The Texas Women's Open is a
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
tournament, played in the
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. According ...
area. From 1950 to 1954, it was an
LPGA Tour
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekl ...
event, although it was first played in 1933. It was revived by the North Texas section of the
PGA of America
The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA of America) is an American organization of golf professionals that was founded in 1916. Consisting of nearly 29,000 men and women members, the PGA of America's undertaking is to establish ...
in 2001. It was played at several courses in Fort Worth from 1933 to 1955 and in the
Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
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since 2001. The 2020 event featured a stronger than normal field as several LPGA Tour players competed due to the Tour hiatus caused by the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
Tournament locations
Winners
;Texas Women's Open
*2021
Kenzie Wright
*2020
Céline Boutier
Céline Boutier (born 10 November 1993) is a French professional golfer.
Amateur career
Boutier won several international amateur events including the 2012 European Ladies Amateur Championship and the 2015 British Ladies Amateur. She played co ...
*2019
Savannah Vilaubi
A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to ...
*2018
Marissa Chow
*2017
Chirapat Jao-Javanil
*2016
Savannah Vilaubi
A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to ...
*2015
Maddie McCrary (a)
*2014
Ashley Knoll Ashley is a place name derived from the Old English words '' æsc'' (“ash”) and '' lēah'' (“meadow”). It may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Ashley (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
...
*2013
Christi Cano
*2012
Jody Fleming Jody may refer to:
*Jody (given name), a list of people with the given name
*Jody (singer), French singer, real name Julie Erikssen
* "Jody" (song), 1986 single by Jermaine Stewart
*"Jody", a 1982 song by America from ''View from the Ground''
*"Jod ...
*2011
Ashley Tait
Ashley Tait (born 9 August 1975) is a British ice hockey forward who is currently player/coach for the Basingstoke Bison of the National Ice Hockey League.
During Tait's career he has also played for Coventry Blaze, Nottingham Panthers (EIHL), ...
*2010
Cindy Figg-Currier
*2009
Katy Jarochowicz
Katy Jarochowicz (born 6 March 1981) is an Australian professional golfer and businesswoman. Jarochowicz plays mostly on the Australian-based ALPG Tour, and at times in the US on the LPGA Tour. She is best known for her achievements as number 1 ...
*2008
Tanya Wahdwa (a)
*2007
Shannon Fish
Shannon may refer to:
People
* Shannon (given name)
* Shannon (surname)
* Shannon (American singer), stage name of singer Shannon Brenda Greene (born 1958)
* Shannon (South Korean singer), British-South Korean singer and actress Shannon Arrum W ...
(a)
*2006
Carolyn Creekmore (a)
*2005
Randi Meadows
*2004
Mina Hardin
Mina may refer to:
Places Iran
* Minaq, East Azerbaijan
* Mina, Fars
* Mineh, Lorestan Province
* Mina, Razavi Khorasan
* Mehneh, Razavi Khorasan Province
United States
* Mina, California
* Mina, Nevada
* Mina, New York
* Mina, Ohio
* M ...
(a)
*2003
Lori Sutherland
*2002
Tara Bateman
*2001
Tara Bateman
;Women's Texas Open
*1956–2000 ''No tournament''
*1955
Polly Riley
Polly Ann Riley (August 27, 1926 – March 13, 2002) was an American amateur golfer.
Riley won over 100 tournaments in her career. Although she remained an amateur throughout her career, she won the first LPGA Tour event, the 1950 Tampa Open ...
(a)
*1954
Betsy Rawls
Elizabeth Earle "Betsy" Rawls (born May 4, 1928) is an American former LPGA Tour professional golfer. She won eight major championship and 55 LPGA Tour career events. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Early life and education
Ra ...
*1953
Betsy Rawls
Elizabeth Earle "Betsy" Rawls (born May 4, 1928) is an American former LPGA Tour professional golfer. She won eight major championship and 55 LPGA Tour career events. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Early life and education
Ra ...
*1952
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 ...
*1951
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 ...
*1950
Beverly Hanson
Beverly Hanson (December 5, 1924 – April 12, 2014) was an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.
Hanson was born in Fargo, North Dakota in 1924.[Beverly Hanson
Beverly Hanson (December 5, 1924 – April 12, 2014) was an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.
Hanson was born in Fargo, North Dakota in 1924.][Polly Riley
Polly Ann Riley (August 27, 1926 – March 13, 2002) was an American amateur golfer.
Riley won over 100 tournaments in her career. Although she remained an amateur throughout her career, she won the first LPGA Tour event, the 1950 Tampa Open ...]
(a)
*1947
Betty Jameson
Elizabeth May Jameson (May 9, 1919 – February 7, 2009) was an American professional golfer. She was one of the thirteen founders of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) in 1950. She won three major championships and a total of thi ...
(a)
*1946
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 ...
(a)
*1945
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 ...
(a)
*1942–1944 ''No tournament due to
World War II
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*1941
Aniela Gorczyca Goldthwaite
*1940
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 ...
(a)
*1939
Kathryn Hemphill
*1938
Betty Jameson
Elizabeth May Jameson (May 9, 1919 – February 7, 2009) was an American professional golfer. She was one of the thirteen founders of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) in 1950. She won three major championships and a total of thi ...
(a)
*1937
Aniela Gorczyca Goldthwaite
*1936
Edna Saenger
*1935
Aniela Gorczyca
;Fort Worth Women's Invitation
*1934
Mrs. Tom Wallace
*1933
Aniela Gorczyca
(a) – amateur
References
External links
Texas Women's Open Past Champions
Former LPGA Tour events
State Open golf tournaments
Golf in Texas
Sports in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
Women in Texas
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