The 1972 U.S. Women's Open was the 27th U.S. Women's Open, held June 29 to July 2 at the East Course of Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York.

Susie Berning won the second of her three U.S. Women's Open titles, a stroke ahead of runners-up Kathy Ahern, Pam Barnett, and Judy Rankin. Berning opened with a 79 (+7) and started the final round at 228 (+12), four strokes behind 54-hole leader Barnett. Berning carded a one-under 71 for the third of her four major wins. Defending champion JoAnne Carner finished at 312 (+24), thirteen strokes back.

With a winner's share of $6,000, the 1972 edition was the first to exceed that of the inaugural championship in 1946, the only one conducted as a match play event. The course conditions at Winged Foot were soft, affected by the recent heavy rains of tropical storm Agnes, originally a hurricane. Two-time champion Louise Suggs made the cut at age 48.

The championship was previously held at the East Course in 1957; the adjacent West Course has hosted many major championships.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, July 2, 1972

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Susie Berning	79-73-76-71=299	+11	6,000
T2	Kathy Ahern	74-80-76-70=300	+12	2,200
	Pam Barnett	73-76-75-76=300
	Judy Rankin	76-75-76-73=300
5	Betty Burfeindt	75-78-74-75=302	+14	1,500
T6	Jane Booth (a)	79-75-78-72=304	+16	0
	Gloria Ehret	74-74-80-76=304		1,350
	Mickey Wright	77-80-76-71=304
T9	Jocelyne Bourassa	76-75-78-76=305	+17	1,150
	Carol Mann	79-77-78-71=305
	Carol Semple Thompson (a)	79-79-74-73=305		0

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