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Saturday 21 August 1971AmateurYear in Review
Baugh wins U.S. Women's Amateur
Atlanta Country Club, Atlanta, Georgia · Monday 16 to Saturday 21 August 1971
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 04 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 68° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/22°C · wind 18 km/h ENE, gusts 42 · 17 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/21°C · wind 15 km/h ENE, gusts 37 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/20°C · wind 8 km/h S, gusts 19 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/20°C · wind 8 km/h S, gusts 22 · 2.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R531°/21°C · wind 9 km/h WSW, gusts 24 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R631°/22°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 25 · 1.2 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
Atlanta (Ga.) C.C., Atlanta
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Beth Barry
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1955-05-31, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.; United States; age 16 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