| 1949 U.S. Women's Open | |
| Dates: | September 22–25, 1949 |
| Location: | Landover, Maryland |
| Course: | Prince George's Country Club |
| Format: | Stroke play – 72 holes |
| Par: | 75 |
| Yardage: | [1] |
| Winners Share: | $1,500 |
| Champion: |  Louise Suggs |
| Score: | 291 (−9) |
| Previous: | 1948 |
| Next: | 1950 |
The 1949 U.S. Women's Open was the fourth U.S. Women's Open, held September 22–25 at Prince George's Country Club in Landover, Maryland, a suburb east of Washington, D.C.
Louise Suggs led wire-to-wire[1] and won the first of her two U.S. Women's Open titles, fourteen strokes ahead of runner-up Babe Zaharias, the defending champion.[2] It was the fourth of eleven major championships for Suggs.
The course no longer exists and is now the site of Kentland Community Center Park.[3]
Sunday, September 25, 1949
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louise Suggs | 69-75-77-70=291 | −9 | 1,500 | |||
| 2 | Babe Zaharias | 74-76-75-80=305 | +5 | 1,000 | |||
| 3 | Carol Diringer (a) | 75-76-77-78=306 | +6 | 0 | |||
| align=center rowspan=2 | T4 | Patty Berg | 73-84-78-75=310 | align=center rowspan=2 | +10 | 800 | |
| Dot Kielty (a) | 74-83-76-77=310 | 0 | |||||
| align=center rowspan=4 | T6 | Marlene Bauer (a) | 75-78-78-80=311 | align=center rowspan=4 | +11 | align=center rowspan=4 | 0 |
| Beverly Hanson (a) | 72-81-75-83=311 | ||||||
| Mae-Murray Jones (a) | 78-78-79-76=311 | ||||||
| Frances Stephens (a) | 75-81-80-75=311 | ||||||
| 10 | Polly Riley (a) | 75-83-79-75=312 | +12 | 0 |