The 1948 Women's Western Open was a golf competition held at Skycrest Country Club, now known as the Twin Orchard Country Club, in Long Grove, Illinois from June 21–26. It was the 19th edition of the Women's Western Open.
The field of 154 golfers played an 18-hole qualifying round to determine the 32 players advancing to match play. Margaret Gunther won medalist honors with a qualifying round of 76 (+2). Match play was over 18 holes for each round except the 36-hole final. After the first round of match play, six professional and ten amateur golfers remained in the field.
Patty Berg won the championship in match play competition by defeating Babe Zaharias in the final match in 37 holes. Berg earned the entire purse of $500 and returned the money to the Women's Western Golf Association for their junior golf program.
Final 16 bracket
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