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Sunday 15 August 1948Women’s majorsYear in Review
Zaharias wins U.S. Women's Open
Atlantic City Country Club, Atlantic City, New Jersey · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 August 1948 · 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
13 h 31 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/22°C · wind 26 km/h SSW, gusts 52 · 7.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/20°C · wind 19 km/h WSW, gusts 38 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/19°C · wind 20 km/h WNW, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/18°C · wind 16 km/h NNW, gusts 30 · 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.
51 started
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Atlantic City Country Club, Northfield
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Betty Hicks
The golfer
b. 1911-06-26, Port Arthur, Texas, United States; United States; age 37 at the win (year page); 5th 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