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Sunday 2 July 1967Women’s majorsYear in Review
Lacoste wins U.S. Women's Open
The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia · Thursday 29 June to Sunday 2 July 1967 · purse $25,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 35 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 75° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/14°C · wind 10 km/h S, gusts 36 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/16°C · wind 10 km/h WNW, gusts 29 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/13°C · wind 7 km/h SSW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/19°C · wind 7 km/h S, gusts 23 · 13.7 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.
94 started, 42 (cut at 159) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Virginia Hot Springs Golf & Tennis Club (Cascades Course), Hot Springs
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Susie Maxwell Berning, Beth Stone
The golfer
b. 1945-06-27, Paris, Île-de-France, France; France; age 22 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