Golf Network News
Monday 29 May 1972Women’s majorsYear in Review
Palmer wins Titleholders Championship
Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club, Southern Pines · Friday 26 to Monday 29 May 1972 · purse $20,000 · winner's share $3,000
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 11 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 77° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R119°/11°C · wind 26 km/h NNE, gusts 56 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/11°C · wind 26 km/h NE, gusts 58 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/12°C · wind 18 km/h NE, gusts 44 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/16°C · wind 10 km/h E, gusts 25 · 4.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Titleholders Championship
1937–1972 in our record, 28 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 major
Titleholders Championship
Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club, Southern Pines
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Judy Rankin, Mickey Wright
The golfer
b. 1943-03-10, Fort Worth, Texas, United States; United States; age 29 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