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Monday 30 April 1962Women’s majorsYear in Review
Wright wins Titleholders Championship
Augusta Country Club, Augusta · Thursday 26 to Monday 30 April 1962 · purse $7,500 · winner's share $1,330
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 waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/16°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 26 · 3.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/14°C · wind 12 km/h SE, gusts 25 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/16°C · wind 11 km/h SSE, gusts 32 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/17°C · wind 18 km/h SSW, gusts 42 · 2.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R532°/17°C · wind 12 km/h WSW, gusts 31 · 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: Ruth Jessen
The golfer
b. 1935-02-14, San Diego, California, United States; United States; age 27 at the win (year page); 8th 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