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Sunday 4 June 1961Women’s majorsYear in Review
Faulk wins Women's Western Open
Belle Meade Country Club, Nashville · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 June 1961 · 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
14 h 20 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 76° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/18°C · wind 15 km/h SSW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/20°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/20°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 36 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/20°C · wind 7 km/h E, gusts 20 · 3.1 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.
87 started, 32 (cut at 167) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
Women's Western Open
Belle Meade Country Club, Nashville
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Betsy Rawls
The golfer
b. 1926, Chipley, Florida, United States; United States; age 35 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