Golf Network News
Sunday 21 March 1948Women’s majorsYear in Review
Berg wins Titleholders Championship
Augusta Country Club, Augusta · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 March 1948
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 00 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/12°C · wind 18 km/h E, gusts 36 · 3.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/16°C · wind 18 km/h SSE, gusts 47 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/18°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/17°C · wind 18 km/h SW, gusts 41 · 0 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: Peggy Kirk Bell, Babe Zaharias
The golfer
b. 1918-02-13, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; United States; age 30 at the win (year page); 7th 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