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Sunday 19 March 1950Women’s majorsYear in Review
Zaharias wins Titleholders Championship
Augusta Country Club, Augusta · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 March 1950 · purse $1,500 · winner's share $700
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 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/10°C · wind 21 km/h W, gusts 47 · 11.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/5°C · wind 13 km/h NW, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/8°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/7°C · wind 22 km/h ENE, gusts 45 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Titleholders Championship
1937–1972 in our record, 28 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
Titleholders Championship
Augusta Country Club, Augusta
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Claire Doran
The golfer
b. 1911-06-26, Port Arthur, Texas, United States; United States; age 38 at the win (year page); 6th 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