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Sunday 26 June 1960Women’s majorsYear in Review
Ziske wins Women's Western Open
Beverly Country Club, Chicago · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 June 1960 · purse $7,500 · winner's share $1,313
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 01 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/18°C · wind 28 km/h SSW, gusts 47 · 2.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/15°C · wind 26 km/h WNW, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/13°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/16°C · wind 16 km/h S, gusts 30 · 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.
103 started, 37 (cut at 165) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
Women's Western Open
Beverly Country Club, Chicago
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Barbara Romack
The golfer
b. 1934, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States; United States; age 26 at the win (year page); 1st 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