Golf Network News
Wednesday 9 April 1941Women’s majorsYear in Review
Kirby wins Titleholders Championship
Augusta Country Club, Augusta · Monday 7 to Wednesday 9 April 1941
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 38 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/10°C · wind 18 km/h ENE, gusts 35 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/11°C · wind 16 km/h E, gusts 39 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/11°C · wind 11 km/h E, gusts 27 · 3.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Titleholders Championship
1937–1972 in our record, 28 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 major
Titleholders Championship
Augusta Country Club, Augusta
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Helen Sigel Wilson
The golfer
b. 1920, West Point, Georgia, United States; United States; age 21 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet