Golf Network News
Thursday 2 April 1942Women’s majorsYear in Review
Kirby wins Titleholders Championship
Augusta Country Club, Augusta · Tuesday 31 March to Thursday 2 April 1942
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 23 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R114°/8°C · wind 16 km/h W, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/4°C · wind 13 km/h NW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/3°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 24 · 0 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: Eileen Stulb
The golfer
b. 1920, West Point, Georgia, United States; United States; age 22 at the win (year page); 2nd 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