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Saturday 15 June 1974AmateurYear in Review

Thompson wins the Women's Amateur

Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Porthcawl, Wales

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

16 h 22 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

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The name over time

  1. The Women's Amateur

1893–2026 in our record, 123 editions.

The ones it got away from

Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.

Same week

Women's amateur championship

The Women's Amateur

Royal Porthcawl, Porthcawl

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Carol Semple Thompson

2 & 1 (18-hole final)Final

Runner-up: Angela Bonallack

To par and margin not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1948-10-27, Sewickley, Pennsylvania, U.S.; United States; age 25 at the win (year page)

Carol Semple Thompson’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet

From the papers

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