# List of Women's Western Open champions

The Women's Western Open was an annual golf competition, which was played in match play between 1930 and 1954, and strokeplay between 1955 and 1967. It was established in 1930 and was a women's major championship that was organized by the Women's Western Golf Association. This event has the distinction of being the first women's major championship ever played.
Patty Berg holds the record for the most victories with seven, which is the overall record of the combined eras of match and stroke play. During match play competition Berg, Louise Suggs, and Babe Zaharias holds the record for most victories with four. In the stroke play era, Berg and Mickey Wright holds the record for most victories with three. The most consecutive in the combined eras is two and was done by the following golfers: Berg, Suggs, Zaharias, Opal Hill and Wright. Berg and Betsy Rawls are the only two golfers to win the competition in match play and stroke play eras. In the match play era, 9&8 was the largest margin of victory by Marian McDougall in 1934, Hill in 1935, and Betty Jameson in 1942. During the stroke play era, Kathy Whitworth holds the record for lowest under-par at 11 in 1967 and the aggregate low of 289,

## Key

| † | Tournament won in a playoff |
| * | Tournament won by an amateur, or had a runner-up who is an amateur |

## Champions

Note: All winners (and runners-up from the match play era) were from the United States.

### Match play era

| Year | Champion | Margin | Runner-up | Course | Location |
| 1930 | Lucia Mida* | 6 & 5 | June Beebe* | Acacia CC | Indian Head Park, Illinois |
| 1931 | June Beebe* | 3 & 2 | Mrs. Melvin Jones* | Midlothian CC | Midlothian, Illinois |
| 1932 | Jane Weiller* | 5 & 4 | June Beebe* | Ozaukee CC | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| 1933 | June Beebe* | 3 & 2 | Jane Weiller* | Olympia Fields CC | Olympia Fields, Illinois |
| 1934 | Marian McDougall* | 9 & 7 | Mrs. Guy Riegel* | Portland G&CC | Portland, Oregon |
| 1935 | Opal Hill* | 9 & 7 | Mrs. S.L. Reinhart* | Sunset Ridge CC | Chicago, Illinois |
| 1936 | Opal Hill* | 3 & 2 | Mrs. Charles Dennehy* | Topeka CC | Topeka, Kansas |
| 1937 | Helen Hicks | 6 & 5 | Bea Barrett* | Beverly CC | Chicago, Illinois |
| 1938 | Bea Barrett* | 6 & 4 | Helen Hofmann | Broadmoor GC | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| 1939 | Helen Dettweiler* | 4 & 3 | Bea Barrett* | Westwood CC | St. Louis, Missouri |
| 1940 | Babe Zaharias* | 5 & 4 | Mrs. Russell Mann | Blue Mound G&CC | Wauwatosa, Wisconsin |
| 1941 | Patty Berg | 7 & 6 | Olga Strashun Weil | Cincinnati CC | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 1942 | Betty Jameson* | 9 & 7 | Phyllis Otto | Elmhurst CC | Chicago, Illinois |
| 1943 | Patty Berg | 1 up | Dorothy Kirby* | Glen Oak CC | Glen Ellyn, Illinois |
| 1944 | Babe Zaharias* | 7 & 5 | Dorothy Germain* | Park Ridge | Chicago, Illinois |
| 1945 | Babe Zaharias* | 4 & 2 | Dorothy Germain* | Highland G&CC | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 1946 | Louise Suggs* | 2 up | Patty Berg | Wakoda Club | Des Moines, Iowa |
| 1947 | Louise Suggs* | 4 & 2 | Dorothy Kirby* | Capital City Club | Atlanta, Georgia |
| 1948 | Patty Berg | 37 holes | Babe Zaharias | Skycrest CC | Chicago, Illinois |
| 1949 | Louise Suggs | 5 & 4 | Betty Jameson | Oklahoma City CC | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 1950 | Babe Zaharias | 5 & 3 | Peggy Kirk | Cherry Hills CC | Denver, Colorado |
| 1951 | Patty Berg | 2 up | Pat O'Sullivan* | Whitemarsh Valley CC | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 1952 | Betsy Rawls | 1 up | Betty Jameson | Skokie CC | Chicago, Illinois |
| 1953 | Louise Suggs | 6 & 5 | Patty Berg | Capital City Club | Atlanta, Georgia |
| 1954 | Betty Jameson | 6 & 5 | Louise Suggs | Glen Flora CC | Waukegan, Illinois |

### Stroke play era

| Year | Champion | Course | Location | Score | To par |
| 1955 | Patty Berg | Maple Bluff CC | Madison, Wisconsin | 292 | E |
| 1956 | Beverly Hanson | Wakonda CC | Des Moines, Iowa | 304 | E |
| 1957 | Patty Berg | Montgomery CC | Montgomery, Alabama | 291 | −1 |
| 1958 | Patty Berg | Kahkwa CC | Erie, Pennsylvania | 293 | +1 |
| 1959 | Betsy Rawls | Ranier G&CC | Seattle, Washington | 293 | −1 |
| 1960 | Joyce Ziske † | Beverly CC | Chicago, Illinois | 301 | +9 |
| 1961 | Mary Lena Faulk | Belle Meade CC | Nashville, Tennessee | 290 | −10 |
| 1962 | Mickey Wright † | Montgomery CC | Montgomery, Alabama | 295 | +7 |
| 1963 | Mickey Wright | Maple Bluff CC | Madison, Wisconsin | 292 | −4 |
| 1964 | Carol Mann | Scenic Hills CC | Pensacola, Florida | 308 | +8 |
| 1965 | Susie Maxwell | Beverly CC | Chicago, Illinois | 290 | −2 |
| 1966 | Mickey Wright | Rainbow Springs CC | Mukwonago, Wisconsin | 302 | +2 |
| 1967 | Kathy Whitworth | Pekin CC | Pekin, Illinois | 289 | −11 |

## Multiple winners

This table lists the golfers who have won more than one Women's Western Open as a major championship. Bolded years and player name indicates consecutive victories. The (a) denotes amateur golfer.
* Grand Slam winners ‡
| Country | Golfer | Total | Years |
| United States | Patty Berg | 7 | 1941, 1943, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1958 |
| United States | Babe Zaharias | 4 | 1940 (a), 1944 (a), 1945 (a), 1950 |
| United States | Louise Suggs ‡ | 4 | 1946 (a), 1947 (a), 1949, 1953 |
| United States | Mickey Wright ‡ | 3 | 1962, 1963, 1966 |
| United States | June Beebe (a) | 2 | 1931, 1933 |
| United States | Opal Hill (a) | 2 | 1935, 1936 |
| United States | Betty Jameson | 2 | 1942 (a), 1954 |
| United States | Betsy Rawls | 2 | 1952, 1959 |

## Winners by nationality

This table lists the total number of titles won by golfers of each nationality as a major.
| Rank | Nationality | Wins | Winners | First title | Last title |
| 1 | United States | 38 | 20 | 1930 | 1967 |