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Sunday 16 September 1951Women’s majorsYear in Review
Rawls wins U.S. Women's Open
Druid Hills Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 September 1951 · 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
12 h 10 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/22°C · wind 16 km/h SSE, gusts 33 · 7.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/20°C · wind 10 km/h WSW, gusts 24 · 20.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/18°C · wind 14 km/h NNE, gusts 31 · 5.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/18°C · wind 16 km/h ENE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course 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.
77 started
Same week
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Druid Hills Golf Club, Atlanta
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Louise Suggs
The golfer
b. 1928-05-04, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States; United States; age 23 at the win (year page); 1st 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