1960 U.S. Women's Open: Betsy Rawls wins at Worcester Country Club
Betsy Rawls won the 1960 U.S. Women's Open at Worcester Country Club, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States with 292 (+4), by 1 stroke over Joyce Ziske.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the U.S. Women's Open winners list.
- Dates
- July 21, 1960 to July 23, 1960
- Course
- Worcester Country Club, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
- Edition
- 15th edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 72 · 6,137 yards
- Entries
- 57
- Field
- 53
- Made the cut
- 42 (cut at 173)
- Purse
- $7,200 · winner's share $1,710
- Champion
- Betsy Rawls · age 32 · United States · born Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
- Champion's title
- 4th title at this event · 7th major
- Winning score
- 76-73-68-75 = 292 (+4) · won by 1 stroke
- Runner-up
- Joyce Ziske (293)
- 54-hole leader
- Mickey Wright, Betsy Rawls
- Low amateur
- Judy Torluemke (326)
- Run by
- United States Golf Association
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Betsy Rawls | 76 | 73 | 68 | 75 | 292 | +4 |
| 2 | Joyce Ziske | 75 | 74 | 71 | 73 | 293 | +5 |
What happened at the 1960 U.S. Women's Open
Mickey Wright led or shared the lead after each of the first three rounds but closed with an 82 and finished fifth, the first player in USGA records to lead the first three rounds and not win.
Betsy Rawls, seven strokes back at the halfway point, shot a third-round 68, three better than anyone else that week, then played the final back nine in 35 to beat Joyce Ziske by one.
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).
Sources
- usga.org: 26USWomensOpen
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