Golf Network News
Sunday 21 July 1974Women’s majorsYear in Review
Haynie wins U.S. Women's Open
La Grange Country Club, La Grange, Illinois · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 July 1974 · purse $40,000 · winner's share $6,073
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 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/23°C · wind 18 km/h SW, gusts 36 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R233°/22°C · wind 16 km/h NW, gusts 24 · 3.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/18°C · wind 23 km/h NE, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/16°C · wind 13 km/h E, gusts 26 · 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, 54 (cut at 155) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
La Grange C.C., La Grange
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Beth Stone, Carol Mann
The golfer
b. 1943-06-04, Fort Worth, Texas, United States; United States; age 31 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