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Saturday 16 August 1969AmateurYear in Review
Lacoste wins U.S. Women's Amateur
Las Colinas Country Club, Irving, Texas · Monday 11 to Saturday 16 August 1969
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 11 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R139°/25°C · wind 12 km/h NE, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R239°/25°C · wind 16 km/h ESE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R340°/26°C · wind 17 km/h SE, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R438°/27°C · wind 21 km/h SE, gusts 31 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R532°/25°C · wind 17 km/h S, gusts 33 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R637°/24°C · wind 18 km/h SE, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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
Women's amateur championship
U.S. Women's Amateur
Las Colinas C.C., Irving
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Shelley Hamlin
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1945-06-27, Paris, Île-de-France, France; France; age 24 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