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Sunday 17 March 1957Women’s majorsYear in Review
Berg wins Titleholders Championship
Augusta Country Club, Augusta · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 March 1957 · 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 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/14°C · wind 12 km/h ENE, gusts 28 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/15°C · wind 12 km/h NW, gusts 29 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/8°C · wind 15 km/h N, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/7°C · wind 13 km/h ENE, gusts 27 · 0 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: Anne Quast
The golfer
b. 1918-02-13, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; United States; age 39 at the win (year page); 13th 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