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Saturday 2 July 1955Women’s majorsYear in Review
Crocker wins U.S. Women's Open
Wichita Country Club, Wichita, Kansas · Thursday 30 June to Saturday 2 July 1955 · 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
14 h 33 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 75° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/24°C · wind 33 km/h S, gusts 61 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R234°/22°C · wind 34 km/h S, gusts 60 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R334°/24°C · wind 28 km/h S, gusts 52 · 0.1 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.
46 started
Same week
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Wichita Country Club, Wichita
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Louise Suggs, Mary Lena Faulk
The golfer
b. 1914-08-02, Montevideo, Uruguay; Uruguay; age 40 at the win (year page); 1st 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