1968 U.S. Women's Open | |
Dates: | July 4–7, 1968 |
Location: | Fleetwood, Pennsylvania |
Course: | Moselem Springs Golf Club |
Org: | USGA |
Tour: | LPGA Tour |
Format: | Stroke play – 72 holes |
Par: | 71 |
Yardage: | [1] |
Field: | 104: 65 pros, 39 amateurs; 44 after cut[2] |
Cut: | 156 (+14) |
Purse: | $25,000 |
Winners Share: | $5,000 |
Champion: | Susie Maxwell Berning |
Score: | 294 (+10) |
Previous: | 1967 |
Next: | 1969 |
The 1968 U.S. Women's Open was the 23rd U.S. Women's Open, held July 4–7 at Moselem Springs Golf Club in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, northeast of Reading.
Susie Maxwell Berning won the first of her three U.S. Women's Open titles, three shots ahead of runner-up Mickey Wright, a four-time champion. It was the second of four major titles for Berning, a newlywed of less than two months.[3] [4] She led wire-to-wire and bogeyed the final three holes.
Defending champion Catherine Lacoste, still an amateur, finished thirteen strokes back, tied for thirteenth place.[3] [4]
Sunday, July 7, 1968
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Susie Maxwell Berning | 69-73-76-71=289 | +5 | 5,000 | |||
2 | 70-78-76-68=292 | +8 | 2,200 | ||||
align=center rowspan=2 | T3 | 71-76-73-75=295 | align=center rowspan=2 | +11 | align=center rowspan=2 | 1,125 | |
72-76-74-73=295 | |||||||
align=center rowspan=2 | T5 | 73-73-75-75=296 | align=center rowspan=2 | +12 | align=center rowspan=2 | 800 | |
75-74-73-74=296 | |||||||
7 | 77-73-76-71=297 | +13 | 680 | ||||
8 | 75-72-79-73=299 | +15 | 630 | ||||
align=center rowspan=3 | T9 | Phyllis Preuss (a) | 73-76-73-78=300 | align=center rowspan=3 | +16 | 0 | |
75-76-74-75=300 | align=center rowspan=2 | 570 | |||||
75-75-78-72=300 |