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Sunday 22 June 1958Women’s majorsYear in Review
Berg wins Women's Western Open
Kahkwa Club, Erie · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 June 1958 · purse $4,750 · winner's share $950
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 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/12°C · wind 14 km/h SSE, gusts 25 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/14°C · wind 12 km/h S, gusts 28 · 3.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/13°C · wind 21 km/h NNW, gusts 38 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/13°C · wind 11 km/h NW, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- 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.
81 started, 32 (cut at 169) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
Women's Western Open
Kahkwa Club, Erie
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Beverly Hanson
The golfer
b. 1918-02-13, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States; United States; age 40 at the win (year page); 15th 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