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Sunday 1 July 1956Women’s majorsYear in Review
Hanson wins Women's Western Open
Wakonda Club, Des Moines · Thursday 28 June to Sunday 1 July 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
14 h 57 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/16°C · wind 12 km/h N, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R234°/18°C · wind 26 km/h S, gusts 48 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R337°/22°C · wind 25 km/h SSW, gusts 47 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/21°C · wind 20 km/h WNW, gusts 44 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Women's Western Open
1930–1967 in our record, 38 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
115 started, 32 (cut at 172) made it
Same week
Women's major
Women's Western Open
Wakonda Club, Des Moines
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Louise Suggs
The golfer
b. 1924, Fargo, North Dakota, United States; United States; age 31 at the win (year page); 2nd 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