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Sunday 29 June 1947Women’s majorsYear in Review
Jameson wins U.S. Women's Open
Starmount Forest Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 June 1947 · purse $7,500 · winner's share $1,200
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 26 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 77° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/19°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 33 · 4.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/19°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 19 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/21°C · wind 13 km/h WSW, gusts 36 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R433°/21°C · wind 11 km/h NNW, gusts 28 · 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
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Starmount Forest Country Club, Greensboro
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Sally Sessions (a), Polly Riley (a)
The golfer
b. 1919-05-09, Norman, Oklahoma, United States; United States; age 28 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