The 1956 Women's Western Open was contested from June 28 to July 1 at Wakonda Country Club. It was the 27th edition of the Women's Western Open.

This event was won by Beverly Hanson.

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Beverly Hanson	75-81-72-76=304	E	1,000
2	Louise Suggs	72-78-79-79=308	+4	700
3	Mickey Wright	76-77-74-81=309	+5	600
T4	Patty Berg	75-80-80-76=311	+7	463
	Marlene Bauer Hagge	76-79-77-79=311
T6	Ruth Jessen (a)	75-79-81-79=314	+10	0
	Anne Quast (a)	77-80-79-78=314
T8	Marilynn Smith	80-79-80-78=317	+13	350
	Jackie Yates (a)	75-84-80-78=317		0
10	Alice Bauer	76-79-82-82=319	+15	310

• St. Joseph Gazette source
• Sarasota Herald-Tribune source