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Sunday 15 March 1959Women’s majorsYear in Review
Suggs wins Titleholders Championship
Augusta Country Club, Augusta · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 March 1959 · purse $5,000 · 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 45 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/6°C · wind 34 km/h W, gusts 70 · 2.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/2°C · wind 22 km/h W, gusts 48 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/5°C · wind 16 km/h SSW, gusts 38 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/11°C · wind 20 km/h SSW, gusts 53 · 16 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: Betsy Rawls
The golfer
b. 1923-09-07, Atlanta, Georgia, United States; United States; age 35 at the win (year page); 11th 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