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Sunday 3 July 1966Women’s majorsYear in Review
Spuzich wins U.S. Women's Open
Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minnesota · Thursday 30 June to Sunday 3 July 1966 · purse $20,000 · winner's share $4,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 19 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 68° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R134°/22°C · wind 20 km/h S, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R234°/22°C · wind 21 km/h S, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R333°/23°C · wind 21 km/h S, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R433°/24°C · wind 20 km/h SW, gusts 46 · 0.2 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.
99 started, 44 (cut at 162) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Carol Mann
The golfer
b. 1937-04-03, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States; United States; age 29 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