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Sunday 14 March 1954Women’s majorsYear in Review
Suggs wins Titleholders Championship
Augusta Country Club, Augusta · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 March 1954 · purse $3,000 · 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
11 h 43 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 53° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/11°C · wind 22 km/h SW, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/14°C · wind 18 km/h SSW, gusts 36 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/16°C · wind 22 km/h SSW, gusts 48 · 1.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/8°C · wind 27 km/h W, gusts 63 · 5.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Titleholders Championship
1937–1972 in our record, 28 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
Titleholders Championship
Augusta Country Club, Augusta
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Patty Berg
The golfer
b. 1923-09-07, Atlanta, Georgia, United States; United States; age 30 at the win (year page); 8th 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