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Sunday 26 April 1964Women’s majorsYear in Review
Smith wins Titleholders Championship
Augusta Country Club, Augusta · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 April 1964 · purse $7,500 · winner's share $1,300
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 14 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/19°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 45 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/18°C · wind 16 km/h W, gusts 46 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/14°C · wind 18 km/h NE, gusts 35 · 9.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R417°/12°C · wind 18 km/h E, gusts 36 · 3.9 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: Mickey Wright
The golfer
b. 1929, Topeka, Kansas, United States; United States; age 35 at the win (year page); 2nd 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