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Saturday 29 June 1946Women’s majorsYear in Review
Suggs wins Women's Western Open
Wakonda Club, Des Moines · Monday 24 to Saturday 29 June 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
14 h 59 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/20°C · wind 29 km/h S, gusts 63 · 4.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/18°C · wind 26 km/h W, gusts 50 · 2.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/16°C · wind 12 km/h ESE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/19°C · wind 17 km/h SSE, gusts 35 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R530°/21°C · wind 19 km/h SSE, gusts 38 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R628°/20°C · wind 22 km/h SE, gusts 40 · 8.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Women's Western Open
1930–1967 in our record, 38 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
Women's Western Open
Wakonda Club, Des Moines
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Patty Berg
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1923-09-07, Atlanta, 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