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Saturday 28 July 1956Women’s majorsYear in Review
Cornelius wins U.S. Women's Open
Northland Country Club, Duluth, Minnesota · Thursday 26 to Saturday 28 July 1956 · purse $6,000 · winner's share $1,500
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 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/19°C · wind 24 km/h SW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/17°C · wind 20 km/h NW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/16°C · wind 17 km/h N, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course 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.
45 started · cut 179
Same week
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Northland Country Club, Duluth
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Barbara McIntire (a)
The golfer
b. 1932-10-27, Boston, Massachusetts, United States; United States; age 23 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