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Saturday 18 August 1973AmateurYear in Review
Thompson wins U.S. Women's Amateur
Montclair Golf Club, Montclair, New Jersey · Monday 13 to Saturday 18 August 1973
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 30 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/19°C · wind 13 km/h NW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/19°C · wind 11 km/h ESE, gusts 23 · 9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/20°C · wind 11 km/h NE, gusts 31 · 13.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/19°C · wind 12 km/h ENE, gusts 30 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R526°/20°C · wind 9 km/h SE, gusts 21 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R624°/19°C · wind 10 km/h ESE, gusts 26 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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
Montclair (N.J.) G.C., Montclair
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Anne Quast Sander
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1948-10-27, Sewickley, Pennsylvania, U.S.; United States; age 24 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