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Sunday 16 March 1958Women’s majorsYear in Review
Hanson wins Titleholders Championship
Augusta Country Club, Augusta · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 March 1958 · purse $5,275 · 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 47 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/9°C · wind 15 km/h ENE, gusts 32 · 10.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R213°/4°C · wind 21 km/h WNW, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R314°/0°C · wind 19 km/h WNW, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/1°C · wind 21 km/h W, gusts 45 · 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: Betty Dodd
The golfer
b. 1924, Fargo, North Dakota, United States; United States; age 33 at the win (year page); 3rd 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