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Saturday 5 October 1929AmateurYear in Review

Collett-Vare wins U.S. Women's Amateur

Oakland Hills Country Club, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan · Monday 30 September to Saturday 5 October 1929

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

11 h 17 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 42° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R1Not yet researched
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The name over time

  1. U.S. Women's Amateur

1895–2026 in our record, 126 editions.

The ones it got away from

Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.

Same week

Nothing else in our record that week.

Women's amateur championship

U.S. Women's Amateur

Oakland Hills C.C. (South Course), Birmingham

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Glenna Collett-Vare (also Glenna Collett)

4 & 3Final

Runner-up: Leona Pressler

To par and margin not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1903-06-20, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.; United States; age 26 at the win (year page)

Glenna Collett-Vare (also Glenna Collett)’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet

From the papers

No clipping yet