Golf Network News
Sunday 30 March 1947Women’s majorsYear in Review
Zaharias wins Titleholders Championship
Augusta Country Club, Augusta · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 March 1947
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 17 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/0°C · wind 37 km/h SSW, gusts 78 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/2°C · wind 33 km/h NW, gusts 82 · 4.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/0°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R413°/9°C · wind 16 km/h NNE, gusts 31 · 17.5 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: Dorothy Kirby
The golfer
b. 1911-06-26, Port Arthur, Texas, United States; United States; age 35 at the win (year page); 4th 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