1955 U.S. Women's Open: Fay Crocker wins at Wichita Country Club
Fay Crocker won the 1955 U.S. Women's Open at Wichita Country Club, Wichita, Kansas, United States with 299 (+11), by 4 strokes over Louise Suggs and Mary Lena Faulk.
Updated October 23, 2026
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- Dates
- June 30, 1955 to July 2, 1955
- Course
- Wichita Country Club, Wichita, Kansas, United States
- Edition
- 10th edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 72 · 6,330 yards
- Entries
- 49
- Field
- 46
- Purse
- $7,500 · winner's share $2,000
- Champion
- Fay Crocker · age 40 · Uruguay · born Montevideo, Uruguay
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 1st major
- Winning score
- 74-72-79-74 = 299 (+11) · won by 4 strokes
- Runners-up
- Louise Suggs, Mary Lena Faulk (303 each)
- 54-hole leader
- Fay Crocker
- Low amateurs
- Polly Riley, Jackie Yates (309 each)
- Run by
- United States Golf Association
Winner and runners-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fay Crocker | 74 | 72 | 79 | 74 | 299 | +11 |
| T2 | Louise Suggs | 79 | 77 | 72 | 75 | 303 | +15 |
| T2 | Mary Lena Faulk | 77 | 77 | 72 | 77 | 303 | +15 |
What happened at the 1955 U.S. Women's Open
Fay Crocker shot 72 in second-round winds gusting to about 40 mph, three strokes better than anyone else, to take an eight-stroke 36-hole lead that is still tied for the championship record.
A third-round 79 cut Crocker's lead to one stroke over Mary Lena Faulk, but she closed with 74 to win by four.
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).