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Saturday 17 September 1949AmateurYear in Review
Porter wins U.S. Women's Amateur
Merion Golf Club, Ardmore, Pennsylvania · Monday 12 to Saturday 17 September 1949
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 09 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 51° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/14°C · wind 22 km/h ENE, gusts 45 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/17°C · wind 21 km/h E, gusts 44 · 9.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/21°C · wind 11 km/h S, gusts 27 · 3.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/18°C · wind 12 km/h NNW, gusts 28 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R522°/16°C · wind 9 km/h NNW, gusts 15 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R627°/13°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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
Women's amateur championship
U.S. Women's Amateur
Merion G.C. (East Course), Ardmore
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Dot Kielty
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1924-04-03, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; United States; age 25 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