Golfers Who Won U.S. Women's Open, Women's PGA Championship in Same Year

Quite a few golfers have won both the U.S. Women's Open and Women's PGA Championship at some point in their careers. But how many won both of these women's major championships in the same year? That number is still pretty small.

The U.S. Women's Open (USWO) and Women's PGA Championships (WPGA) are the two oldest majors in women's professional golf. The USWO, first played in 1946, pre-dates the LPGA Tour itself. The Women's PGA was first played in 1955, and from then through 2015 it was named the LPGA Championship. Its named switched to Women's PGA Championship beginning in 2015. The USGA runs the U.S. Women's Open, the PGA of America runs the WPGA.

And these are the golfers who've won them both in the same year:

Mickey Wright, 1958 and 1961

Mickey Wright won these major championships four times each, so it's no surprise that in at least one year she won both. In fact, she won both the U.S. Women's Open and Women's PGA Championship in two years, the only golfer to do so.

In 1958, Wright won the Women's PGA Championship (then named the LPGA Championship) by six strokes over runner-up Fay Crocker. A couple weeks later she won the U.S. Women's Open by five over second-place Louise Suggs. It was Wright's first time winning each of those trophies.

Then she recorded the double a second time in 1961. In the 1961 USWO, Wright's margin of victory over second-place Betsy Rawls was five. In the Women's PGA Championship, it was nine over runner-up Suggs. Wright also won the U.S. Women's Open in 1959 and 1964; her other wins in the Women's PGA were in 1960 and 1963.

Sandra Haynie, 1974

The year of Haynie's double was 1974. She won three majors in her career, first in the 1965 LPGA Championship. Then came these wins, and the USWO and WPGA were the only two women's majors played that year.

In the 1974 U.S. Women's Open, Haynie won by one stroke over Carol Mann and Beth Stone. In the Women's PGA Championship, her victory was by two strokes over second-place JoAnne Carner.

Se Ri Pak, 1998

Pak burst onto the LPGA Tour in 1998, winning two majors in her rookie year. And just as Francis Ouimet's victory in the 1913 U.S. Open is credited with inspiring an explosion of interest in golf in America, so is Pak's success in 1998 credited with inspiring huge growth in the Korean scene.

Pak's win in the 1998 Women's PGA Championship (then called the McDonald's LPGA Championship) was also her first on the LPGA Tour. She won that one by three strokes over runners-up Donna Andrews and Lisa Hackney.

About six weeks later, in the 1998 U.S. Women's Open, Pak won an 18-hole playoff against amateur Jenny Chuasiriporn. But there were still tied after those 18 holes, so Pak needed two more holes (20 holes total) to secure the victory. It was her lone USWO victory, but Pak won the Women's PGA two more times.

Juli Inkster, 1999

Inkster won each of these majors two times, and in 1999 those victories overlapped. The 1999 U.S. Women's Open was played in early June, and the 1999 Women's PGA Championship took place in late June. It was a good month for Inkster.

At the USWO, she finished five in front of second-place Sherri Turner. At the WPGA, Inkster won by four strokes over Liselotte Neumann. The WPGA victory was extra special because with it, Inkster completed the career grand slam. She won the Women's PGA again in 2000, and the U.S. Women's Open again in 2002.

Karrie Webb, 2001

Webb's victory in the 2001 U.S. Women's Open was her second consecutive — she also won in 2000. But in 2001, she also claimed the Women's PGA trophy, her lone win in that major.

In the U.S. Women's Open in 2001, Webb won by eight strokes over Pak, who was the second-place finisher. In the Women's PGA a few weeks later, Webb's victory was by two over Laura Diaz.

Inbee Park, 2013

Inbee Park was one of those little Korean girls who was inspired by Pak's successes on the LPGA Tour. In 2008, she joined Pak as a U.S. Women's Open champ. Then, in 2013, she joined Pak on this list by winning both the USWO and Women's PGA in the same year.

At the USWO, Park won by four strokes over another Pak-inspired Korean, I.K. Kim. At the 2013 Women's PGA Championship (still called the LPGA Championship at that point), Park defeated Catriona Matthew in a playoff, winning on the third hole of sudden death. Park went on to win the Women's PGA Championship three successive years, 2013, 2014 and 2015.

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• Golfers who won the U.S. and British women's opens in same year
• Golfers who won U.S. Women's Amateur and U.S. Women's Open
• U.S. Women's Open scoring records

Sources:
United States Golf Association. U.S. Women's Open 81st Record Book, 2026, Tournament Records.