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Sunday 7 July 1968Women’s majorsYear in Review
Berning wins U.S. Women's Open
Moselem Springs Golf Club, Fleetwood, Pennsylvania · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 July 1968 · purse $25,000 · winner's share $5,000
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 45 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/17°C · wind 12 km/h N, gusts 27 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/13°C · wind 6 km/h NNW, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/16°C · wind 13 km/h NW, gusts 36 · 2.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/11°C · wind 8 km/h WNW, gusts 22 · 0 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.
104 started, 44 (cut at 156) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Moselem Springs Golf Club, Fleetwood
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Mickey Wright
The golfer
b. 1941-07-22, Pasadena, California, United States; United States; age 26 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