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Sunday 5 July 1970Women’s majorsYear in Review
Caponi wins U.S. Women's Open
Muskogee Country Club, Muskogee, Oklahoma · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 July 1970 · purse $20,000 · 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 21 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 77° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R136°/24°C · wind 10 km/h SSW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R237°/25°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/18°C · wind 20 km/h N, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/15°C · wind 10 km/h NE, gusts 27 · 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.
, 40 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Muskogee C.C., Muskogee
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Sandra Haynie, Sandra Spuzich
The golfer
b. 1945-01-29, Detroit, Michigan, United States; United States; age 25 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