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Sunday 1 September 1946Women’s majorsYear in Review
Berg wins U.S. Women's Open
Spokane Country Club, Spokane, Washington · Monday 26 August to Sunday 1 September 1946 · purse $19,700 · winner's share $5,600
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 08 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 50° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/16°C · wind 14 km/h NNE, gusts 33 · 3.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/14°C · wind 20 km/h NNE, gusts 38 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/15°C · wind 26 km/h NE, gusts 55 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/14°C · wind 21 km/h NE, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R525°/15°C · wind 8 km/h N, gusts 21 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R624°/13°C · wind 11 km/h NNE, gusts 27 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R730°/13°C · wind 10 km/h NNE, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Women's Open
1946–2026 in our record, 81 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
39 started, 32 (cut at 188) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Spokane Country Club, Spokane
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Betty Jameson
Score, to par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1918-02-13, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; United States; age 28 at the win (year page); 6th 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