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Sunday 20 July 1975Women’s majorsYear in Review
Palmer wins U.S. Women's Open
Atlantic City Country Club, Atlantic City, New Jersey · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 July 1975 · purse $55,000 · winner's share $8,044
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 24 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/24°C · wind 19 km/h SSW, gusts 33 · 3.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/23°C · wind 19 km/h SW, gusts 40 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/24°C · wind 23 km/h SSW, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/24°C · wind 25 km/h SSW, gusts 48 · 0.3 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.
155 started, 50 (cut at 158) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Atlantic City C.C., Northfield
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Nancy Lopez (a), JoAnne Carner, Sandra Post
The golfer
b. 1943-03-10, Fort Worth, Texas, United States; United States; age 32 at the win (year page); 2nd 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