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Sunday 28 June 1953Women’s majorsYear in Review
Rawls wins U.S. Women's Open
Country Club of Rochester, Rochester, New York · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 June 1953 · purse $7,500 · winner's share $2,000
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 10 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/15°C · wind 20 km/h S, gusts 49 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/19°C · wind 23 km/h WSW, gusts 42 · 7.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/16°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/17°C · wind 20 km/h SSW, gusts 34 · 8.3 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.
37 started
Same week
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Country Club of Rochester, Rochester
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jacqueline Pung
The golfer
b. 1928-05-04, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States; United States; age 25 at the win (year page); 3rd 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