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Saturday 21 June 1947Women’s majorsYear in Review
Suggs wins Women's Western Open
Capital City Club, Atlanta · Monday 16 to Saturday 21 June 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
14 h 15 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 80° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/17°C · wind 17 km/h NW, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/16°C · wind 11 km/h NW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R332°/17°C · wind 9 km/h NW, gusts 18 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/20°C · wind 10 km/h WSW, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R531°/20°C · wind 12 km/h SSE, gusts 28 · 6.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R622°/18°C · wind 24 km/h E, gusts 43 · 13.6 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
Women's major
Women's Western Open
Capital City Club, Atlanta
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 23 at the win (year page); 3rd 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