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Saturday 20 July 1963Women’s majorsYear in Review
Mills wins U.S. Women's Open
Kenwood Country Club, Cincinnati, Ohio · Thursday 18 to Saturday 20 July 1963 · purse $9,000 · winner's share $1,900
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 23 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/22°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 31 · 4.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/22°C · wind 21 km/h SW, gusts 49 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/21°C · wind 23 km/h W, gusts 51 · 3.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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.
, 40 (cut at 159) made it
Same week
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Kenwood Country Club, Cincinnati
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Sandra Haynie, Louise Suggs
The golfer
b. 1940-01-19, Laurel, Mississippi, 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