1971 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship
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The 1971 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was contested from June 24 to June 27 at Kahkwa Club. It was the 26th edition of the U.S. Women's Open.
This event was won by JoAnne Carner
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This event was won by JoAnne Carner
JoAnne Carner
JoAnne Gunderson Carner is a former American professional golfer. Her 43 victories on the LPGA Tour led to her induction in the World Golf Hall of Fame. She is the only woman to have won the U.S. Girls' Junior, U.S. Women's Amateur, and U.S. Women's Open titles, and was the first person ever to...
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Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JoAnne Carner JoAnne Carner JoAnne Gunderson Carner is a former American professional golfer. Her 43 victories on the LPGA Tour led to her induction in the World Golf Hall of Fame. She is the only woman to have won the U.S. Girls' Junior, U.S. Women's Amateur, and U.S. Women's Open titles, and was the first person ever to... |
 United States |
70-73-72-73=288 | E | $5,000.00 |
| 2 | Kathy Whitworth Kathy Whitworth Kathy Whitworth is an American professional golfer. Throughout her playing career she won 88 LPGA Tour tournaments, more than anyone else has won on either the LPGA Tour or the PGA Tour. In 1981 she became the first woman to reach career earnings of $1 million on the LPGA Tour... |
United States |
73-77-73-72=295 | $2,500.00 | |
| T3 | Donna Caponi Donna Caponi Donna Caponi-Byrnes is an American professional golfer.Caponi was born in Detroit, Michigan. The daughter of a club pro, Caponi began playing golf at the age of eight and joined the LPGA Tour at 20. Caponi captured her first win on the Tour four years later in 1970, winning the U.S. Women's Open... |
United States |
70-75-77-77=299 | $1,233.33 | |
| T3 | Jane Blalock Jane Blalock Jane Blalock is a retired American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1969 and won 27 LPGA Tour events in all.-Amateur career:... |
United States |
75-73-74-77=299 | $1,233.34 | |
| T3 | Jane Booth | United States |
72-77-76-74=299 | $0.00 | |
| T3 | Mickey Wright Mickey Wright Mary Kathryn "Mickey" Wright is an American professional golfer. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.-Early life:... |
United States |
73-75-75-76=299 | $1,233.33 | |
| T7 | Kathy Cornelius Kathy Cornelius Kathy Cornelius is an American golfer.Cornelius was born in Boston, Massachusetts and attended Florida Southern College, where she played on the men's golf team, as the school did not have a women's team at the time. She turned pro in 1953 and married golf pro Bill Cornelius the same year... |
United States |
73-78-73-76=300 | $875.00 | |
| T7 | Lesley Holbert | United States |
71-75-81-73=300 | $875.00 | |
| T9 | Martha Kirouac | United States |
74-78-77-72=301 | $0.00 | |
| T9 | Shelley Hamlin Shelley Hamlin Shelley Lee Hamlin is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Hamlin was born in San Mateo, California. As an amateur golfer she won the California Women's Amateur four times. She played at Stanford University and won the 1971 AIAW National Collegiate Championship... |
United States |
77-76-73-75=301 | $0.00 |