Eastern Women's Open

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The Eastern Women's Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1949 to 1961. [1] [2] It was played at four different courses in New Jersey, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.

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Tournament locations

YearsVenueLocation
1949Essex Fells Country Club [3] Essex Fells, New Jersey
1950Woodland Golf Club Newton, Massachusetts
1951–55Berkshire Country Club Reading, Pennsylvania
1960–61Range End Country Club Dillsburg, Pennsylvania

Winners

Eastern Open

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References

  1. LPGA Tournament Chronology 1950-1959 Archived January 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. LPGA Tournament Chronology 1960-1969 Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. 1 2 "Zaharias Takes Essex Falls Golf". The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut. AP. May 30, 1949. p. 10. Retrieved September 22, 2010.