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Sunday 18 March 1951Women’s majorsYear in Review

O'Sullivan wins Titleholders Championship

Augusta Country Club, Augusta · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 March 1951 · purse $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 51 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R112°/1°C · wind 24 km/h W, gusts 52 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R216°/3°C · wind 24 km/h W, gusts 52 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R322°/7°C · wind 12 km/h SSW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R420°/10°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 40 · 13.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis

The name over time

  1. 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

Pat O'Sullivan (an amateur)

2 strokesMargin

Runner-up: Beverly Hanson

Score and to par not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1926, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; United States; age 24 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)

Pat O'Sullivan (an amateur)’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet

From the papers

No clipping yet