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Saturday 30 June 1962Women’s majorsYear in Review
Lindstrom wins U.S. Women's Open
Dunes Golf and Beach Club, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina · Thursday 28 to Saturday 30 June 1962 · 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 13 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 79° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/20°C · wind 22 km/h NNE, gusts 41 · 10.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/18°C · wind 24 km/h N, gusts 45 · 20.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/18°C · wind 22 km/h WNW, gusts 49 · 2.2 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.
68 started, 41 (cut at 166) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Dunes Golf & Beach Club, Myrtle Beach
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Ruth Jessen, Jo Ann Prentice
The golfer
b. 1939-01-20, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States; United States; age 23 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