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Saturday 17 June 1939Women’s majorsYear in Review

Dettweiler wins Women's Western Open

Westwood Country Club, St. Louis · Monday 12 to Saturday 17 June 1939

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

The weather

14 h 42 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 75° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).

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The name over time

  1. Women's Western Open

1930–1967 in our record, 38 editions.

The ones it got away from

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

Same week

Women's major

Women's Western Open

Westwood Country Club, St. Louis

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Helen Dettweiler

4 & 3Final

Runner-up: Bea Barrett

To par and margin not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1914, Washington, D.C., United States; United States; age 24 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)

Helen Dettweiler’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet

From the papers

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