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Sunday 13 March 1955Women’s majorsYear in Review
Berg wins Titleholders Championship
Augusta Country Club, Augusta · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 March 1955 · purse $5,000 · 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 41 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 53° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/6°C · wind 16 km/h SSW, gusts 33 · 5.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/13°C · wind 25 km/h SW, gusts 54 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/17°C · wind 18 km/h SW, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/17°C · wind 10 km/h WSW, gusts 27 · 2.2 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: Mary Lena Faulk
The golfer
b. 1918-02-13, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; United States; age 37 at the win (year page); 11th 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