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Saturday 28 September 1946AmateurYear in Review
Zaharias wins U.S. Women's Amateur
Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma · Monday 23 to Saturday 28 September 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
11 h 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 51° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/12°C · wind 21 km/h NNE, gusts 40 · 2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/11°C · wind 13 km/h S, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/16°C · wind 12 km/h S, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/19°C · wind 17 km/h S, gusts 38 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R528°/20°C · wind 20 km/h SSE, gusts 46 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R624°/18°C · wind 20 km/h ENE, gusts 26 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- 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
Southern Hills C.C., Tulsa
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Clara Sherman
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1911-06-26, Port Arthur, Texas, United States; United States; age 35 at the win (year page)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet