1952 - Women (All)
The winners in the category "1952 - Women (All)" are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on venues, scores and prize money.
Majors
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Played as the Titleholders Championship (13th). Second-placed Betsy Rawls (USA) finished 7 shots behind Zaharias (USA). [Augusta CC, Augusta, GA].
Majors
LPGA
The US Women's Open (7th) (June 26-29). Second-placed Marlene Bauer (USA, from 1956 Marlene Hagge) and Betty Jameson (USA) finished 7 shots behind Suggs (USA), who won this event for the second time. [Bala GC, Philadelphia, PA].
Majors
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The Women's Western Open (23rd). Rawls (USA) beat Betty Jameson (USA) by 1 hole in the final. [Skokie CC, Glencoe, nr Chicago, IL].
Amateur
LGU
The Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship (49th). Paterson (Scot) beat Frances Stephens (Eng) at the 39th hole in the final. [Royal Troon GC, Troon, Ayrshire].
Amateur
USGA
Played as the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship. Wright (USA) beat Barbara McIntire (USA) by 1 hole in the final. [Dunes course, Monterey Peninsula CC, Pebble Beach, Calif.].
Amateur
USGA
The US Women's Amateur Championship (52nd). Pung (USA) beat Shirley McFedters (USA) 2 and 1 in the final. [Waverley CC, Portland, Oregon].
America
George S. May
Played as the All American Open. Second-placed Betsy Rawls (USA) finished 9 shots behind Suggs (USA). [Tam O'Shanter CC, Niles, nr Chicago, IL; now the municipal Tam O'Shanter Golf Course].
Played as the All-American Women's Open. Second-placed Betsy Rawls finished 9 shots behind Suggs.
Played as the Betty Jameson Open. Second-placed Patty berg and Betsy Rawls finished 2 shots behind Suggs.
Played as the Carrollton Open. Second-placed Louise Suggs finished 2 shots behind Rawls.
Played as the Eastern Women's Open. Second-placed Louise Suggs finished 2 shots behind Rawls.
Played as the Fresno Open. Second-placed Marilynn Smith finished 3 shots behind Zaharias.
Played as the Jacksonville Open. Second-placed Betty Jameson finished 3 shots behind Suggs.
Played as the New Orleans Women's Open. Second-placed Marilynn Smith and Betty Jameson finished 5 shots behind Berg.
Played as the Richmond Open. Second-placed Betty Jameson finished 4 shots behind Berg.
Played as the Sarasota Open. Betsy Rawls, Louise Suggs and Babe Zaharias finished in second place behind Marlene Bauer (Hagge).
Played as the Stockton Open. Second-placed Alice Bauer finished 2 shots behind Suggs.
Played as the Tampa Women's Open. Second-placed Babe Zaharias finished 5 shots behind Suggs.
Played as the Women's Texas Open. Polly Riley finished in second place behind Zaharias.
Played as the Thomasville Open. Betty Jameson finished in second place behind Rawls.
Rawls (USA) was overall winner of the 1952 Cross Country 144-hole Weathervane Tournament, which was played as four two-round events in Houston, Miami, New York and Seattle. She won the Seattle event.
Played as the Houston Weathervane. Second-placed Babe Zaharias (USA) finished 3 shots behind Rawls (USA).
America
Weathervane
Played as the Miami Weathervane. Second-placed Betty Jameson (USA) and Louise Suggs (USA) finished 5 shots behind Zaharias.
Played as the New York Weathervane. Second-placed Marilynn Smith (USA) finished 4 shots behind Berg (USA).
Played as the Seattle Open. Second-placed Alice Bauer (USA) and Marlene Bauer (USA, Marlene Hagge from late-1955) finished 11 shots behind Rawls.
America
George S. May
Played as the World Championship of Women's Golf. Second-placed Patty Berg (USA) finished 1 shot behind Jameson (USA). [Tam O'Shanter CC, Niles, nr Chicago, IL. Now the municipal Tam O'Shanter Golf Course].
Awards
LPGA Tr
Rawls (USA) won the LPGA Tour 1952 Money List, with earnings of $14,505 on the Tour. Betty Jameson (USA) was second on the money list.
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