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Sunday 21 August 1966Women’s majorsYear in Review

Wright wins Women's Western Open

Rainbow Springs Country Club, Mukwonago · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 August 1966 · purse $10,000 · winner's share $1,500

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

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The name over time

  1. Women's Western Open

1930–1967 in our record, 38 editions.

The ones it got away from

Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.

99 started, 38 (cut at 168) made it

Same week

Nothing else in our record that week.

Women's major

Women's Western Open

Rainbow Springs Country Club, Mukwonago

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Mickey Wright

302Total
+2To par
1 strokeMargin

Runner-up: Margie Masters, Jo Ann Prentice

The golfer

b. 1935-02-14, San Diego, California, United States; United States; age 31 at the win (year page); 13th major (card's count)

Mickey Wright’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet

From the papers

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