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Thursday 12 June 1947AmateurYear in Review

Zaharias wins the Women's Amateur

Gullane Golf Club, Gullane, Scotland

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

17 h 15 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

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The name over time

  1. The Women's Amateur

1893–2026 in our record, 123 editions.

The ones it got away from

Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.

Same week

Women's amateur championship

The Women's Amateur

Gullane, Gullane

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Babe Zaharias

5 & 4 (36-hole final)Final

Runner-up: Jacqueline Gordon

To par and margin not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1911-06-26, Port Arthur, Texas, United States; United States; age 35 at the win (year page)

Babe Zaharias’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet

From the papers

No clipping yet