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Saturday 28 June 1958Women’s majorsYear in Review
Wright wins U.S. Women's Open
Forest Lake Country Club, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan · Thursday 26 to Saturday 28 June 1958 · 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
15 h 06 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/11°C · wind 33 km/h WSW, gusts 63 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/13°C · wind 18 km/h WNW, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/10°C · wind 15 km/h WSW, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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.
54 started, 40 made it
Same week
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Forest Lake Country Club, Bloomfield Hills
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Louise Suggs
The golfer
b. 1935-02-14, San Diego, California, United States; United States; age 23 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