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Sunday 28 April 1957Women’s majorsYear in Review

Berg wins Women's Western Open

Montgomery Country Club, Montgomery · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 April 1957 · purse $4,998 · 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

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The name over time

  1. 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.

88 started, 32 (cut at 168) made it

Same week

Nothing else in our record that week.

Women's major

Women's Western Open

Montgomery Country Club, Montgomery

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Patty Berg

291Total
−1To par
1 strokeMargin

Runner-up: Wiffi Smith

The golfer

b. 1918-02-13, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; United States; age 39 at the win (year page); 14th major (card's count)

Patty Berg’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet

From the papers

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