1979 U.S. Women's Open

The 1979 U.S. Women's Open was the 34th U.S. Women's Open, held July 12–15 at Brooklawn Country Club in Fairfield, Connecticut.

1979 U.S. Women's Open

Tournament information
Dates	July 12–15, 1979
Location	Fairfield, Connecticut
Course	Brooklawn Country Club
Organized by	USGA
Tour	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,010 yards (5,496 m)[1]
Field	153 players, 56 after cut[1]
Cut	152 (+10)
Prize fund	$125,000
Winner's share	$19,000
Champion
Jerilyn Britz
284 (E)
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Fairfield

Location in the United States

Brooklawn CC

Location in Connecticut

Jerilyn Britz won her first LPGA Tour event (and only major), two shots ahead of runners-up Debbie Massey and Sandra Palmer.^[2][3][4][5]

Co-leading after the first round and leading after the second, Britz shot a four-over-par 75 in the third round on Saturday.^[6] She entered the final round three strokes behind Massey and shot a two-under 69 for an even-par 284 total.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, July 15, 1979

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Jerilyn Britz	70-70-75-69=284	E	19,000
T2	Debbie Massey	70-72-70-74=286	+2	9,200
	Sandra Palmer	73-69-74-70=286
4	Sally Little	71-71-74-71=287	+3	6,500
T5	Jo Ann Washam	76-74-72-67=289	+5	4,566
	Mary Dwyer	73-71-74-71=289
	Susie Berning	79-66-71-73=289
T8	Donna Caponi	72-74-74-70=290	+6	3,400
	Joyce Kazmierski	76-72-72-70=290
	Laura Baugh	73-72-77-68=290

Source:^[4]