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Sunday 29 June 1952Women’s majorsYear in Review
Suggs wins U.S. Women's Open
Bala Golf Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 June 1952 · purse $7,500 · winner's share $1,750
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 73° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R139°/27°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R234°/25°C · wind 13 km/h N, gusts 30 · 6.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/22°C · wind 11 km/h E, gusts 19 · 4.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/19°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 34 · 19.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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.
45 started
Same week
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Bala Golf Club, Philadelphia
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Marlene Bauer Hagge, Betty Jameson
The golfer
b. 1923-09-07, Atlanta, Georgia, United States; United States; age 28 at the win (year page); 6th 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