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Saturday 23 July 1960Women’s majorsYear in Review
Rawls wins U.S. Women's Open
Worcester Country Club, Worcester, Massachusetts · Thursday 21 to Saturday 23 July 1960 · purse $7,200 · winner's share $1,710
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 33 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 68° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/14°C · wind 13 km/h WNW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/14°C · wind 21 km/h SW, gusts 50 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/19°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 44 · 2.6 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.
53 started, 42 (cut at 173) made it
Same week
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Worcester Country Club, Worcester
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Joyce Ziske
The golfer
b. 1928-05-04, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States; United States; age 32 at the win (year page); 7th 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