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Saturday 3 July 1954Women’s majorsYear in Review
Zaharias wins U.S. Women's Open
Salem Country Club, Peabody, Massachusetts · Thursday 1 to Saturday 3 July 1954 · 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 03 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/15°C · wind 18 km/h S, gusts 34 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/18°C · wind 20 km/h WSW, gusts 38 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/18°C · wind 17 km/h WNW, gusts 36 · 0 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.
53 started, 40 (cut at 179) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Salem Country Club, Peabody
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Betty Hicks
The golfer
b. 1911-06-26, Port Arthur, Texas, United States; United States; age 43 at the win (year page); 10th 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