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Saturday 27 June 1959Women’s majorsYear in Review
Wright wins U.S. Women's Open
Churchill Valley Country Club, Blackridge, Pennsylvania · Thursday 25 to Saturday 27 June 1959 · 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
14 h 53 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/20°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 30 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/20°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 41 · 18.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R332°/21°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 39 · 2.1 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.
61 started, 40 (cut at 164) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Churchill Valley Country Club, Pittsburgh
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Louise Suggs
The golfer
b. 1935-02-14, San Diego, California, United States; United States; age 24 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