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Sunday 30 April 1961Women’s majorsYear in Review
Wright wins Titleholders Championship
Augusta Country Club, Augusta · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 April 1961 · purse $7,000 · winner's share $1,200
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 19 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/12°C · wind 17 km/h NNE, gusts 48 · 16.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/11°C · wind 23 km/h WNW, gusts 51 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/9°C · wind 22 km/h NW, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/8°C · wind 19 km/h SW, gusts 27 · 0 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: Patty Berg, Louise Suggs
The golfer
b. 1935-02-14, San Diego, California, United States; United States; age 26 at the win (year page); 5th 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