1973 U.S. Women's Open: Susie Maxwell Berning wins at Country Club of Rochester
Susie Maxwell Berning won the 1973 U.S. Women's Open at Country Club of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States with 290 (+2), by 5 strokes over Shelley Hamlin and Gloria Ehret.
Updated October 23, 2026
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- Dates
- July 19, 1973 to July 22, 1973
- Course
- Country Club of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States
- Edition
- 28th edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 72 · 6,120 yards
- Entries
- 150
- Field
- 147
- Made the cut
- 59 (cut at 155)
- Purse
- $40,000 · winner's share $6,000
- Champion
- Susie Maxwell Berning · age 32 · United States · born Pasadena, California, United States
- Champion's title
- 3rd title at this event · 4th major
- Winning score
- 72-77-69-72 = 290 (+2) · won by 5 strokes
- Runners-up
- Shelley Hamlin, Gloria Ehret (295 each)
- 54-hole leader
- Susie Maxwell Berning, Pam Higgins
- Low amateur
- Anne Quast (296)
- Run by
- United States Golf Association
Winner and runners-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Susie Maxwell Berning | 72 | 77 | 69 | 72 | 290 | +2 |
| T2 | Gloria Ehret | 75 | 75 | 74 | 71 | 295 | +7 |
| T2 | Shelley Hamlin | 76 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 295 | +7 |
What happened at the 1973 U.S. Women's Open
Susie Maxwell Berning, seven strokes behind Sharon Miller after 36 holes, shot a third-round 69 to tie Pam Higgins for the lead at 218.
Berning parred the first hole of the final round while Higgins bogeyed it to take the lead for good, and Shelley Hamlin's late run ended with a three-putt bogey on the 13th.
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
- Wikipedia: 1973 U.S. Women's Open
- Wikipedia: U.S. Women's Open
- Wikipedia: Susie Maxwell Berning
- golfcompendium.com: 1973 us womens open
- golfcompendium.com: susie maxwell berning golfer
- usga.org: hall call comes to for 3 time u s women s open champ…
- si.com: birthday present for herself