1947 U.S. Women's Open
The 1947 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the second U.S. Women's Open, held June 26−29 at Starmount Forest Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Betty Jameson won her only U.S. Women's Open, six strokes ahead of runners-up Polly Riley and Sally Sessions, both amateurs. She entered the final round on Sunday with a two shot lead at 225 and carded a six-under 70. It was the second of her three major championships. Jameson was the runner-up the previous year, conducted in a match play format. Defending champion Patty Berg finished ninth, third among the professionals.Final leaderboard
Sunday, June 29, 1947
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money |
| 1 | Betty Jameson | | 76-75-74-70=295 | −9 | 1,200 |
| T2 | Polly Riley | | 74-75-78-74=301 | −3 | 0 |
| T2 | Sally Sessions | | 77-76-74-74=301 | −3 | 0 |
| 4 | Louise Suggs | | 74-76-79-73=302 | −2 | 0 |
| 5 | Estelle Page | | 76-73-78-79=306 | +2 | 0 |
| 6 | Carol Diringer | | 81-76-73-77=307 | +3 | 0 |
| 7 | Grace Lenczyk | | 80-75-74-79=308 | +4 | 0 |
| 8 | Helen Dettweiler | | 75-84-73-77=309 | +5 | 1,000 |
| 9 | Patty Berg | | 74-81-79-76=310 | +6 | 900 |
| 10 | Peggy Kirk | | 81-83-72-77=313 | +9 | 0 |
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