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Saturday 24 June 1950Women’s majorsYear in Review
Zaharias wins Women's Western Open
Cherry Hills Country Club, Denver · Monday 19 to Saturday 24 June 1950 · 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 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/13°C · wind 13 km/h ESE, gusts 33 · 3.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/11°C · wind 11 km/h NE, gusts 31 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/11°C · wind 11 km/h S, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/13°C · wind 20 km/h WSW, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R530°/12°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R632°/12°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 28 · 0 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
Cherry Hills Country Club, Denver
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Peggy Kirk Bell
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1911-06-26, Port Arthur, Texas, United States; United States; age 38 at the win (year page); 7th 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