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1946


The first Women's Open Championship, a match play competition, was held at the Spokane Country Club, Spokane, Wash., in 1946 and was conducted by the Women's PGA and the Spokane Athletic Round Table.

Miss Patty Berg, representing Minneapolis, won the qualifying medal, with a 73-72—145, and defeated Miss Betty Jameson, of San Antonio, Texas, 5 and 4, in the final. The purse was $19,700, and Miss Berg carried away $5,600 in bonds.

Patty Berg
Starts 30
Best Finish Winner in 1946
Rds 106
Cuts Made 23
Top 3 3
Top 5 7
Top 10 13
Top 25 19
Avg. 77.68
Scores In 60s 1
Rds Under Par 6
Earnings $9,302.50


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