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1951 Women's Western Open

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The 1951 Women's Western Open was a golf competition held at Whitemarsh Valley Country Club in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania from June 18–23. It was the 22nd edition of the event. The field of 99 golfers played an 18-hole qualifying round to determine the 32 players advancing to match play. Louise Suggs won medalist honors with a qualifying round of 68 (−7). Match play was over 18 holes for each round except the 36-hole final. After the first round of match play, ten professional and six amateur golfers remained in the field. Patty Berg won the championship in match play competition by defeating Pat O'Sullivan in the final match, 2 up. Berg earned the entire purse of $500.

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