Golf Network News
Friday 12 April 1946Women’s majorsYear in Review
Suggs wins Titleholders Championship
Augusta Country Club, Augusta · Tuesday 9 to Friday 12 April 1946
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 44 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 65° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/19°C · wind 17 km/h W, gusts 36 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/15°C · wind 13 km/h NE, gusts 40 · 3.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/10°C · wind 14 km/h E, gusts 33 · 6.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/10°C · wind 21 km/h NNW, gusts 47 · 3.3 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. 1923-09-07, Atlanta, Georgia, United States; United States; age 22 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