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Saturday 29 June 1957Women’s majorsYear in Review
Rawls wins U.S. Women's Open
Winged Foot Golf Club, Mamaroneck, New York · Thursday 27 to Saturday 29 June 1957 · purse $7,200 · winner's share $1,800
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 55 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/21°C · wind 15 km/h S, gusts 37 · 5.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/23°C · wind 24 km/h S, gusts 49 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/22°C · wind 30 km/h SW, gusts 69 · 3.3 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.
98 started, 44 (cut at 168) made it
Same week
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Winged Foot Golf Club (East Course), Mamaroneck
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Patty Berg
The golfer
b. 1928-05-04, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States; United States; age 29 at the win (year page); 4th 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