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 Mary Lena Faulk (April 15, 1926 – August 3, 1995) was an American professional golfer. Faulk was born in Chipley, Florida. At the age of 14 she moved to Thomasville, Georgia, where she won three consecutive Georgia Women's Amateur Matchplay C ...

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 , 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 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 ...

did not compete due to back surgery; she also missed the

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edition due to

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surgery and died in 1956. This was the second U.S. Women's Open played in Wichita; the first in

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was at Rolling Hills Country Club.

Final leaderboard

''Saturday, July 2, 1955'' Source:

References

External links

USGA final leaderboardU.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
– past champions – 1955
Wichita Country Club
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