1947 Women's Western Open: Louise Suggs wins at Capital City Club
Louise Suggs (an amateur) won the 1947 Women's Western Open at Capital City Club, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, over Dorothy Kirby.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the Women's Western Open winners list.
- Dates
- June 16, 1947 to June 21, 1947
- Course
- Capital City Club, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Edition
- 18th edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- match play
- Par
- 76
- Field
- 94
- Champion
- Louise Suggs · age 23 · United States · amateur · born Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Champion's title
- 2nd title at this event · 3rd major
- Result
- 4 & 2
- Runner-up
- Dorothy Kirby
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Louise Suggs |
| 2 | Dorothy Kirby |
What happened at the 1947 Women's Western Open
In an all-Georgia, all-amateur final at Atlanta's Capital City Club, Suggs beat Dorothy Kirby 4 & 2.
Kirby had knocked out medalist Grace Lenczyk 6 & 5 in the semifinals.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's Women's Western 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).