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Saturday 18 September 1948AmateurYear in Review
Lenczyk wins U.S. Women's Amateur
Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, California · Monday 13 to Saturday 18 September 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 04 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R133°/16°C · wind 10 km/h WNW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/15°C · wind 17 km/h WNW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/12°C · wind 17 km/h WNW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/11°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R523°/13°C · wind 17 km/h WSW, gusts 35 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R620°/14°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 27 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course 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
Del Monte G. & C.C., Pebble Beach
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Helen Sigel
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1927-09-12, Newington, Connecticut, U.S.; United States; age 21 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