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Saturday 25 June 1949Women’s majorsYear in Review
Suggs wins Women's Western Open
Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club, Oklahoma City · Monday 20 to Saturday 25 June 1949 · purse $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
14 h 24 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 78° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R136°/23°C · wind 17 km/h S, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R236°/24°C · wind 17 km/h SSW, gusts 30 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R334°/25°C · wind 17 km/h S, gusts 36 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R433°/23°C · wind 22 km/h S, gusts 38 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R530°/21°C · wind 18 km/h S, gusts 38 · 2.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R633°/22°C · wind 23 km/h S, gusts 44 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Women's Western Open
1930–1967 in our record, 38 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
Women's Western Open
Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club, Oklahoma City
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Betty Jameson
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1923-09-07, Atlanta, Georgia, United States; United States; age 25 at the win (year page); 4th 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