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Saturday 26 August 1961AmateurYear in Review
Sander wins U.S. Women's Amateur
Tacoma Country and Golf Club, Tacoma, Washington · Monday 21 to Saturday 26 August 1961
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 28 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 53° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/15°C · wind 12 km/h N, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/17°C · wind 12 km/h NNE, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/15°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/14°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R523°/11°C · wind 9 km/h NNE, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R621°/14°C · wind 9 km/h SW, gusts 23 · 0 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
Tacoma (Wash.) C. & G.C., Tacoma
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Phyllis Preuss
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1937-08-31, Everett, Washington, U.S.; United States; age 23 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