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Sunday 11 March 1956Women’s majorsYear in Review
Suggs wins Titleholders Championship
Augusta Country Club, Augusta · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 March 1956 · 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 39 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 53° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/5°C · wind 34 km/h W, gusts 71 · 1.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/0°C · wind 11 km/h WSW, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/1°C · wind 16 km/h SE, gusts 37 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/10°C · wind 12 km/h SSW, gusts 22 · 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 32 at the win (year page); 9th 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