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Monday 29 April 1963Women’s majorsYear in Review
Smith wins Titleholders Championship
Augusta Country Club, Augusta · Thursday 25 to Monday 29 April 1963 · purse $7,500 · winner's share $1,235
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 17 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/13°C · wind 9 km/h SE, gusts 26 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/13°C · wind 11 km/h NNE, gusts 29 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/11°C · wind 12 km/h SE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/16°C · wind 15 km/h SE, gusts 28 · 9.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R522°/15°C · wind 19 km/h SE, gusts 40 · 18.3 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.
38 started
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: Mickey Wright
The golfer
b. 1929, Topeka, Kansas, United States; United States; age 34 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