Open set (entries, runners-up round by round, values the majors set does not hold).