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Saturday 29 August 1959AmateurYear in Review
McIntire wins U.S. Women's Amateur
Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland · Monday 24 to Saturday 29 August 1959
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 58 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/23°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 29 · 19.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R233°/21°C · wind 8 km/h WNW, gusts 17 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R335°/22°C · wind 10 km/h SSW, gusts 18 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/23°C · wind 10 km/h WNW, gusts 19 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R533°/23°C · wind 10 km/h W, gusts 19 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R631°/23°C · wind 9 km/h SW, gusts 24 · 5.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Women's Amateur
1895–2026 in our record, 126 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 amateur championship
U.S. Women's Amateur
Congressional C.C., Bethesda
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Joanne Goodwin
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1935-01-12, Toledo, Ohio, U.S.; United States; age 24 at the win (year page)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet