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Saturday 29 August 1953AmateurYear in Review
Faulk wins U.S. Women's Amateur
Rhode Island Country Club, Barrington, Rhode Island · Monday 24 to Saturday 29 August 1953
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 04 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/17°C · wind 12 km/h WSW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/18°C · wind 12 km/h ENE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/19°C · wind 11 km/h SW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/19°C · wind 11 km/h NE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R532°/19°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R634°/21°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Women's Amateur
1895–2026 in our record, 126 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 amateur championship
U.S. Women's Amateur
Rhode Island C.C., Barrington
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Polly Riley
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1926, Chipley, Florida, United States; United States; age 27 at the win (year page)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet