1971 U.S. Women's Open

The 1971 U.S. Women's Open was the 26th U.S. Women's Open, held June 24–27 at Kahkwa Club in Erie, Pennsylvania.

1971 U.S. Women's Open

Tournament information
Dates	June 24–27, 1971
Location	Erie, Pennsylvania
Course(s)	Kahkwa Club
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Format	Stroke play – 72 holes
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,306 yards (5,766 m)[1]
Field	134, 53 after cut[2]
Cut	159 (+15)
Prize fund	$31,000
Winner's share	$5,000
Champion
JoAnne Carner
288 (E)
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Erie

Location in the United States

Erie

Location in Pennsylvania

JoAnne Carner won the first of her two U.S. Women's Open titles, seven strokes ahead of runner-up Kathy Whitworth.^[2] Carner led (or co-led) wire-to-wire and entered the final round with a five-stroke lead over 1963 champion Mary Mills.^[3] The course was designed by Donald Ross.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, June 27, 1971

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	JoAnne Carner	70-73-72-73=288	E	5,000
2	Kathy Whitworth	73-77-73-72=295	+7	2,500
T3	Jane Booth (a)	72-77-76-74=299	+11	0
	Jane Blalock	75-73-74-77=299		1,233
	Donna Caponi	70-75-77-77=299
	Mickey Wright	73-75-75-76=299
T7	Kathy Cornelius	73-78-73-76=300	+12	875
	Lesley Holbert	71-75-81-73=300
T9	Martha Kirouac (a)	74-78-77-72=301	+13	0
	Shelley Hamlin (a)	77-76-73-75=301

Source:^[2]