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Sunday 29 June 1969Women’s majorsYear in Review
Caponi wins U.S. Women's Open
Scenic Hills Country Club, Pensacola, Florida · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 June 1969 · purse $31,040 · 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
13 h 57 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 83° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R134°/25°C · wind 14 km/h S, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R234°/24°C · wind 9 km/h S, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R337°/24°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R438°/25°C · wind 10 km/h WNW, gusts 26 · 1.7 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.
, 43 (cut at 158) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Scenic Hills Country Club, Pensacola
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Peggy Wilson
The golfer
b. 1945-01-29, Detroit, Michigan, United States; United States; age 24 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