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Sunday 25 September 1949Women’s majorsYear in Review
Suggs wins U.S. Women's Open
Prince George's Golf and Country Club, Landover, Maryland · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 September 1949 · purse $7,500 · winner's share $1,500
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 49° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/15°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/13°C · wind 24 km/h WNW, gusts 52 · 3.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/10°C · wind 18 km/h WNW, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/8°C · wind 9 km/h NNW, gusts 23 · 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.
60 started
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Prince Georges Golf & Country Club, Landover
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Babe Zaharias
The golfer
b. 1923-09-07, Atlanta, Georgia, United States; United States; age 26 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