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.