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The 1973 U.S. Women's Open was the 28th U.S. Women's Open, held July 19–22 at the Country Club of Rochester in Rochester, New York.. Defending champion Susie Berning won the third of her three U.S. Women's Open titles, five strokes ahead of runners-up Gloria Ehret and Shelley Hamlin.
The U.S. Women's Open has always been played in stroke play, with the exception of the first competition in 1946, [4] and is currently the third women's major of the year. [3] The first trophy presented to U.S. Women's Open champions was donated by the Spokane Athletic Round Table, a fraternal order, and used until 1953. [2]
The U.S. Women's Open is the second major of the LPGA season and has the highest purse in women's golf. The most recent increase, announced in January 2022, saw the purse nearly double from its previous $ 5.5 million ( 2019 – 2021 ) [ 2 ] to $10 million starting in 2022 .
Rory McIlroy loses by a single shot to suprise winner Wyndham Clark on dramatic final day
15. Winner of the 2023 NCAA Division I Individual Golf Championship (must be an amateur) 16. From the 2023 Race to CME Globe, the top 10 point leaders as of May 3, 2023 17. From the current Women's World Golf Rankings, the top 75 players and anyone tying for 75th place as of May 3, 2023
The US Open women's singles championship is an annual tennis event that has been held since 1887 as part of the US Open [a] [b] tournament. The tournament is played on outdoor hard courts [ c ] at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows – Corona Park , New York City.
Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka share the record for the lowest score in relation to par with their winning scores of -16. [ 6 ] The U.S. Open has been won wire-to-wire by seven golfers on eight occasions: 1914 by Walter Hagen , 1921 by Jim Barnes , 1953 by Hogan, 1970 by Tony Jacklin , 2000 and 2002 by Tiger Woods , 2011 by McIlroy, and 2014 by ...
NBC first began televising golf events after it was awarded the television rights to the U.S. Open in 1954.The tournament continued to air on the network through the 1965 event, however NBC rebuffed a long-term deal to broadcast the event when the United States Golf Association (USGA) decided on a true contract in 1966.