The U.S. Women’s Open year by year: every champion, her score and the course, 1946 to 2026
The U.S. Women’s Open has been played 81 times from 1946 to 2026, at stroke play from 1947 after a match-play first edition; 14 went to a playoff, and Betsy Rawls and Mickey Wright won it the most times, 4.
Updated October 23, 2026
2026 U.S. Women’s Open: Nelly Korda wins at The Riviera Country Club
Nelly Korda won the 2026 U.S. Women’s Open at The Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, CA, with 276 (-8), one stroke ahead of Charley Hull and Gaby Lopez.
Her rounds: 73-67-67-69.
Korda never held the outright lead until she holed a 9-foot birdie putt on the par-5 17th, then holed a nervy 3-foot (2 ft 10 in) par putt on No. 18 that hit the left lip before dropping to win by one.
2025 U.S. Women’s Open: Maja Stark wins at Erin Hills
Maja Stark won the 2025 U.S. Women’s Open at Erin Hills, Erin, WI, with 281 (-7), 2 strokes ahead of Nelly Korda and Rio Takeda.
Her rounds: 70-69-70-72.
Midway through the final round a two-stroke swing decided it: Stark holed a 14-foot birdie on No. 11 almost simultaneously with Nelly Korda's three-putt bogey (a missed 5-footer) on No. 13, putting Stark three clear.
2024 U.S. Women’s Open: Yuka Saso wins at Lancaster C.C.
Yuka Saso won the 2024 U.S. Women’s Open at Lancaster C.C., Lancaster, PA, with 276 (-4), 3 strokes ahead of Hinako Shibuno.
Her rounds: 68-71-69-68.
After a four-putt double bogey on the par-3 sixth, Saso birdied the 12th from 11 feet, hit a 77-yard wedge to 3 feet at the par-5 13th, an approach to 6 feet at 15 and drove the green 237 yards to 19 feet at the shortened par-4 16th for a two-putt birdie.
2023 U.S. Women’s Open: Allisen Corpuz wins at Pebble Beach G.L.
Allisen Corpuz won the 2023 U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach G.L., Pebble Beach, CA, with 279 (-9), 3 strokes ahead of Charley Hull and Jiyai Shin.
Her rounds: 69-70-71-69.
Corpuz holed a clutch 16-foot par putt on the par-3 12th and birdied Nos. 10, 14 and 15 without a putt longer than 10 feet, playing Pebble Beach's closing 11 holes in 1 under.
2022 U.S. Women’s Open: Minjee Lee wins at Pine Needles L. & G.C.
Minjee Lee won the 2022 U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles L. & G.C., Southern Pines, NC, with 271 (-13), 4 strokes ahead of Mina Harigae.
Her rounds: 67-66-67-71.
Lee's 13-under 271 broke the championship's 72-hole scoring record of 272 (Sorenstam 1996, Inkster 1999, Chun 2015), and her 67-66-67 set the 54-hole record of 200.
2021 U.S. Women’s Open: Yuka Saso wins at The Olympic Club (Lake Course)
Yuka Saso won the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open at The Olympic Club (Lake Course), San Francisco, CA, tied with Nasa Hataoka at 280 (-4) and winning the playoff (3rd extra hole (No. 9), first sudden-death hole: Saso 4-4-3 (10-foot birdie), Hataoka 4-4-x).
Her rounds: 69-67-71-73.
After both players parred Nos. 9 and 18 in the two-hole aggregate playoff, Saso holed a 10-foot birdie putt back on the ninth hole, the first sudden-death hole, to beat Nasa Hataoka.
2020 U.S. Women’s Open: A Lim Kim wins at Champions G.C. (Cypress Creek & Jackrabbit Courses)
A Lim Kim won the 2020 U.S. Women’s Open at Champions G.C. (Cypress Creek & Jackrabbit Courses), Houston, TX, with 281 (-3), one stroke ahead of Jin Young Ko and Amy Olson.
Her rounds: 68-74-72-67.
At even par for the championship on the 178-yard 16th, Kim hit a 5-iron to 4 feet, an 8-iron to 18 inches on the 393-yard 17th and a 48-degree wedge to 7 feet on the 381-yard 18th, birdieing all three to win by one.
2019 U.S. Women’s Open: Jeongeun Lee6 wins at Country Club of Charleston
Jeongeun Lee6 won the 2019 U.S. Women’s Open at Country Club of Charleston, Charleston, SC, with 278 (-6), 2 strokes ahead of Angel Yin, So Yeon Ryu and Lexi Thompson.
Her rounds: 70-69-69-70.
Lee6 took control at the treacherous par-3 11th, where she birdied while Lexi Thompson bogeyed, then birdied the par-4 12th to lead Jaye Marie Green by two; bogeys at 16 and 18 still left her the clubhouse lead at 6 under.
2018 U.S. Women’s Open: Ariya Jutanugarn wins at Shoal Creek
Ariya Jutanugarn won the 2018 U.S. Women’s Open at Shoal Creek, Shoal Creek, AL, tied with Hyo Joo Kim at 277 (-11) and winning the playoff (4th extra hole (No. 18): Jutanugarn 4-4-4-4, Kim 3-5-4-5).
Her rounds: 67-70-67-73.
Four strokes ahead of Sarah Jane Smith to start Sunday, Jutanugarn stretched her lead to seven before a triple bogey at No. 10 cut it to four; further bogeys, including two closing ones, gave her a 73 and let Hyo-Joo Kim (final-round 67, with a 50-footer on 15) into a playoff.
2017 U.S. Women’s Open: Sung Hyun Park wins at Trump National Golf Club (Old Course)
Sung Hyun Park won the 2017 U.S. Women’s Open at Trump National Golf Club (Old Course), Bedminster, NJ, with 277 (-11), 2 strokes ahead of Hye-Jin Choi (amateur).
Her rounds: 73-70-67-67.
Two strokes ahead after birdieing the 17th, Park hit over the green at the par-5 18th and needed a fine chip to save par for a closing 67 and the clubhouse lead at 11 under.
2016 U.S. Women’s Open: Brittany Lang wins at CordeValle
Brittany Lang won the 2016 U.S. Women’s Open at CordeValle, San Martin, CA, tied with Anna Nordqvist at 282 (-6) and winning the playoff (3-hole aggregate, decided by total (Lang 3-4-5=12, Nordqvist 3-6-6=15, including Nordqvist's 2-stroke penalty on No. 17)).
Her rounds: 68-75-68-71.
In the playoff, Fox television video showed Anna Nordqvist's 5-iron touching the sand on her backswing in the fairway bunker at the 17th (the second playoff hole); the two-stroke penalty turned her 4 into a 6, and the players were told midway through the 18th, before Lang's wedge approach.
2015 U.S. Women’s Open: In Gee Chun wins at Lancaster Country Club
In Gee Chun won the 2015 U.S. Women’s Open at Lancaster Country Club, Lancaster, PA, with 272 (-8), one stroke ahead of Amy Yang.
Her rounds: 68-70-68-66.
Playing her first U.S. Women's Open, Chun closed with a 4-under 66 that included three straight birdies on the 15th, 16th and 17th holes, taking the lead for good on the 69th hole.
2014 U.S. Women’s Open: Michelle Wie wins at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club (Course No. 2)
Michelle Wie won the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club (Course No. 2), Village of Pinehurst, NC, with 278 (-2), 2 strokes ahead of Stacy Lewis.
Her rounds: 68-68-72-70.
Leading by three on the 16th hole on Sunday, Wie hit from a fairway bunker into a wiregrass bush, took a penalty drop and holed a 5-foot putt for double bogey, cutting her lead over clubhouse leader Stacy Lewis to one.
2013 U.S. Women’s Open: Inbee Park wins at Sebonack Golf Club
Inbee Park won the 2013 U.S. Women’s Open at Sebonack Golf Club, Southampton, NY, with 280 (-8), 4 strokes ahead of I.K. Kim.
Her rounds: 67-68-71-74.
Park's four-stroke win made her the first player since Babe Zaharias in 1950 to win the first three major championships of a season, after the Kraft Nabisco and the LPGA Championship.
2012 U.S. Women’s Open: Na Yeon Choi wins at Blackwolf Run
Na Yeon Choi won the 2012 U.S. Women’s Open at Blackwolf Run, Kohler, WI, with 281 (-7), 4 strokes ahead of Amy Yang.
Her rounds: 71-72-65-73.
Choi fired a third-round 7-under 65 on Saturday, tying the championship's lowest third-round score, to take a six-stroke lead into Sunday.
2011 U.S. Women’s Open: So Yeon Ryu wins at The Broadmoor (East Course)
So Yeon Ryu won the 2011 U.S. Women’s Open at The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, CO, tied with Hee Kyung Seo at 281 (-3) and winning the playoff (3-hole aggregate, decided by total (Ryu 3-4-3=10, Seo 3-6-4=13)).
Her rounds: 74-69-69-69.
Resuming her weather-suspended final round on Monday morning one stroke behind clubhouse leader Hee Kyung Seo with three holes left, Ryu hit her approach on the 72nd hole to eight feet and holed the birdie putt to force a playoff.
2010 U.S. Women’s Open: Paula Creamer wins at Oakmont Country Club
Paula Creamer won the 2010 U.S. Women’s Open at Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, PA, with 281 (-3), 4 strokes ahead of Na Yeon Choi and Suzann Pettersen.
Her rounds: 72-70-70-69.
Creamer, playing her fifth event of the year after reconstructive surgery on her left thumb, birdied the 14th and 15th holes in the final round to reach 3 under and finished as the only player under par for 72 holes at Oakmont.
2009 U.S. Women’s Open: Eun-Hee Ji wins at Saucon Valley C.C. (Old Course)
Eun-Hee Ji won the 2009 U.S. Women’s Open at Saucon Valley C.C. (Old Course), Bethlehem, PA, with 284 (even par), one stroke ahead of Candie Kung.
Her rounds: 71-72-70-71.
Ji holed a 20-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole for an even-par 71 and a one-stroke win over Candie Kung, the first player to birdie the 72nd hole to win by one since Lauri Merten in 1993.
2008 U.S. Women’s Open: Inbee Park wins at Interlachen C.C.
Inbee Park won the 2008 U.S. Women’s Open at Interlachen C.C., Edina, MN, with 283 (-9), 4 strokes ahead of Helen Alfredsson.
Her rounds: 72-69-71-71.
Park opened the final round with birdies on the first two holes to tie Stacy Lewis at 9 under, and a 15-foot downhill par putt at the 9th kept her two strokes clear.
2007 U.S. Women’s Open: Cristie Kerr wins at Pine Needles L. & G.C.
Cristie Kerr won the 2007 U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles L. & G.C., Southern Pines, NC, with 279 (-5), 2 strokes ahead of Angela Park and Lorena Ochoa.
Her rounds: 71-72-66-70.
Tied with world No. 1 Lorena Ochoa in the final round, Kerr holed a 24-foot birdie putt at the par-4 14th, a hole that yielded only four birdies all day, to take the lead for good.
2006 U.S. Women’s Open: Annika Sorenstam wins at Newport C.C.
Annika Sorenstam won the 2006 U.S. Women’s Open at Newport C.C., Newport, RI, tied with Pat Hurst at 284 (even par) and winning the playoff (18-hole playoff, decided by total (70-74)).
Her rounds: 69-71-73-71.
On the 72nd hole Pat Hurst holed a pressure-packed 4-foot putt and Sorenstam tapped in from 2 feet, leaving them tied at even-par 284 and forcing an 18-hole Monday playoff.
2005 U.S. Women’s Open: Birdie Kim wins at Cherry Hills C.C.
Birdie Kim won the 2005 U.S. Women’s Open at Cherry Hills C.C., Cherry Hills Village, CO, with 287 (+3), 2 strokes ahead of Brittany Lang (amateur) and Morgan Pressel (amateur).
Her rounds: 74-72-69-72.
Tied with Morgan Pressel on the 72nd hole, Kim blocked a 7-wood into the right greenside bunker about 45 feet from the hole and holed the bunker shot for birdie with a two-week-old sand wedge.
2004 U.S. Women’s Open: Meg Mallon wins at Orchards G.C.
Meg Mallon won the 2004 U.S. Women’s Open at Orchards G.C., South Hadley, MA, with 274 (-10), 2 strokes ahead of Annika Sorenstam.
Her rounds: 73-69-67-65.
Mallon's closing 65 got going with a 54-foot downhill birdie putt at the 4th hole, and she took the outright lead with a 2-foot birdie at the 9th.
2003 U.S. Women’s Open: Hilary Lunke wins at Pumpkin Ridge G.C. (Witch Hollow Course)
Hilary Lunke won the 2003 U.S. Women’s Open at Pumpkin Ridge G.C. (Witch Hollow Course), North Plains, OR, tied with Angela Stanford and Kelly Robbins at 283 (-1) and winning the playoff (18-hole playoff, decided by total (Lunke 70, Stanford 71, Robbins 73); Lunke holed a 15-foot birdie putt on the 18th to avoid sudden death).
Her rounds: 71-69-68-75.
On the 18th hole of the Monday playoff, Angela Stanford holed a 25-foot birdie putt from the fringe to tie, and Lunke then rolled in a 15-foot birdie putt to win outright.
2002 U.S. Women’s Open: Juli Inkster wins at Prairie Dunes C.C.
Juli Inkster won the 2002 U.S. Women’s Open at Prairie Dunes C.C., Hutchinson, KS, with 276 (-4), 2 strokes ahead of Annika Sorenstam.
Her rounds: 67-72-71-66.
Inkster tied Sorenstam at the par-4 6th in the final round by chipping in for birdie from about 65 feet off the green after driving into the first cut of rough.
2001 U.S. Women’s Open: Karrie Webb wins at Pine Needles L. & G.C.
Karrie Webb won the 2001 U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles L. & G.C., Southern Pines, NC, with 273 (-7), 8 strokes ahead of Se Ri Pak.
Her rounds: 70-65-69-69.
At the par-4 7th in the final round Webb hit a 6-iron to 16 feet and holed the birdie putt while Se Ri Pak missed a 15-footer for par, leaving Webb six strokes clear with 11 holes to play.
2000 U.S. Women’s Open: Karrie Webb wins at The Merit Club
Karrie Webb won the 2000 U.S. Women’s Open at The Merit Club, Gurnee, IL, with 282 (-6), 5 strokes ahead of Cristie Kerr and Meg Mallon.
Her rounds: 69-72-68-73.
Leading by four entering the final round, Webb hit into the water and double-bogeyed the 7th, and Meg Mallon's 30-foot uphill birdie putt at the 9th then wiped out the lead entirely.
1999 U.S. Women’s Open: Juli Inkster wins at Old Waverly G.C.
Juli Inkster won the 1999 U.S. Women’s Open at Old Waverly G.C., West Point, MS, with 272 (-16), 5 strokes ahead of Sherri Turner.
Her rounds: 65-69-67-71.
Four strokes ahead starting the final round, Inkster saved par at the 7th with what she called an "all-world" bunker shot from a fried-egg lie, with water beyond the green.
1998 U.S. Women’s Open: Se Ri Pak wins at Blackwolf Run G.C.
Se Ri Pak won the 1998 U.S. Women’s Open at Blackwolf Run G.C., Kohler, WI, tied with Jenny Chuasiriporn (amateur) at 290 (+6) and winning the playoff (2nd sudden-death hole (No. 11) after the 18-hole playoff tied 73-73 and both parred No. 10 (par 5); Pak birdie 3 to par 4).
Her rounds: 69-70-75-76.
On the 18th hole of the Monday playoff Pak drove into the water hazard, took off her shoes and socks, waded in and played out, then reached the green and bogeyed to stay level with Chuasiriporn at 73.
1997 U.S. Women’s Open: Alison Nicholas wins at Pumpkin Ridge G.C. (Witch Hollow Course)
Alison Nicholas won the 1997 U.S. Women’s Open at Pumpkin Ridge G.C. (Witch Hollow Course), North Plains, OR, with 274 (-10), one stroke ahead of Nancy Lopez.
Her rounds: 70-66-67-71.
Paired with Nancy Lopez in the final group, Nicholas holed a 56-yard shot for eagle at the 4th hole to go four strokes clear.
1996 U.S. Women’s Open: Annika Sorenstam wins at Pine Needles L. & G.C.
Annika Sorenstam won the 1996 U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles L. & G.C., Southern Pines, NC, with 272 (-8), 6 strokes ahead of Kris Tschetter.
Her rounds: 70-67-69-66.
Leading by three after 54 holes, Sorenstam eagled the par-5 10th in the final round, reaching the green with a 3-wood and holing a putt of about 20 feet to go 8 under par.
1995 U.S. Women’s Open: Annika Sorenstam wins at Broadmoor G.C. (East Course)
Annika Sorenstam won the 1995 U.S. Women’s Open at Broadmoor G.C. (East Course), Colorado Springs, CO, with 278 (-2), one stroke ahead of Meg Mallon.
Her rounds: 67-71-72-68.
Five behind at the start of the final round, Sorenstam birdied the 9th (3-wood to the green, two putts), the 10th (6-iron to 11 feet) and the 11th (wedge to 7 feet) to move in front, then held on despite bogeys at 15 and 16.
1994 U.S. Women’s Open: Patty Sheehan wins at Indianwood G. & C.C. (Old Course)
Patty Sheehan won the 1994 U.S. Women’s Open at Indianwood G. & C.C. (Old Course), Lake Orion, MI, with 277 (-7), one stroke ahead of Tammie Green.
Her rounds: 66-71-69-71.
Tied with Green, Sheehan drove into the right rough on the 404-yard 16th and hit a 7-iron from 171 yards to about four or five feet for the decisive birdie.
1993 U.S. Women’s Open: Lauri Merten wins at Crooked Stick G.C.
Lauri Merten won the 1993 U.S. Women’s Open at Crooked Stick G.C., Carmel, IN, with 280 (-8), one stroke ahead of Donna Andrews and Helen Alfredsson.
Her rounds: 71-71-70-68.
From a muddy lie beside the greenside pond about 70 feet from the hole at the 404-yard 16th, Merten chipped in with a 9-iron for a birdie that tied her for the lead.
1992 U.S. Women’s Open: Patty Sheehan wins at Oakmont C.C.
Patty Sheehan won the 1992 U.S. Women’s Open at Oakmont C.C., Oakmont, PA, tied with Juli Inkster at 280 (-4) and winning the playoff (18-hole playoff, decided by total (72-74)).
Her rounds: 69-72-70-69.
Two strokes behind Inkster with two holes to play after a roughly 45-minute rain delay, Sheehan birdied the 71st and 72nd holes (Nos. 17 and 18) for a closing 69 to tie her at 280 and force a playoff.
1991 U.S. Women’s Open: Meg Mallon wins at Colonial C.C.
Meg Mallon won the 1991 U.S. Women’s Open at Colonial C.C., Fort Worth, TX, with 283 (-1), 2 strokes ahead of Pat Bradley.
Her rounds: 70-75-71-67.
Mallon seized the lead with an 18-foot birdie putt on the 400-yard 14th and followed with a 20-footer for birdie on the 15th, playing the back nine in 32 for a closing 67.
1990 U.S. Women’s Open: Betsy King wins at Atlanta Athletic Club (Riverside Course)
Betsy King won the 1990 U.S. Women’s Open at Atlanta Athletic Club (Riverside Course), Duluth, GA, with 284 (-4), one stroke ahead of Patty Sheehan.
Her rounds: 72-71-71-70.
Sheehan, 10 under after a then-record 36-hole 134, reached the 36-hole Sunday with a big lead but double-bogeyed the 18th in a third-round 75, then after birdies at 14 and 15 tied King in the final round, bogeyed the 17th and lost by one with a 76.
1989 U.S. Women’s Open: Betsy King wins at Indianwood G. & C.C. (Old Course)
Betsy King won the 1989 U.S. Women’s Open at Indianwood G. & C.C. (Old Course), Lake Orion, MI, with 278 (-6), 4 strokes ahead of Nancy Lopez.
Her rounds: 67-71-72-68.
Seven under through 14 holes on Saturday, King drove into the heather at the par-5 15th and played the last four holes in four over (bogey, double bogey at the par-3 17th, bogey at 18) to fall into a tie with Patty Sheehan.
1988 U.S. Women’s Open: Liselotte Neumann wins at Baltimore C.C. (Five Farms, East Course)
Liselotte Neumann won the 1988 U.S. Women’s Open at Baltimore C.C. (Five Farms, East Course), Baltimore, MD, with 277 (-7), 3 strokes ahead of Patty Sheehan.
Her rounds: 67-72-69-69.
Neumann four-putted from about 30 feet for a double bogey early in the final round, dropping into a three-way tie with Patty Sheehan and Colleen Walker, then birdied 10, 11 and 12 and won going away.
1987 U.S. Women’s Open: Laura Davies wins at Plainfield C.C.
Laura Davies won the 1987 U.S. Women’s Open at Plainfield C.C., Edison, NJ, tied with Ayako Okamoto and JoAnne Carner at 285 (-3) and winning the playoff (18-hole playoff, decided by total (Davies 71, Okamoto 73, Carner 74)).
Her rounds: 72-70-72-71.
JoAnne Carner, 48, holed a four-foot birdie at the 17th on Monday to take the lead but missed a five-foot par putt at the 18th, forcing the first three-way playoff in Women's Open history.
1986 U.S. Women’s Open: Jane Geddes wins at NCR C.C.
Jane Geddes won the 1986 U.S. Women’s Open at NCR C.C., Kettering, OH, tied with Sally Little at 287 (-1) and winning the playoff (18-hole playoff, decided by total (71-73)).
Her rounds: 74-74-70-69.
In the Monday playoff Sally Little birdied 5, 6 and 7 to lead by three, then double-bogeyed the 9th after taking two to escape a bunker; Geddes went ahead for good with a five-foot birdie at the 14th and won 71-73.
1985 U.S. Women’s Open: Kathy Baker wins at Baltusrol G.C. (Upper Course)
Kathy Baker won the 1985 U.S. Women’s Open at Baltusrol G.C. (Upper Course), Springfield, NJ, with 280 (-8), 3 strokes ahead of Judy Clark.
Her rounds: 70-72-68-70.
Baker took the 54-hole lead by rolling in a 15-foot birdie on the final hole of a third-round 68, a then-record 210 for 54 holes.
1984 U.S. Women’s Open: Hollis Stacy wins at Salem C.C.
Hollis Stacy won the 1984 U.S. Women’s Open at Salem C.C., Peabody, MA, with 290 (+2), one stroke ahead of Rosie Jones.
Her rounds: 74-72-75-69.
Five strokes back after a 6 at the 4th hole on Sunday, Stacy holed a 7-iron second shot for an eagle 2 at the 13th and a 20-foot birdie putt at the 16th to catch the leaders.
1983 U.S. Women’s Open: Jan Stephenson wins at Cedar Ridge C.C.
Jan Stephenson won the 1983 U.S. Women’s Open at Cedar Ridge C.C., Tulsa, OK, with 290 (+6), one stroke ahead of Patty Sheehan and JoAnne Carner.
Her rounds: 72-73-71-74.
Stephenson went into the water twice in the first five holes on Sunday, then saved par at the 6th with a chip, birdied the par-4 12th with a 4-wood to 2.5 feet, and played the last two holes safely for bogeys to win by one.
1982 U.S. Women’s Open: Janet Alex wins at Del Paso C.C.
Janet Alex won the 1982 U.S. Women’s Open at Del Paso C.C., Sacramento, CA, with 283 (-5), 6 strokes ahead of Donna White, Sandra Haynie, Beth Daniel and JoAnne Carner.
Her rounds: 70-73-72-68.
Alex took the lead for good with a birdie at the 8th and then rolled in a five-foot birdie at the par-5 13th, where JoAnne Carner three-putted from 18 feet and Beth Daniel also bogeyed.
1981 U.S. Women’s Open: Pat Bradley wins at La Grange C.C.
Pat Bradley won the 1981 U.S. Women’s Open at La Grange C.C., La Grange, IL, with 279 (-9), one stroke ahead of Beth Daniel.
Her rounds: 71-74-68-66.
Paired with Beth Daniel in the final round, Bradley broke their deadlock with a birdie putt of nearly 70 feet on the 15th and then wedged to two feet at the par-5 18th for a closing 66 and a one-stroke win.
1980 U.S. Women’s Open: Amy Alcott wins at Richland C.C.
Amy Alcott won the 1980 U.S. Women’s Open at Richland C.C., Nashville, TN, with 280 (-4), 9 strokes ahead of Hollis Stacy.
Her rounds: 70-70-68-72.
Alcott's third-round 68 on Saturday, with the thermometer at 101 degrees, gave her an eight-shot lead over Hollis Stacy and a 54-hole Women's Open record of 208.
1979 U.S. Women’s Open: Jerilyn Britz wins at Brooklawn C.C.
Jerilyn Britz won the 1979 U.S. Women’s Open at Brooklawn C.C., Fairfield, CT, with 284 (even par), 2 strokes ahead of Debbie Massey and Sandra Palmer.
Her rounds: 70-70-75-69.
Debbie Massey, three ahead after 54 holes, went out in 41 with two double bogeys, then birdied the 15th, 16th and 17th to draw level with Britz before her drive on the 72nd hole finished in a divot and she made double bogey.
1978 U.S. Women’s Open: Hollis Stacy wins at Country Club of Indianapolis
Hollis Stacy won the 1978 U.S. Women’s Open at Country Club of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, with 289 (+5), one stroke ahead of JoAnne Carner and Sally Little.
Her rounds: 70-75-72-72.
Sally Little, eight strokes behind Stacy after three rounds of 75, closed with a 65 - the first 65 in championship history and still the record-book low fourth round - and waited in the clubhouse at 290 while the leaders finished.
1977 U.S. Women’s Open: Hollis Stacy wins at Hazeltine National G.C.
Hollis Stacy won the 1977 U.S. Women’s Open at Hazeltine National G.C., Chaska, MN, with 292 (+4), 2 strokes ahead of Nancy Lopez.
Her rounds: 70-73-75-74.
Stacy's opening 70 was the low round of the day and was not bettered by anyone all week; she led outright after every round, the only start-to-finish winner of the decade besides Caponi (1970) and Carner (1971) in the record book's list.
1976 U.S. Women’s Open: JoAnne Gunderson Carner wins at Rolling Green G.C.
JoAnne Gunderson Carner won the 1976 U.S. Women’s Open at Rolling Green G.C., Springfield, PA, tied with Sandra Palmer at 292 (+8) and winning the playoff (18-hole playoff, decided by total (76-78)).
Her rounds: 71-71-77-73.
Palmer holed a left-to-right par putt on the 72nd green to tie Carner at 292 and force the 18-hole Monday playoff; she recalled the green was so silent beforehand that the crowd's roar afterward was 'like this explosion'.
1975 U.S. Women’s Open: Sandra Palmer wins at Atlantic City C.C.
Sandra Palmer won the 1975 U.S. Women’s Open at Atlantic City C.C., Northfield, NJ, with 295 (+7), 4 strokes ahead of Sandra Post, Nancy Lopez (amateur) and JoAnne Carner.
Her rounds: 78-74-71-72.
Palmer, who opened with 78 and was six strokes behind first-round leader Judy Rankin (72), surged into a three-way tie for the 54-hole lead with a third-round 71 (one of only two sub-par rounds of the championship) and closed with a par 72 in high wind to win by four.
1974 U.S. Women’s Open: Sandra Haynie wins at La Grange C.C.
Sandra Haynie won the 1974 U.S. Women’s Open at La Grange C.C., La Grange, IL, with 295 (+7), one stroke ahead of Beth Stone and Carol Mann.
Her rounds: 73-73-74-75.
One stroke behind with two holes to play, Haynie holed a birdie putt of about 70 feet across the par-3 17th, where she had over-clubbed to a pin set just beyond the water, to tie for the lead.
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, NY, with 290 (+2), 5 strokes ahead of Gloria Ehret and Shelley Hamlin.
Her rounds: 72-77-69-72.
Shelley Hamlin, three behind at the start of the final round, birdied the 10th and 12th to get within one of Berning, but three-putted the 13th for bogey and faded, finishing five back.
1972 U.S. Women’s Open: Susie Maxwell Berning wins at Winged Foot G.C. (East Course)
Susie Maxwell Berning won the 1972 U.S. Women’s Open at Winged Foot G.C. (East Course), Mamaroneck, NY, with 299 (+11), one stroke ahead of Kathy Ahern, Pam Barnett and Judy Rankin.
Her rounds: 79-76-73-71.
One stroke behind leader Pam Barnett when she reached the 17th green in the final round, Berning holed a 20-foot birdie putt there and parred the 18th for a closing 71 and a 299 total.
1971 U.S. Women’s Open: JoAnne Gunderson Carner wins at Kahkwa Club
JoAnne Gunderson Carner won the 1971 U.S. Women’s Open at Kahkwa Club, Erie, PA, with 288 (even par), 7 strokes ahead of Kathy Whitworth.
Her rounds: 70-73-72-73.
In the final round at the par-5 14th, having laid up the first three days, Carner took a fairway wood and reached the green in two after her 16-year-old caddie Tom Fessler told her his mother had done it.
1970 U.S. Women’s Open: Donna Caponi wins at Muskogee C.C.
Donna Caponi won the 1970 U.S. Women’s Open at Muskogee C.C., Muskogee, OK, with 287 (+3), one stroke ahead of Sandra Haynie and Sandra Spuzich.
Her rounds: 69-70-71-77.
On the 72nd hole Caponi, two strokes ahead, needed a four-foot putt for a double-bogey 6 to win outright; the putt hung on the lip before dropping, and she later said she never saw it fall because she had looked up thinking she had missed.
1969 U.S. Women’s Open: Donna Caponi wins at Scenic Hills Country Club
Donna Caponi won the 1969 U.S. Women’s Open at Scenic Hills Country Club, Pensacola, FL, with 294 (+2), one stroke ahead of Peggy Wilson.
Her rounds: 74-76-75-69.
Five strokes behind Ruth Jessen entering the final round, Caponi took the lead with an eagle on the 15th hole on her way to a 69 (book p.16 record-tying comeback).
1968 U.S. Women’s Open: Susie Maxwell Berning wins at Moselem Springs Golf Club
Susie Maxwell Berning won the 1968 U.S. Women’s Open at Moselem Springs Golf Club, Fleetwood, PA, with 289 (+5), 3 strokes ahead of Mickey Wright.
Her rounds: 69-73-76-71.
Berning led outright after every round, opening with a 69, one of only two sub-70 rounds of the week, and won by three despite bogeying each of the last three holes of the final round.
1967 U.S. Women’s Open: Catherine Lacoste wins at Virginia Hot Springs Golf & Tennis Club (Cascades Course)
Catherine Lacoste (amateur) won the 1967 U.S. Women’s Open at Virginia Hot Springs Golf & Tennis Club (Cascades Course), Hot Springs, VA, with 294 (+10), 2 strokes ahead of Susie Maxwell and Beth Stone.
Her rounds: 71-70-74-79.
Five strokes clear after 54 holes, Lacoste shot a final-round 79 (the joint-highest closing round by a champion, book p.16) and saw her lead cut to one, then birdied the 17th and parred the 18th to win by two.
1966 U.S. Women’s Open: Sandra Spuzich wins at Hazeltine National Golf Club
Sandra Spuzich won the 1966 U.S. Women’s Open at Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, MN, with 297 (+9), one stroke ahead of Carol Mann.
Her rounds: 75-74-76-72.
Spuzich birdied three of the last five holes, including the 16th to go one ahead of defending champion Carol Mann and the 17th to lead by two.
1965 U.S. Women’s Open: Carol Mann wins at Atlantic City Country Club
Carol Mann won the 1965 U.S. Women’s Open at Atlantic City Country Club, Northfield, NJ, with 290 (+2), 2 strokes ahead of Kathy Cornelius.
Her rounds: 78-70-70-72.
Needing only a par on the 72nd hole on Sunday to win, Mann made a birdie for a closing 72 and a two-stroke victory over Kathy Cornelius.
1964 U.S. Women’s Open: Mickey Wright wins at San Diego Country Club
Mickey Wright won the 1964 U.S. Women’s Open at San Diego Country Club, Chula Vista, CA, tied with Ruth Jessen at 290 (-2) and winning the playoff (18-hole playoff, decided by total (70-72)).
Her rounds: 71-71-75-73.
At the 72nd hole Ruth Jessen knocked a fairway-wood approach to three feet for a birdie to tie, and moments later Wright, in a greenside bunker, got up and down for par to force a playoff.
1963 U.S. Women’s Open: Mary Mills wins at Kenwood Country Club
Mary Mills won the 1963 U.S. Women’s Open at Kenwood Country Club, Cincinnati, OH, with 289 (-3), 3 strokes ahead of Louise Suggs and Sandra Haynie.
Her rounds: 71-70-75-73.
Mills punctuated her three-stroke victory by holing a 12-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole and punching her right arm into the air (USGA).
1962 U.S. Women’s Open: Murle Lindstrom wins at Dunes Golf & Beach Club
Murle Lindstrom won the 1962 U.S. Women’s Open at Dunes Golf & Beach Club, Myrtle Beach, SC, with 301 (+13), 2 strokes ahead of Ruth Jessen and Jo Ann Prentice.
Her rounds: 78-74-76-73.
Five strokes behind Ruth Jessen with 18 to play, Lindstrom closed with a 73 in a steady rain to win by two, the record final-round comeback (book p.16) and her first professional victory.
1961 U.S. Women’s Open: Mickey Wright wins at Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course)
Mickey Wright won the 1961 U.S. Women’s Open at Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course), Springfield, NJ, with 293 (+5), 6 strokes ahead of Betsy Rawls.
Her rounds: 72-80-69-72.
After a second-round 80 left her four strokes off the lead, Wright shot a three-under-par 69 on Saturday morning, the only sub-par round of the championship, to retake the lead.
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, MA, with 292 (+4), one stroke ahead of Joyce Ziske.
Her rounds: 76-73-68-75.
Seven strokes behind Mickey Wright after 36 holes, Rawls shot a four-under-par 68 in Saturday morning's third round to wipe out the deficit and tie Wright at 217.
1959 U.S. Women’s Open: Mickey Wright wins at Churchill Valley Country Club
Mickey Wright won the 1959 U.S. Women’s Open at Churchill Valley Country Club, Pittsburgh, PA, with 287 (+7), 2 strokes ahead of Louise Suggs.
Her rounds: 72-75-69-71.
Two behind 36-hole leader Louise Suggs, Wright shot 69 in Saturday morning's third round to lead by four, as Suggs fell back with a 75.
1958 U.S. Women’s Open: Mickey Wright wins at Forest Lake Country Club
Mickey Wright won the 1958 U.S. Women’s Open at Forest Lake Country Club, Bloomfield Hills, MI, with 290 (-2), 5 strokes ahead of Louise Suggs.
Her rounds: 74-72-70-74.
Leading Fay Crocker by one at halfway, Wright 'barged into a seven-stroke lead' with a 70 in Saturday morning's third round, when no one else in the field broke 73.
1957 U.S. Women’s Open: Betsy Rawls wins at Winged Foot Golf Club (East Course)
Betsy Rawls won the 1957 U.S. Women’s Open at Winged Foot Golf Club (East Course), Mamaroneck, NY, with 299 (+7), 6 strokes ahead of Patty Berg.
Her rounds: 74-74-75-76.
Jackie Pung (73-72 on the final day for 298) was hailed as champion for about an hour and was 'virtually clutching the check' when a check of the cards showed her marker Betty Jameson had written a 5 for her 6 on the 4th hole of the final round; Pung had signed it, and USGA officials disqualified her and gave the title to Rawls (299).
1956 U.S. Women’s Open: Kathy Cornelius wins at Northland Country Club
Kathy Cornelius won the 1956 U.S. Women’s Open at Northland Country Club, Duluth, MN, tied with Barbara McIntire (amateur) at 302 (+7) and winning the playoff (18-hole playoff, decided by total (75-82)).
Her rounds: 73-77-73-79.
Eight strokes behind starting the final round, amateur Barbara McIntire shot a three-under 71 and tied at 302 with an eagle 3 on the 72nd hole - two big wood shots to the green and a downhill 30-foot putt - still the record final-round comeback to tie (book p.16).
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, KS, with 299 (+11), 4 strokes ahead of Louise Suggs and Mary Lena Faulk.
Her rounds: 74-72-79-74.
In Friday's windy second round Crocker shot a par 72 (36-36), capped by a 60-foot putt for a birdie 3 on the last hole, to open an eight-stroke 36-hole lead at 146 - still tied for the championship record (book p.15).
1954 U.S. Women’s Open: Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins at Salem Country Club
Babe Didrikson Zaharias won the 1954 U.S. Women’s Open at Salem Country Club, Peabody, MA, with 291 (+3), 12 strokes ahead of Betty Hicks.
Her rounds: 72-71-73-75.
Fifteen months after colon-cancer surgery, Zaharias led from the first round (a par 72, tied with amateur Claire Doran), went seven clear at 36 holes and 10 clear at 54, and won by 12 - then a record margin for the USGA era and still the book's second-largest (p16).
1953 U.S. Women’s Open: Betsy Rawls wins at Country Club of Rochester
Betsy Rawls won the 1953 U.S. Women’s Open at Country Club of Rochester, Rochester, NY, tied with Jackie Pung at 302 (+6) and winning the playoff (18-hole playoff, decided by total (71-77)).
Her rounds: 75-78-74-75.
Patty Berg opened with a course-record 71 (3-stroke lead) and led by eight after 36 holes (book p15), but rounds of 80 and 79 in Saturday's 36-hole finish left her one stroke out of the playoff.
1952 U.S. Women’s Open: Louise Suggs wins at Bala Golf Club
Louise Suggs won the 1952 U.S. Women’s Open at Bala Golf Club, Philadelphia, PA, with 284 (+8), 7 strokes ahead of Betty Jameson and Marlene Bauer.
Her rounds: 70-69-70-75.
Suggs shot 70-69-70 for a 54-hole record of 209 (old mark 218, Rawls 1951) and a seven-stroke lead, then closed with 75 for a record 72-hole total of 284 (book p13).
1951 U.S. Women’s Open: Betsy Rawls wins at Druid Hills Golf Club
Betsy Rawls won the 1951 U.S. Women’s Open at Druid Hills Golf Club, Atlanta, GA, with 293 (+5), 5 strokes ahead of Louise Suggs.
Her rounds: 73-71-74-75.
In the third round Zaharias hit a nine-iron third shot on the 500-yard par-5 5th that stopped wedged between the flagstick and the lip of the cup; a breeze shifted the pin and the ball dropped for an eagle 3.
1950 U.S. Women’s Open: Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins at Rolling Hills Country Club
Babe Didrikson Zaharias won the 1950 U.S. Women’s Open at Rolling Hills Country Club, Wichita, KS, with 291 (-9), 9 strokes ahead of Betsy Rawls (amateur).
Her rounds: 75-76-70-70.
Two strokes behind amateur Betty Bush's 36-hole lead of 149, Zaharias shot back-to-back five-under-par 70s over the weekend to win by nine and tie Louise Suggs's 72-hole record of 291.
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, MD, with 291 (-9), 14 strokes ahead of Babe Didrikson Zaharias.
Her rounds: 69-75-77-70.
Suggs opened with a 69 to lead by three (book p15, largest 18-hole lead), led after every round, and won by 14 strokes - the largest margin in championship history (book p16) - with a then-record 291.
1948 U.S. Women’s Open: Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins at Atlantic City Country Club
Babe Didrikson Zaharias won the 1948 U.S. Women’s Open at Atlantic City Country Club, Northfield, NJ, with 300 (even par), 8 strokes ahead of Betty Hicks.
Her rounds: 75-72-75-78.
On Saturday's 36-hole day Zaharias set a women's course record of 72 in the morning, added a wind-slowed 75 in the afternoon and led by eight strokes at 222 after 54 holes.
1947 U.S. Women’s Open: Betty Jameson wins at Starmount Forest Country Club
Betty Jameson won the 1947 U.S. Women’s Open at Starmount Forest Country Club, Greensboro, NC, with 295 (-9), 6 strokes ahead of Polly Riley (amateur) and Sally Sessions (amateur).
Her rounds: 76-75-74-70.
Two strokes ahead after 54 holes at 225, Jameson closed with a six-under-par 70 (seven birdies and an eagle, over par only on Nos. 8, 12 and 17) for a 295 that set the Starmount course record, the first 72-hole stroke-play Women's Open.
1946 U.S. Women’s Open: Patty Berg wins at Spokane Country Club
Patty Berg won the 1946 U.S. Women’s Open at Spokane Country Club, Spokane, WA, at match play: Betty Jameson lost 36-hole match-play final 5 and 4.
In the 36-hole final on Sunday, Sept. 1, Jameson went 3 up after seven holes of the morning round, Berg squared the match by the 18-hole lunch break, then won five of the first six holes after lunch to go 4 up at 27 and closed Jameson out 5 and 4 on the 32nd hole.
How this was built
What is included: every U.S. Women’s Open from 1946 to 2026, newest first: the champion, the course, the score, the margin and the runners-up, any playoff, her four rounds where all four are recorded, and one moment from the week.
Where it comes from: the data file behind this room (us-womens-open/data/us-womens-open.json, research as of October 17, 2026).
What is not claimed: a value the research marks “unknown” is left out of the sentences and kept as written in the CSV; the 1946 match-play championship has no stroke total.