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Sunday 16 March 1952Women’s majorsYear in Review
Zaharias wins Titleholders Championship
Augusta Country Club, Augusta · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 March 1952 · purse $2,100 · winner's share $1,000
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 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/11°C · wind 24 km/h WSW, gusts 50 · 8.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/10°C · wind 21 km/h W, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/6°C · wind 25 km/h NW, gusts 53 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R413°/2°C · wind 26 km/h WNW, gusts 54 · 0 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: Betsy Rawls
The golfer
b. 1911-06-26, Port Arthur, Texas, United States; United States; age 40 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