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Sunday 22 July 1973Women’s majorsYear in Review
Berning wins U.S. Women's Open
Country Club of Rochester, Rochester, New York · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 July 1973 · 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 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 67° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/18°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/20°C · wind 15 km/h WSW, gusts 27 · 5.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/20°C · wind 16 km/h NNE, gusts 36 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/18°C · wind 16 km/h NE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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.
147 started, 59 (cut at 155) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Country Club of Rochester, Rochester
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Shelley Hamlin, Gloria Ehret
The golfer
b. 1941-07-22, Pasadena, California, United States; United States; age 32 at the win (year page); 4th 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