Winners of the US Women’s Open
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The US Women’s Open began back in 1946, and has been played every year since, but which players have been lucky enough to win the title?
The inaugural tournament was a match play event, with the event turning into a four-day stroke play competition from 1947 onwards.
15 women are multiple-time tournament winners at the US Women’s Open, with seven of those having defending their title the year after.
However, the last woman to defend the title was Karrie Webb, who did so in 2001. Could we see Allisen Corpuz change that this year?
US Women’s Open winners
1946: Patty Berg (Spokane)
1947: Betty Jameson (Starmount Forest)
1948: Baba Zaharias (Atlantic City)
1949: Louise Suggs (Prince George’s)
1950: Baba Zaharias (Rolling Hills)
1951: Betsy Rawls (Druid Hills)
1952: Louise Suggs (Bala)
1953: Betsy Rawls (Rochester)
1954: Babe Zaharias (Salem)
1955: Fay Crocker (Wichita)
1956: Kathy Cornelius (Northland)
1957: Betsy Rawls (Winged Foot)
1958: Mickey Wright (Forest Lake)
1959: Mickey Wright (Churchill Valley)
1960: Betsy Rawls (Worcester)
1961: Mickey Wright (Baltusrol, Lower Course)
1962: Murle Lindstrom (Dunes Golf and Beach Club)
1963: Mary Mills (Kenwood)
1964: Mickey Wright (San Diego)
1965: Carol Mann (Atlantic City)
1966: Sandra Spuzich (Hazeltine National)
1967: Catherine Lacoste (The Homestead)
1968: Susie Berning (Moselem Springs)
1969: Donna Caponi (Scenic Hills)
1970: Donna Caponi (Muskogee)
1971: JoAnne Carner (Kahkwa Club)
1972: Susie Berning (Winged Foot)
1973: Susie Berning (Rochester)
1974: Sandra Haynie (La Grange)
1975: Sandra Palmer (Atlantic City)
1976: JoAnne Carner (Rolling Green)
1977: Hollis Stacy (Hazeltine National)
1978: Hollis Stacy (Indianapolis)
1979: Jerilyn Britz (Brooklawn)
1980: Amy Alcott (Richland)
1981: Pat Bradley (La Grange)
1982: Janet Alex (Del Paso)
1983: Jan Stephenson (Cedar Ridge)
1984: Hollis Stacy (Salem)
1985: Kathy Baker (Baltusrol)
1986: Jane Geddes (NCR)
1987: Laura Davies (Plainfield)
1988: Liselotte Neumann (Baltimore, East Course)
1989: Betsy King (Indianwood, Old Course)
1990: Betsy King (Atlanta Athletic Club, Riverside Course)
1991: Meg Mallon (Colonial)
1992: Patty Sheehan (Oakmont)
1993: Lauri Merten (Crooked Stick)
1994: Patty Sheehan (Indianwood, Old Course)
1995: Annika Sorenstam (Broadmoor, East Course)
1996: Annika Sorenstam (Pine Needles)
1997: Alison Nicholas (Pumpkin Ridge, Witch Hollow)
1998: Se Ri Pak (Blackwolf Run)
1999: Juli Inkster (Old Waverly)
2000: Karrie Webb (Merit Club)
2001: Karrie Webb (Pine Needles)
2002: Juli Inkster (Prairie Dunes)
2003: Hilary Lunke (Pumpkin Ridge, Witch Hollow Course)
2004: Meg Mallon (The Orchards)
2005: Birdie Kim (Cherry Hills)
2006: Annika Sorenstam (Newport)
2007: Cristie Kerr (Pine Needles)
2008: Inbee Park (Interlachen)
2009: Eun-Hee Ji (Saucon Valley)
2010: Paula Creamer (Oakmont)
2011: So Yeon Ryu (Broadmoor, East Course)
2012: Na Yeon Choi (Blackwolf Run)
2013: Inbee Park (Sebonack)
2014: Michelle Wie West (Pinehurst Resort)
2015: In Gee Chun (Lancaster)
2016: Brittany Lang (CordeValle)
2017: Park Sung-Hyun (Trump National)
2018: Ariya Jutanugarn (Shoal Creek)
2019: Jeong-Eun Lee (Charleston)
2020: A-Lim Kim (Champions)
2021: Yuka Saso (Olympic Club, Lake Course)
2022: Minjee Lee (Pine Needles)
2023: Allisen Corpuz (Pebble Beach)
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Matt Coles
Mention a European country, and Matt will tell you which resorts make the National Club Golfer Top 100s: European Resorts list. He might even throw in who designed the golf course and how many rooms the hotel has got at each one…
Matt got into the game of golf from a young age, following his old man to the local golf club. He fell for the sport, and now can’t seem to go a day without thinking about how to improve his game (Thanks Dad!). Matt has been a member of Howley Hall GC in Leeds since 2020, and is just about managing to maintain a single-figure handicap. He likes to remind people that he once broke 75, but won’t tell people that it was on a shortened course during the winter.
He moved to Leeds after graduating from the University of Central Lancashire with a First Class Honours degree in Sports Journalism. Matt joined NCG after almost five years travelling the world with the Professional Squash Association, working on events in all four corners of the globe.
Matt currently plays a Cobra King LTDx driver and RadSpeed 3-wood. TaylorMade monopolise the rest of his bag, with a SIM UDI, M5 irons and both Milled Grind and HI-TOE wedges, along with a Monza Redline putter. He uses a Vice Pro Plus golf ball, because he’s a bit different…
Away from golf, Matt is a Manchester United fan, and a keen runner, having ran the Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon (his first and possibly last), in May 2023.
