The 1945 Women's Western Open was a golf competition held at Highland Golf & Country Club, which was the 16th edition of the event. Babe Zaharias won the championship in match play competition by defeating Dorothy Germain in the final match, 4 and 2.
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The Ryder Cup is a biennial men's golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States. The competition is contested every two years with the venue alternating between courses in the United States and Europe. The Ryder Cup is named after the English businessman Samuel Ryder who donated the trophy. The event is jointly administered by the PGA of America and Ryder Cup Europe, the latter a joint venture of the PGA European Tour (60%), the PGA of Great Britain and Ireland (20%), and the PGAs of Europe (20%).
Match play is a scoring system for golf in which a player, or team, earns a point for each hole in which they have bested their opponents; as opposed to stroke play, in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes. In match play the winner is the player, or team, with the most points at the end of play.
The Walker Cup is a golf trophy contested in odd-numbered years by leading male amateur golfers in two teams: United States, and Great Britain and Ireland featuring players from the United Kingdom and Ireland. The official name is the Walker Cup Match. It is organised by The R&A and the United States Golf Association (USGA). In 1921 the Royal Liverpool Golf Club hosted an unofficial contest which was followed by official annual contests from 1922 through 1924. From 1925 they became biennial, held on even-number years. After World War II they switched to odd-numbered years. From 2026 it will be held in even-numbered years following the switch of the Eisenhower Trophy to odd-numbered years to avoid that event clashing with the Olympic Games. They are held alternately in the U.S., and Ireland or Britain.
The Curtis Cup is the best known team trophy for women amateur golfers, awarded in the biennial Curtis Cup Match. It is co-organised by the United States Golf Association and The R&A and is contested by teams representing the United States and "Great Britain and Ireland". The same two teams originally contested the Ryder Cup, but unlike that competition, the Curtis Cup has not widened the Great Britain and Ireland team to include all Europeans. Many women who have gone on to become stars of women's professional golf have played in the Curtis Cup.
The Lexus Cup was an annual golf tournament played between 2005 and 2008 for professional women golfers contested by a team representing Asia and an international team representing the rest of the world. It was sanctioned by the LPGA Tour, but any winnings were unofficial and were not included in the LPGA money list standings.
The University Golf Match is the annual golf match contested between the Full Blue golf teams from Oxford and Cambridge universities. Dating back to 1878, it is the oldest amateur event in golf, as the first Amateur Championship was played in 1885. It is also the oldest team event in English golf. Scottish team matches were common after 1849, and included St Andrews University matches against Fife artisan clubs.
The 1930 Women's Western Open was a golf competition held at Acacia Country Club, which was the 1st edition of the event. Lucia Mida won the championship in match play competition by defeating June Beebe in the final match, 6 and 5.
The 1932 Women's Western Open was a golf competition held at Ozaukee Country Club, which was the third edition of the event. Jane Weiller won the championship in match play competition by defeating June Beebe in the final match, 5 and 4.
The 1934 Women's Western Open was a golf competition held at Portland Golf Club, the 5th edition of the event. Marian McDougall won the championship in match play competition by defeating Mrs. Guy Riegel in the final match, 9 and 7.
The 1936 Women's Western Open was a golf competition held at Topeka Country Club, which was the 7th edition of the event. Opal Hill won the championship in match play competition by defeating Mrs. Charles Dennehy in the final match, 3 and 2.
The 1938 Women's Western Open was a golf competition held at Broadmoor Golf Club, the 9th edition of the event. Bea Barrett won the championship in match play competition by defeating Helen Hofmann in the final match, 6 and 4.
The 1939 Women's Western Open was a golf competition held at Westwood Country Club, which was the 10th edition of the event. Helen Dettweiler won the championship in match play competition by defeating Bea Barrett in the final match, 4 and 3.
The 1940 Women's Western Open was a golf competition held at Blue Mound Golf & Country Club, the 11th edition of the event. Babe Zaharias won the championship in match play competition by defeating Mrs. Russell Mann in the final match, 5 and 4.
The 1941 Women's Western Open was a golf competition held at Cincinnati Country Club, which was the 12th edition of the event. Patty Berg won the championship in match play competition by defeating Mrs. Burt Weil in the final match, 7 and 6.
The 1942 Women's Western Open was a golf competition held at Elmhurst Country Club in Addison, Illinois, which was the 13th edition of the event. Betty Jameson won the championship in match play competition by defeating Phyllis Otto in the final match, 9 and 7.
The 1944 Women's Western Open was a golf competition held at Park Ridge Country Club in Park Ridge, Illinois, the 15th edition of the event. Babe Zaharias won the championship in match play competition by defeating Dorothy Germain in the final match, 7 and 5.
The 1946 Women's Western Open was a golf competition held at the Wakonda Club in Des Moines, Iowa, which was the 17th edition of the event. Louise Suggs won the championship in match play competition by defeating Patty Berg in the final match, 2-up.
The 1948 Women's Western Open was a golf competition held at Skycrest Country Club, now known as the Twin Orchard Country Club, in Long Grove, Illinois, which was the 19th edition of the event. Patty Berg won the championship in match play competition by defeating Babe Zaharias in the final match, 37 holes.
The 1949 Women's Western Open was a golf competition held at the Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club, which was the 20th edition of the event. Louise Suggs won the championship in match play competition by defeating Betty Jameson in the final match, 5 and 4.
The 1954 Women's Western Open was a golf competition held at Glen Flora Country Club in Waukegan, Illinois, which was the 25th edition of the event. Betty Jameson won the championship in match play competition by defeating Louise Suggs in the final match, 6 and 5.