The 1949 Women's Western Open was a golf competition held at the Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club in Nichols Hills, Oklahoma, a suburb of Oklahoma City, form June 20–25. It was the 20th edition of the Women's Western Open.
The field of 116 golfers played an 18-hole qualifying round to determine the 32 players advancing to match play. Grace Lenczyk won medalist honors with a qualifying round of 66 (−9). Match play was over 18 holes for each round except the 36-hole final. After the first round of match play, five professional and eleven amateur golfers remained in the field.
Louise Suggs won the championship in match play competition by defeating Betty Jameson in the final match, 5 and 4. Suggs earned the entire purse of $500.
Final 16 bracket
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