The 1971 U.S. Women's Open was the 26th U.S. Women's Open, held June 24–27 at Kahkwa Club in Erie, Pennsylvania.
JoAnne Carner won the first of her two U.S. Women's Open titles, seven strokes ahead of runner-up Kathy Whitworth. Carner led (or co-led) wire-to-wire and entered the final round with a five-stroke lead over 1963 champion Mary Mills. The course was designed by Donald Ross.
Final leaderboard Sunday, June 27, 1971 Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 JoAnne Carner70-73-72-73=288E5,000 2 Kathy Whitworth73-77-73-72=295+72,500 T3 Jane Booth (a)72-77-76-74=299+110 Jane Blalock75-73-74-77=2991,233 Donna Caponi70-75-77-77=299 Mickey Wright73-75-75-76=299 T7 Kathy Cornelius73-78-73-76=300+12875 Lesley Holbert71-75-81-73=300T9 Martha Kirouac (a)74-78-77-72=301+130 Shelley Hamlin (a)77-76-73-75=301 Source:
References
External links Golf Observer final leaderboard U.S. Women's Open – past champions – 1971 Kahkwa Club