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Friday 28 July 1978Women’s tour eventsYear in Review
Melville wins AIG Women's Open
Foxhills Golf Club, Ottershaw, England · Wednesday 26 to Friday 28 July 1978
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 23 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/14°C · wind 28 km/h SW, gusts 53 · 1.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/13°C · wind 24 km/h SSW, gusts 48 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/15°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 28 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Ladies' British Open
- AIG Women's Open
- Women's British Open
- Pretty Polly Women's British Open
- Hitachi Ladies British Open
- Burberry Women's British Open
- Weetabix Women's British Open
- Ricoh Women's British Open
- AIG Women's British Open
1976–2026 in our record, 50 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
Same week
Women's tour event
AIG Women's Open
Foxhills Golf Club (Chertsey course, Ottershaw
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Wilma Aitken
To par not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1958-03-16, Lancashire, England; England; age 20 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