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Sunday 2 July 1972Women’s majorsYear in Review
Berning wins U.S. Women's Open
Winged Foot Golf Club, Mamaroneck, New York · Thursday 29 June to Sunday 2 July 1972 · purse $40,000 · winner's share $6,000
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 53 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/18°C · wind 17 km/h E, gusts 33 · 2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/19°C · wind 19 km/h ESE, gusts 33 · 27 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/19°C · wind 16 km/h WNW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/21°C · wind 10 km/h WSW, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course 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.
150 started, 53 (cut at 161) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Winged Foot G.C. (East Course), Mamaroneck
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Kathy Ahern, Pam Barnett, Judy Rankin
The golfer
b. 1941-07-22, Pasadena, California, United States; United States; age 30 at the win (year page); 3rd 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