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Saturday 23 June 1951Women’s majorsYear in Review
Berg wins Women's Western Open
Whitemarsh Valley Country Club, Philadelphia · Monday 18 to Saturday 23 June 1951 · 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 51 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/14°C · wind 11 km/h SE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/15°C · wind 13 km/h S, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/17°C · wind 16 km/h S, gusts 34 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/20°C · wind 14 km/h SSW, gusts 32 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R530°/19°C · wind 16 km/h SE, gusts 34 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R631°/21°C · wind 16 km/h SSW, gusts 34 · 18 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
Whitemarsh Valley Country Club, Philadelphia
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Pat O'Sullivan
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1918-02-13, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; United States; age 33 at the win (year page); 9th 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