1950 U.S. Women's Open: Babe Zaharias wins at Rolling Hills Country Club
Babe Zaharias won the 1950 U.S. Women's Open at Rolling Hills Country Club, Wichita, Kansas, United States with 291 (−9), by 9 strokes over Betsy Rawls (a).
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the U.S. Women's Open winners list.
- Dates
- September 27, 1950 to September 30, 1950
- Course
- Rolling Hills Country Club, Wichita, Kansas, United States
- Edition
- 5th edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 75 · 6,203 yards
- Purse
- $5,000 · winner's share $1,250
- Champion
- Babe Zaharias · age 39 · United States · born Port Arthur, Texas, United States
- Champion's title
- 2nd title at this event · 8th major
- Winning score
- 75-76-70-70 = 291 (−9) · won by 9 strokes
- Runner-up
- Betsy Rawls (a) (300)
- 54-hole leader
- Babe Zaharias
- Low amateur
- Betsy Rawls (300)
- Run by
- LPGA
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Babe Zaharias | 75 | 76 | 70 | 70 | 291 | −9 |
| 2 | Betsy Rawls (a) | 76 | 74 | 75 | 75 | 300 | E |
What happened at the 1950 U.S. Women's Open
Babe Didrikson Zaharias shot 70 in each of the last two rounds, the only scores under 72 all week, turning a two-stroke deficit after 36 holes into a nine-stroke win.
Amateur Betsy Rawls finished alone in second at 300, the best finish by an amateur in the championship to that point; she won the title as a professional a year later.
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).