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Saturday 1 July 1961Women’s majorsYear in Review
Wright wins U.S. Women's Open
Baltusrol Golf Club, Springfield, New Jersey · Thursday 29 June to Saturday 1 July 1961 · purse $8,000 · 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 52 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/16°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/20°C · wind 16 km/h W, gusts 37 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/20°C · wind 16 km/h NW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course 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.
82 started, 41 (cut at 168) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course), Springfield
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Betsy Rawls
The golfer
b. 1935-02-14, San Diego, California, United States; United States; age 26 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