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Saturday 19 August 1972AmateurYear in Review
Budke wins U.S. Women's Amateur
St. Louis Country Club, Clayton, Missouri · Monday 14 to Saturday 19 August 1972
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 19 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R134°/21°C · wind 9 km/h S, gusts 14 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/23°C · wind 11 km/h ENE, gusts 27 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R332°/22°C · wind 9 km/h SE, gusts 17 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R434°/22°C · wind 9 km/h SSW, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R535°/23°C · wind 11 km/h SW, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R634°/24°C · wind 10 km/h SW, gusts 17 · 0.1 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
St. Louis (Mo.) C.C., St. Louis
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Cynthia Hill
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1953-11-16, Salem; United States; age 18 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