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Saturday 20 June 1953Women’s majorsYear in Review
Suggs wins Women's Western Open
Capital City Club, Atlanta · Monday 15 to Saturday 20 June 1953 · 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
14 h 15 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 80° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/20°C · wind 19 km/h E, gusts 38 · 1.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/22°C · wind 16 km/h SE, gusts 35 · 7.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R335°/21°C · wind 23 km/h WNW, gusts 47 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R434°/20°C · wind 15 km/h NNW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R534°/20°C · wind 10 km/h ESE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R633°/22°C · wind 10 km/h S, gusts 26 · 0.9 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
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
Women's Western Open
Capital City Club, Atlanta
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Patty Berg
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1923-09-07, Atlanta, Georgia, United States; United States; age 29 at the win (year page); 7th 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