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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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1955 U.S. Women's Open

The 1955 U.S. Women's Open was the tenth U.S. Women's Open, held from June 30 to July 2 at Wichita Country Club in Wichita, Kansas. It was the third conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA).

Fay Crocker led wire-to-wire and won the first of her two major championships, four strokes ahead of runners-up Mary Lena Faulk and Louise Suggs. From Uruguay, Crocker was the first international winner of the U.S. Women's Open. She posted a 72 in the second round on Friday in difficult blustery conditions, with winds of 40 mph (64 km/h), and had an eight shot lead after 36 holes. A 79 (+7) in the wind in the third round on Saturday morning reduced it to a single stroke over Faulk, with Suggs another two strokes back.

Defending champion Babe Zaharias did not compete due to back surgery; she also missed the 1953 edition due to colon cancer surgery and died in 1956.

This was the second U.S. Women's Open played in Wichita; the first in 1950 was at Rolling Hills Country Club.

Final leaderboard

Saturday, July 2, 1955

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Uruguay Fay Crocker 74-72-79-74=299 +11 2,000
T2 United States Mary Lena Faulk 77-77-72-77=303 +15 1,125
United States Louise Suggs 79-77-72-75=303
4 United States Jackie Pung 79-76-76-75=306 +18 750
5 United States Patty Berg 78-80-78-71=307 +19 600
T6 United States Polly Riley (a) 80-78-74-77=309 +21 0
United States Jackie Yates (a) 76-79-76-78=309
8 United States Pat Lesser (a) 81-76-79-75=311 +23 0
T9 United States Beverly Hanson 87-76-77-72=312 +24 450
United States Betty Jameson 83-77-76-76=312

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