| 1948 U.S. Women's Open | |
| Dates: | August 12–15, 1948 |
| Location: | Northfield, New Jersey |
| Course: | Atlantic City Country Club |
| Org: | WPGA |
| Tour: | WPGA |
| Format: | Stroke play – 72 holes |
| Par: | 75 |
| Yardage: | [1] |
| Field: | 51 players |
| Purse: | $7,500 |
| Winners Share: | $1,200 |
| Champion: |  Babe Zaharias |
| Score: | 300 (E) |
| Previous: | 1947 |
| Next: | 1949 |
The 1948 U.S. Women's Open was the third U.S. Women's Open, held August 12–15 at Atlantic City Country Club in Northfield, New Jersey.
Babe Zaharias won the first of her three U.S. Women's Open titles, eight strokes ahead of runner-up Betty Hicks.[2] It was the fifth of ten major championships for Zaharias.
The U.S. Women's Open returned to the course in 1965 and 1975.
Sunday, August 15, 1948
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Babe Zaharias | 75-72-75-78=300 | E | 1,200 | |||
| 2 | Betty Hicks | 84-75-72-77=308 | +8 | 1,000 | |||
| 3 | Betty Jameson | 79-77-78-78=312 | +12 | 825 | |||
| align=center rowspan=2 | T4 | Patty Berg | 80-78-81-74=313 | align=center rowspan=2 | +13 | 750 | |
| Grace Lenczyk (a) | 79-78-73-83=313 | 0 | |||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | T6 | Peggy Kirk (a) | 74-80-81-80=315 | align=center rowspan=2 | +15 | align=center rowspan=2 | 0 |
| Mary Agnes Wall (a) | 79-78-78-80=315 | ||||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | T8 | Beverly Hanson (a) | 78-81-82-77=318 | align=center rowspan=2 | +18 | 0 | |
| Mary Mozell | 79-77-83-79=318 | 700 | |||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | T10 | Katherine Hemphill | 80-73-83-85=321 | align=center rowspan=2 | +21 | align=center rowspan=2 | 550 |
| Sally Sessions | 76-81-79-85=321 |