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Beth Ann Nichols

All the winners of the U.S. Women’s Open, from Patty Berg (1946) to Yuka Saso (2024)

For most players, this is the list they want to be on the most. Of all the major championships, it’s the oldest one that carries the most prestige. The 79th U.S. Women’s Open was staged at Lancaster Country Club, a 1919 William Flynn design and eight past champions were in the field.

The winner, Yuka Saso, received the Mickey Wright medal, custody of the Harton S. Semple Trophy for one year, an exemption into the next 10 U.S. Women’s Opens as well as exemptions into the next five playings of the other four majors.

And, of course, a mighty big check. Saso received a $2.4 million first-place prize, the second-largest check in women’s golf. The 2024 CME Group Tour Championship winner will receive $4 million.

Mickey Wright and Betsy Rawls have the most U.S. Women’s Open titles with four. Four players have won the championship three times: Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Susie Maxwell Berning, Hollis Stacy and Annika Sorenstam.

Here’s the compete list of the U.S. Women’s Open champions:

Year Winner Location
2024 Yuka Saso
Lancaster Country Club
2023 Allisen Corpuz
Pebble Beach
2022 Minjee Lee
Pine Needles
2021 Yuka Saso
The Olympic Club (Lake Course)
2020 A Lim Kim
Champions Golf Club
2019 JeongEun Lee6
Country Club of Charleston
2018 Ariya Jutanugarn Shoal Creek
2017 Sung Hyun Park
Trump National
2016 Brittany Lang CordeValle
2015 In Gee Chun Lancaster Country Club
2014 Michelle Wie
Pinehurst
2013 Inbee Park Sebonack
2012 Na Yeon Choi Blackwolf Run
2011 So Yeon Ryu The Broadmoor
2010 Paula Creamer Oakmont
2009 Eun-Hee Ji
Saucon Valley
2008 Inbee Park Interlachen
2007 Cristie Kerr
Pine Needles
2006 Annika Sorenstam Newport Country Club
2005 Birdie Kim
Cherry Hills
2004 Meg Mallon Orchards
2003 Hilary Lunke
Pumpkin Ridge
2002 Juli Inkster
Prairie Dunes
2001 Karrie Webb
Pine Needles
2000 Karrie Webb The Merit Club
1999 Juli Inkster
Old Waverly
1998 Seri Pak Blackwolf Run
1997 Alison Nicholas
Pumpkin Ridge
1996 Annika Sorenstam
Pine Needles
1995 Annika Sorenstam The Broadmoor
1994 Patty Sheehan
Indianwood
1993 Lauri Merten
Crooked Stick
1992 Patty Sheehan Oakmont
1991 Meg Mallon Colonial
1990 Betsy King
Atlanta Athletic Club
1989 Betsy King
Indianwood
1988 Liselotte Neumann Baltimore Country Club
1987 Laura Davies Plainfield Country Club
1986 Jane Geddes NCR Country Club
1985 Kathy (Baker) Guadagnino Baltusrol
1984 Hollis Stacy Salem Country Club
1983 Jan Stephenson
Cedar Ridge
1982 Janet Alex Del Paso
1981 Pat Bradley LaGrange
1980 Amy Alcott Richland
1979 Jerilyn Britz Brooklawn
1978 Hollis Stacy
Country Club of Indianapolis
1977 Hollis Stacy
Hazeltine
1976 JoAnne Gunderson Carner
Rolling Green
1975 Sandra Palmer
Atlantic City
1974 Sandra Haynie LaGrange
1973 Susie Maxwell Berning
Country Club of Rochester
1972 Susie Maxwell Berning
Winged Foot
1971 JoAnne Gunderson Carner Kahkwa Club
1970 Donna Caponi Muskogee
1969 Donna Caponi
Scenic Hills
1968 Susie Maxwell Berning
Moselem Springs
1967 Catherine Lacoste (a)
Virginia Hot Springs
1966 Sandra Spuzich
Hazeltine
1965 Carol Mann
Atlantic City Country Club
1964 Mickey Wright San Diego Country Club
1963 Mary Mills Kenwood Country Club
1962 Murle Lindstrom
Dunes Golf & Country Club
1961 Mickey Wright Baltusrol
1960 Betsy Rawls Worcester Country Club
1959 Mickey Wright
Churchill Valley
1958 Mickey Wright
Forest Lake
1957 Betsy Rawls
Winged Foot
1956 Kathy Cornelius Northand
1955 Fay Crocker Wichita Country Club
1954 Babe Didrikson Zaharias Salem Country Club
1953 Betsy Rawls
Country Club of Rochester
1952 Louise Suggs Bala
1951 Betsy Rawls Druid Hills
1950 Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Rolling Hills
1949 Louise Suggs
Prince Georges
1948 Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Atlantic City Country Club
1947 Betty Jameson
Starmount Forest Country Club
1946 Patty Berg Spokane Country Club

 

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