in 1954, Fay Crocker in 1955, Wright in 1958, Mary Mills in 1963, Catherine Lacoste in 1967, Berning in 1968, Donna Caponi in 1970, and JoAnne Carner in 1971. Champions Key Multiple champions This table lists the golfers who have won more than one U.S. Women's Open. Champions who win consecutively are indicated by the years with italics*. Key Champions by nationality This table lists the total number of titles won by golfers of each nationality. See also Chronological list of LPGA major golf champions List of LPGA major championship winning golfers Notes Par is a predetermined number of strokes that a golfer should require to complete a hole, a round (the sum of the total pars of the played holes), or a tournament (the sum of the total pars of each round). E stands for even, which means the tournament was completed in the predetermined number of strokes. The best score should always be the lowest in relation to par. The first event was contested in match play competition. This means the score is reported differently. Betsy Rawls won in an 18-hole playoff over Jackie Pung, 70–77. Kathy Cornelius won in an 18-hole playoff over Barbara McIntire (a), 75–82. Mickey Wright won in an 18-hole playoff over Ruth Jessen, 70–72. JoAnne Carner won in an 18-hole playoff over Sandra Palmer, 76–78. Jane Geddes won in an 18-hole playoff over Sally Little, 71–73. Laura Davies won in an 18-hole playoff over Ayako Okamoto and JoAnne Carner, 71–73–74. Patty Sheehan won in an 18-hole playoff over Juli Inkster, 72–74. Se Ri Pak won in an 18-hole playoff over Jenny Chuasiriporn (a), 73–73, which she won in sudden death after that on the second extra hole. Hilary Lunke won in an 18-hole playoff over Angela Stanford and Kelly Robbins, 70–71–73. Annika Sörenstam won in an 18-hole playoff over Pat Hurst, 70–74. So Yeon Ryu won in a 3-hole playoff over Hee Kyung Seo, 10–13. Brittany Lang won in a 3-hole playoff over Anna Nordqvist, 12–15. Ariya Jutanugarn won in a 2-hole playoff over Kim Hyo-joo, 8–8, which she won in sudden death after that on the second extra hole. Yuka Saso won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff with Nasa Hataoka, after they tied in the initial 2-hole playoff. References General Specific External links LPGA Tour's tournament profile Champions U.S. Women's Open