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Saturday 17 August 1968AmateurYear in Review
Carner wins U.S. Women's Amateur
Birmingham Country Club, Birmingham, Michigan · Monday 12 to Saturday 17 August 1968
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 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/11°C · wind 15 km/h SSW, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/16°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/14°C · wind 16 km/h N, gusts 36 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/13°C · wind 13 km/h E, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R532°/20°C · wind 19 km/h SW, gusts 37 · 11.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R628°/17°C · wind 21 km/h WNW, gusts 49 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Women's Amateur
1895–2026 in our record, 126 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 amateur championship
U.S. Women's Amateur
Birmingham (Mich.) C.C., Birmingham
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Anne Quast Sander
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1939-04-04, Kirkland, Washington, United States; United States; age 29 at the win (year page)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet