The 1948 U.S. Women's Open was the third
U.S. Women's Open, held August 12–15 at
Atlantic City Country Club
The Atlantic City Country Club is a golf club located in Northfield, New Jersey, west of Atlantic City. In addition to a golf course, the club offers banquet and dining facilities. The course resides on in a coastal setting with skyline views of ...
in
Northfield, New Jersey.
Babe Zaharias
Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias (; Didrikson; June 26, 1911 – September 27, 1956) was an American athlete who excelled in golf, basketball, baseball and track and field. She won two gold medals in track and field at the 1932 Summer O ...
won the first of her three U.S. Women's Open titles, eight strokes ahead of runner-up
Betty Hicks.
It was the fifth of ten
major championships for Zaharias.
The U.S. Women's Open returned to the course in
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...
and
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
.
Final leaderboard
''Sunday, August 15, 1948''
Source:
References
External links
USGA final leaderboard''Gettysburg Times'' explaining par sourceU.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
– past champions – 1948
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