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Saturday 27 September 1947AmateurYear in Review
Suggs wins U.S. Women's Amateur
Franklin Hills Country Club, Franklin, Michigan · Monday 22 to Saturday 27 September 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
11 h 41 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 45° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R113°/6°C · wind 28 km/h NW, gusts 55 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R214°/3°C · wind 22 km/h SW, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/7°C · wind 19 km/h NW, gusts 38 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R412°/5°C · wind 21 km/h N, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R512°/4°C · wind 12 km/h N, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R613°/3°C · wind 12 km/h ENE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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
Franklin Hills C.C., Franklin
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Dorothy Kirby
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1923-09-07, Atlanta, Georgia, United States; United States; age 24 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