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Saturday 21 June 1952Women’s majorsYear in Review
Rawls wins Women's Western Open
Skokie Country Club, Chicago · Monday 16 to Saturday 21 June 1952 · purse $1,500 · 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
15 h 02 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R133°/23°C · wind 28 km/h SSW, gusts 48 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/20°C · wind 20 km/h WNW, gusts 33 · 6.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/19°C · wind 28 km/h SW, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/15°C · wind 25 km/h NNE, gusts 44 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R517°/14°C · wind 19 km/h ESE, gusts 41 · 12.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R624°/16°C · wind 14 km/h E, gusts 28 · 9.6 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
Women's major
Women's Western Open
Skokie Country Club, Chicago
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Betty Jameson
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1928-05-04, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States; United States; age 24 at the win (year page); 2nd 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