1949 U.S. Women's Open: Louise Suggs wins at Prince Georges Golf & Country Club
Louise Suggs won the 1949 U.S. Women's Open at Prince Georges Golf & Country Club, Landover, Maryland, United States with 291 (−9), by 14 strokes over Babe Zaharias.
Updated October 23, 2026
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- Dates
- September 22, 1949 to September 25, 1949
- Course
- Prince Georges Golf & Country Club, Landover, Maryland, United States
- Edition
- 4th edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 75 · 6,892 yards
- Field
- 60
- Purse
- $7,500 · winner's share $1,500
- Champion
- Louise Suggs · age 26 · United States · born Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 5th major
- Winning score
- 69-75-77-70 = 291 (−9) · won by 14 strokes
- Runner-up
- Babe Zaharias (305)
- 54-hole leader
- Louise Suggs
- Low amateur
- Carol Diringer (306)
- Run by
- LPGA
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louise Suggs | 69 | 75 | 77 | 70 | 291 | −9 |
| 2 | Babe Didrikson Zaharias | 74 | 76 | 75 | 80 | 305 | +5 |
What happened at the 1949 U.S. Women's Open
Louise Suggs opened with a 69, the low round of the championship, for a three-stroke first-round lead.
Suggs won by 14 strokes over defending champion Babe Didrikson Zaharias, still the largest winning margin in the championship's history.
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).